HICKORY GOLF NEWS

SoHG President Joey Piatek is a devoted fan of feather ball play and may be counted among those in the select community of craftsmen who produce replica clubs of the feather ball era. Following are his reflections on play in the 2026 Oddball Tournament, held April 17-18 at the Hillcrest Golf Center in Washington, Ill. With our clubs carried under […]

The sixth annual Sunflower Hickory event was  contested on April 25 at its new location – the St. Andrews Golf Course in Overland Park, Kan. Twelve two-person teams (24 players) participated in the 18-hole match play event, which attracted players from Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Texas and Colorado. In this early season low key scramble event, team match winners receive a […]

The 2026 Spring Matches of the Bon-Air golfers is one of the highlights of the early hickory golf season in the south. This year’s competition was on April 18, the Saturday following The Masters. The event is played at the Donald Ross-designed Washington-Wilkes C.C. in Washington, Ga., about 15 miles or so northwest of Augusta. One of the perks of […]

MacDuff reports: The match in the low handicap Braid Division of the SoHG World Gutty Championship (WGC) ended with thunder in the background and lightning horns blaring. A missed stymie negotiation settled the matter. The players left the field as gusty rain squalls roared in only minutes later. Such was the dramatic conclusion for the inaugural playing of this newly […]

Event host Ken Holtz reports on another great winter visit to the desert for hickory golfers. Playing pre-1935 hickory shafted golf clubs, 105 players celebrated the 14th annual Arizona Desert Hickory in Sun City West. Dressed in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps, and equipped with vintage equipment, they challenged Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses in grand style over a two-day […]

Southern California hickory golfers enjoyed the annual Bagpiper, held at Costa Mesa CC, on Feb. 22. Event Captain Mark Wille was pleased with the 22 player turnout and the beautiful, sunny Southern Cal day. The Open winners were Eddie Breeden and Dave McMurtrey with a score of 72. Senior division winners were Tom Goode and Rick Perrault with a score […]

The field for the 2026 U.S. Hickory Open was sold out within an hour of its opening time of Noon PST on Feb. 15. However, a waitlist has begun, so if you did not make it into the field please do register anyway as history shows that there are spots that open up over time. The Society of Hickory Golfers’ […]

MacDuff (who, through an error, perhaps, on the part of the hosts, was in the field) reports on the 2026 Winter Park Hickory Classic (Jan. 17-18): Anxious eyes kept watch on the weather in advance of the seventh annual Winter Park Hickory Classic. A brutal cold snap had the rest of the country in its grip and Florida did not […]

The registration form for the inaugural World Gutty Championship, a match play tournament, is now live on  the World Tournament Calendar page of this website, under the tournament’s title. The tournament dates are March 14-15, 2026. Interested international players should call or email tournament director Bill Geisler for specific payment directions. William Geisler c/o World Gutty 776 Andover Circle, Winter […]

Mike Stevens reports: Friday, Nov. 21 was a brilliant sunny day as the Florida Hickory Golfers celebrated along with the city of Lakeland the Cleveland Heights GC centennial. Several dignitaries were on hand from the city to recognize the 100th year on this William Flynn design. The course played tough and the small elevated greens provided some difficult recovery shots […]

When you’re playing hickory golf at a course called the Bobby Jones Golf Course, you know you’re in for something special. So it was Nov. 13-14 for the inaugural Bobby Jones Hickory Challenge, hosted by Larry Rice in Atlanta, Ga.  Larry reports: The week started out with Monday and Tuesday giving us a high of 40 degrees with rain and […]

The second China Hickory Open was be played on the No. 3 Course at the noted Mission Hills Golf Club in Haikou, Hainan Island on Nov. 11-12, 2025.  Ladies Champion was defending ladies champion Ms. Nian Yaying from Beijing. On the right, Paolo Quirici was Open Champion and defending champion from Switzerland and Luise Dudzus, Best Amateur from Germany.   […]

The Mid Pines golf professional staff reports: We would like to start by thanking all of our long-time supporters and any of our first timers for a great weekend of golf.  This is truly a unique event, and we enjoy the opportunity to host year-after-year. Will Peterson won the Open division with 79-79—158. He is a multiple time winner and […]

The 2025 U.S. Hickory Open this past Oct. 4-5 was surely one for that will be long remembered for its over-the-top service to SoHG members. The 2025 organizing committee from the Hickory Golf Association of Texas – Scott Pilgrim, Alan Alison, Michael Sloan, Sam Sinclair, and their chief ringleader, the colorful Gary Krupkin – seemed to leave nothing to chance […]

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Johnny Goodman River City Championship held at Omaha’s Happy Hollow Club on Sunday, Oct. 12.  It was a perfect day and perfect setting for the final 2025 NEHGA hickory event.  A BIG thank you to Happy Hollow Club for hosting the event and a BIG thank you to Beardmore Subaru for sponsoring the […]