HICKORY GOLF NEWS

Sweden’s Johan Moberg is 2018 WHO champion
October 17, 2018

  East Lothian, Scotland – Oct. 17, 2018 In still and beautiful conditions, the players of the 14th World Hickory Open showed amazing patience, concentration and above all their sense of humour as they tee’d off at Luffness New Golf Club and Gullane Golf Club in East Lothian, Scotland this morning. After the final putt dropped, Sweden’s Johan Moberg was crowned […]

2018 World Hickory Open Opening Day
October 15, 2018

2018 World Hickory Open East Lothian, Scotland Adapted from news releases – American players Mike Stevens and Bill Geisler, both of Florida, are among more than 120 players joining defending champion Fraser Mann, professional at Carnoustie, for the 14th annual World Hickory Festival and World Hickory Open (WHO), which opened Monday, Oct. 15, with a three-ball team contest on the Longniddry […]

Results of 2018 Metropolitan Fall Hickory Classic

Oct. 10, 2018 – Reported by Bill Martin – On a sultry day at Spring Lake GC, in New Jersey we assembled 17 players for the Metropolitan Hickory Society Fall Classic. The Open Division Winner was Steve Wilcox with a sparkling 75, followed by Joe Mentz with a 77. Reserve Division Winner was Bill Martin with a net 72, followed by Matt […]

Results of 2018 River City Hickory Championship
October 2, 2018

Sept. 30, 2018 – Kevin Cawley reports:   Omaha, Nebraska’s best hickory golfers met for the 2018 Johnny Goodman River City Hickory Championship which was held at Champions Run on Sept. 30. The battle for the Open Division came down to Trevor Kula defending Pete Hanley in a playoff. Pete Hanley took the honors of the Open Reserve Division, while […]

Results of 2018 Wisconsin Hickory Championship
October 1, 2018

Sept. 30 – The 8th annual Wisconsin Hickory Championship was held this past week in Green Lake, Wisc. at Lawsonia Golf Course.  It is the home course for the Wisconsin Hickory group and was in great shape, with a hint of fall in the air and the trees just starting to change. Thursday was the traditional practice round and meet-and-greet at the […]

Results of 2018 McNabb Cup
September 14, 2018

Sept. 8, 2018 Muskegon Country Club Muskegon, Mich. It is the unexpected that always happens. By MacDuff Four days before the McNabb Cup, a lightning bolt caused a cottage three doors to the north to erupt in flames. No one was home, although there were people in residence next door. The charred ruins were still in evidence as the McNabb […]

Results of the 21st Swedish Hickory Championship

Aug. 4-5, 2018 Båstad Golfklubb Båstad, Sweden By Georg Kittel Once again Sweden has taken centre stage in the world of hickory golf. The 21st Swedish Hickory Championship  was staged at Båstad Golfklubb Aug. 4-5, 2018 with 141 contestants in the Championship Divisions and additional 15 players in the Handicap Division, in total 156 participants, all playing with old hickory clubs. Arguably the largest […]

Hurricane Florence forces postponement of 2018 USHO
September 11, 2018

Sept. 11, 2018 There’s nothing like 130 mph winds and torrential rains to put a damper on the best laid plans. The projected path of Hurricane Florence has drawn a dead bead on North Carolina and will certainly make landfall as a Category 4, if not 5, hurricane according to the National Weather Service’s Hurricane Center. The 2018 USHO Committee, […]

Results of 2018 Canadian Hickory Open
August 18, 2018

Aug. 18, 2018 By Chris Ream The 2018 Canadian Open Hickory Championship was held the week of Aug. 13-17 at the Legends G.C. Sherwood Park, Alberta. The hickory event included a two-day road trip on Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday Scramble, Thursday USA/Canada match (Ryder Cup format) and Friday Championship tournament. The road trip included 18 holes at Trestle Creek GC […]

New ‘Patrons Fund’ to benefit the U.S. Hickory Open
August 10, 2018

By Ross Hays Aug. 10, 2018 – The U.S. Hickory Open Championship Committee and the Society of Hickory Golfers are proud to introduce the USHO Patrons Fund.  It is our belief that, as our sport has developed and grown, it is important to showcase our most important event, the U.S. Hickory Open Championship. This tournament should stand alone, atop all […]

Results of the 2018 Heart of America Hickory Championship
July 19, 2018

July 15 Des Moines, Iowa Duane Baylor reports: It was a great day for participants in the 41st Heart of America. It is the oldest continuously held hickory tournament in the world and was begun in 1978 by Warren Olsen, who was a past GCS president. The event is now hosted by Bill Reed on the Bright-Grandview Golf Course in […]

Scottish Open Champ also a hickory dabbler
July 18, 2018

July 2018 Patrick Reed was not the only person to stop in the old Jack White shop in Gullane during the 2018 Scottish Open Championship (hosted by Aberdeen Standard Investments). Young Brandon Stone, the eventual winner, also had the shop’s owner and hickory club expert Boris Lietzow, set him up with a set of hickories. Click here to read Geoff […]

Patrick Reed shows passion for hickory golf
July 16, 2018

July 16, 2018 Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, has shown a new love for hickory golf, according to a Golfweek digital edition article by Geoff Shackelford. Looks like the pros are beginning to discover what we’ve known for years; this sport brings a lot of “golf” back to “golf.” Click here for the article.

Hickory Challenge on the European Tour
July 14, 2018

When the pros get together to try out hickories, they always do so with a bit of “ho, ho, isn’t this fun, but not real golf,” attitude. Well, they deserve a bit of fun and hickory golf can provide it. That’s why we play, right. Click here to see the pros have some hickory fun at the Scottish Open.

Results of the inaugural Glenmoor Hickory Open
July 11, 2018

July 11, 2018 Canton, Ohio Bob Glass reports: The first Glenmoor Hickory Open is now in the books. Twenty hickory enthusiasts teed it up on a sun drenched Glenmoor Country Club in Canton, Ohio, on July 8. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, though modern, lent itself to a fair test for the hickory golf clubs. There were three categories […]

SoHG Housekeeping

The Autumn/Winter 2023 edition of A Wee Nip has been mailed to all members. A PDF has also been posted to the website. A Happy to New Year to everybody!
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Let us know about your hickory hole-in-one. Click here to check out reports from others who have managed this rare shot with a hickory club. Timothy Chenevert, of Baton Rouge, La., got his on the City Park Golf Course in late September.
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