HICKORY GOLF NEWS

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

December 17, 2019 The report attached here is a summary of, not all, but of very many world-wide hickory outings from 2019. They range from modest hickory golf meetings attended by a dozen friends, to near 100 or more at annual events that have grown in stature over these past two dozen years. Each is growing into its own character […]

Archie Baird, beloved ambassador for golf who lived in Gullane, Scotland, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2019. He was 95. He passed away very peacefully at Edington Cottage Hospital in North Berwick. Mr. Baird, a former RAF fighter pilot and veterinary surgeon, is survived by his wife, Sheila, a medical doctor and great-grandaughter of the legendary Willie Park Sr., first winner […]

By Jim DavisNov. 21, 2019 – Randy Jensen, a co-founder of the Society of Hickory Golfers, hickory golf champion, and golf club expert, was named the 2019 Mike Brown Award recipient at the Mid Pines Hickory Open. Though Jensen could not be present, his good friend, Rob Ahlschwede, accepted the award on his behalf. “I am very honored to be […]

Nov. 21, 2019 Peter Flory, of Glencoe, Ill., a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., handily won the 2019 Mid Pines Hickory by nine shots clear of runner-up Ted Kopec of Niceville, Fla. Flory’s 156 (79-77) was far and away the top of the leaderboard both days of a rather chilly Mid Pines Hickory Open, the 16th such event at the […]