May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020 Early on in the Covid-19 story, Seattle and the Pacific Northwest were rather hard hit. Like everywhere else, people stayed home, businesses closed, and most recreation came to a halt, hickory golf included. But now comes a sign that maybe, just maybe, things are loosening up… sort of, kind of. The Northwest Hickory Players just announced the […]
May 1, 2020 There’s good news for hickory golfers, indeed, all golfers, in the Sunshine State. The Florida State Golf Association has entered into a partnership with the Florida Hickory Golfers, led by Mike Stevens. The FSGA plans to add a portal to its website for golfers to explore hickory golf through the FSG. Click here to read the news […]
April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020 By Jim Davis The situation is fluid, as they say. Even as the PGA of America discusses re-opening tour events as well as staging a fan-less Ryder Cup, we wondered how hickory golf is doing. Several regional hickory golf groups, including those in Canada and Europe, responded to a brief survey with answers below. Your correspondent is […]
April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020 The 2020 Belvedere Hickory Open has been cancelled. Host professional Dennis “Marty” Joy said it was both an easy and a hard decision to make. Easy, because safety is the priority, but hard because it is such a joyous event. “All our members look forward to it, but we just can’t do it this year,” he said. […]
April 9, 2020
Kansas City Area Hickory Golf members Mike Needleman and son, Mikey, had high hopes of playing together at the hickory group’s inaugural Match Play Tournament this April. But just as several other events have had to cancel due to the coronavirus, so, too, Kansas, and the father and son duo must wait until next year to test their hickory play […]
March 27, 2020
A message from the SoHG: The SoHG is mindful of the evolving situation surrounding the novel coronavirus. We hope that you will continue to enjoy our great sport as much as possible, but also be knowledgeable of preventative measures such as those posted at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) UPDATE – MARCH 26, 2020 Many state governments […]
March 19, 2020
The annual Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship, scheduled for April 16-18, has been cancelled by event host Tad Moore. His message follows: Dear Southern Hickory players, As you know the tournament is scheduled for a month from now, April 16-18. Even though the State of Alabama does not have a large number of COVID-19 cases, the governor has now put restrictions […]
March 8, 2020
SEATTLE, WASH. – The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG) has announced that the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open (USHO) will be held Sept. 12-14 at the historic Gearhart Golf Links (1892) in Gearhart, Ore. It will mark the 14 playing of the premier hickory golf tournament in the United States, presented each year by the SoHG. This marks only the second […]
March 6, 2020
March 5, 2020 Sun City West, Arizona, USA Kent Holtz reports: A record 90+ players, sporting 100-year-old clubs with wooden shafts and donning attire of knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, found their way to Sun City West, Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses for the 2020 Arizona Desert Hickory Tournament, Feb. 29-March 1. Players came from across the […]
February 29, 2020
The recent Winter Park Hickory Classic was a welcome note for an early winter hickory golf outing. The inaugural event drew praise from all contestants as well as GolfWeek correspondent Jason Lusk who was on hand with a photographer to cover a hickory golf outing. He liked what he saw. Lusk’s story, titled “Straight from the heart of hickory,” was […]
February 25, 2020
Feb. 24, 2020, Temple Terrace., Fla. – Boca Raton, Fla. golf professional Jeremy Moe, a four-time U.S. Hickory Open champion, captured his second consecutive U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship and the John Shippen Cup. His 72 bested the field by five shots. The course played its usual tough challenge as only five pros managed to score in the 70s. Dylan Malafronte […]
January 24, 2020
Jan. 24, 2020 By Jim Davis Organizers in Scotland, led by Boris Lietzow, owner of the Jack White shop in Gullane, Scotland, have created a 10-event Scottish Hickory Tour that offers top professionals and amateurs a season-long opportunity to compete for honors and prizes. The professional purse is £5,000. The first tournament, called the “Icebreaker,” is scheduled for the 9-hole […]
January 21, 2020
This event held over a 1914 Florida gem has every potential to become a highlight on the national hickory “tour.” Hogan, Snead, Sarazen, and Hagen, have walked its fairways and now modern hickory golfers are following in their footsteps. The Winter Park Golf Course was rebuilt in 2016 with the idea of revitalizing its role as a community treasure. And […]
January 7, 2020
Aug. 15-16 Golfanlage Kallin Berlin, German Dear Hickory Friends, We are happy that a lot of European countries are now going back to “normal” life and it looks like the lock down period in Austria, Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries is coming into a more relaxed phase. During the past 12 weeks or so we have […]
December 19, 2019
Dec. 19, 2019 As a follow-up to the notice of Mr. Archie Baird’s passing on Saturday, Dec. 7, we offer the following links to news articles that contained tributes to Mr. Baird. His funeral was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 19. Many thanks to John Pearson for these news items. The East Lothian Courier. This tribute details the public man from […]
SoHG Housekeeping
The Spring/Summer 2026 edition of A Wee Nip has been mailed. Thanks to all who contributed! Click on the cover image to view the latest edition.The PlusFour Podcast hosted by Rob Birman regularly publishes interviews with hickory golfers, leaders in the hickory golf world and golf historians. Rob is a gifted interviewer and his guests are both knowledgeable and interesting. It's a good mix. The latest is an interview with Stephen Proctor, whose recent book, Matchless, brings to life the storied careers of golf's legendary women greats, including Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett. Click here for the latest episode (airing Monday, Nov. 17).
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The USHO at Hot Springs is now history. Check the Homepage for an article with results and photos. Next year's event is to be on the Gearhart Golf Links in Gearhart, Ore.
Support the USHO with a donation to the USHO Patrons Fund. Donations of any amount to the Fund are welcome, but a $1,000 donation earns a Lifetime Membership in the Society. Click here to learn more and donate.
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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