HICKORY GOLF NEWS

Sept. 10, 2019 – Whitehall, Mich.By MacDuff It was the 9th playing of The McNabb Cup. There was concern. From the outset, the August & Ancient Committee of The McNabb Cup were disturbed by reports, unfounded as it turned out, planted by “bad actors” from the Baltic states through social media and other outlets, that contenders for the ninth playing of […]

Sept. 10, 2019 Ernie Ernst reports: The 8th annual Wisconsin Hickory Open is in the books. Three days of wonderful early fall weather made The Links course at Lawsonia shine. A field of 32 players made their way to Green Lake, Wisc. to participate. Thursday was the practice day and players were out getting reacquainted with the Langford/Moreau design. A wet summer produced […]

Sept. 10, 2019 Rick Adams reports: The fourth Swiss Hickory Golf Open Championship, Aug. 22, 2019, attracted about three dozen aficionados to the idyllic Alpine mountain village of Davos, Switzerland (site of the famous World Economic Forum each January). At 1,500 meters altitude and with narrow fairways nestled between the mountains and the rail line, accuracy and strategic placement was required. […]

Sept. 12, 2019 The first Polish Hickory Open and traditional tournament Retro Cup took place Sept. 6-8, at Palace Brzezno in Poland. From Friday till Sunday, Retro Festival participants could participate in many attractions in the atmosphere of the 20-30 years of the last century. The hickory tournament was attended, among others, by Christoph Meister, secretary of the European Association […]

Sept. 4, 2019 Gonzalo Retana Ardanaz is a new SoHG member from San Sebastian, Spain. The new-to-hickory player wanted to share his excitement in the new sport with friends and organized a tournament held on Aug. 8 at the Real Nuevo Club de Golf Club in San Sebastian. Both men and women participated, Retana says. “It was very successful day, […]

Aug. 24, 2019 The 2019 Canadian Open Hickory Championship was held the week of Aug. 12-16 at the Legends G&CC Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. The hickory event included a two-day road trip on Monday and Tuesday, a Wednesday scramble, the Thursday USA/Canada match (Ryder Cup format), and the Friday Championship tournament.  This year’s Wednesday scramble team with a -13 score […]

Aug. 20, 2019 In 2015, the U.S. Hickory Open was held at Miami Valley Golf Club in Dayton, Ohio. The historic course, which has hosted the Western Open, was a delight to play. The membership and the club’s president Neil Hazel, asked whether the SoHG would consider a return in 2019, to help the club celebrate its centennial. Ed Ronco, […]

Aug. 12, 2019 Jim Jeselnick reports: On Aug. 10, a beautiful Saturday afternoon at historic South Bend Country Club (SBCC), Bert Coghill from Lemont, Ill., a member of the Golf Heritage Society, continued his dominance of the Michiana Hickory Open by wining for the sixth time in seven years with fine score of 78.  Thirty six golfers, the largest group […]

Aug. 12, 2019 Tom Johnson, host of the Foxburg Hickory Championship, reports: Great camaraderie Great weather Great food Great golf The above were the features of the 11th Annual Foxburg Hickory Championship held amid beautiful skies, and the handsome home of Foxburg Country Club this past Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9 and 10. The FHC is a 36-hole hickory golf event […]

July 25 – Eagle, Wisc. Event host Greg Smith reports: The 2019 Wisconsin Gutty Challenge was held July 18-21 at the Eagle Springs Golf Resort in Eagle, Wisc. The course was in great shape and the staff treated us very well.  I am very proud to announce the following list of champions. Open Division Champion  – Tom Johnson. Senior Park Division […]

July 25, 2019 – Olympia, Washington Event host Rob Ahlschwede reports: The 2019 Gearhart Hickory Classic is in the books. Forty-five players in four divisions faced interesting pin placements and greens that ran to 11.5 on the stimp meter. Fairways were hard and fast and that led to some great scoring. It also led to some head scratching and the […]

July 20, Des Moines, Iowa Bill Reed, tournament host, reports: The 2019 edition of the HoA has been completed. The Open Medal Champion was a three-peat for Jeremy Wright of Louisville, Ky. He had to put in overtime to do so as he finished the 36-hole tournament in a tie with Gary Youngberg of Ames, Iowa. Wright shot 73-75 and […]

A 10-minute video produced by a Belvedere Club member, a past president, presents several highlights of the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open, including interviews with committee members and players. The member, who wishes to remain anonymous, teamed with a Charlevoix video production company to produce the film. Belvedere’s PGA Professional, Dennis ‘Marty’ Joy, said the member is devoted to his club and […]

By Jim Davis If you want to grow up to become a U.S. Hickory Open champion, it helps to have a father who loves golf, as well as a country club course adjacent to your backyard. Rick Woeckener had both. The youngest of three children, Woeckener, 50, was born in New Brunswick, N.J. and moved to the Miami area of […]

June 25 – Charlevoix, Mich. By Jim Davis Early last year, when organizers of the 12th annual USHO were planning the tournament, June 13-15 were the original dates of choice. Later, for logistical reasons, Belvedere GC’s Head PGA Professional, Dennis “Marty” Joy, moved the date back a week, to June 20-22. A stroke of genius, that. For the weekend of […]