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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
July 10, 2018 White Mountain, N.H. Jim Pucci reports: The second annual White Mountain Hickory Open was completed on Sunday, July 8 under beautiful blue skies. The weather all weekend was spectacular. Those who played well overcame the distraction of the inspiring views on nearly every hole. Players from Florida, Pennsylvania and New Brunswick, Canada made the trek to northern New Hampshire. Day […]
June 21, 2018
June 21 – Miamisburg, Ohio Former Junior wins National Hickory Championship Pete Georgiady reports: Seth Lomison’s golf career has come full circle. He was part of the first “class” of junior interns from the First Tee of the (N.C.) Triad to play in the NHC back in 2011. Now a month shy of his 21st birthday he is the National Hickory Champion Golfer. Tied […]
June 21, 2018 – East Lothian, Scotland – Archie Baird, who is a lifetime honorary member of the Society of Hickory Golfers, has been recognized for services to the history of golf in the Queen’s Birthday Honors. The award is the British Empire Medal (BEM). Archie is well known to those visitors from the U.S. who are regular golfing pilgrims […]
June 6, 2018
June 5 Bainbridge Island, Wash. Martin Pool reports: Thirty-eight hickory players, including six fabulous ladies, took part in the fourth annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship held at the historic Wing Point Golf and Country Club on beautiful Bainbridge Island, Wash. Day one greeted the players with brilliant sunshine and gentle, marine breezes on this island course, which is but a cannon’s […]
May 29, 2018
May 21 The Golf Course at Capon Springs Capon Springs, West Virginia Greg Whitmer and Virginia Hickory Golf Assoc. Captain Skip Platt report: It was a beautiful day at Capon Springs for the 14 golfers who turned out to vie for the 2018 title. The event was conducted by Stableford scoring. Skip Platt took the Open Division honors and Terry […]
May 27 Royal Copenhagen Golf Club Copenhagen, Denmark Christian Juel reports that more than 20 contestants entered for the title of 2018 Danish Hickory Champion. The day’s weather was a little overcast and damp, but spirits were anything but damp. The honor was won by Dennis Willadsen, or the Ikast Golf Club in Denmark. Willadsen was also a member of […]
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 Soangetaha CC Galesburg, Ill. James “Doc” Eike reports: Since its inception, the All American Hickory Open has been contested at such distinguished courses as Downers Grove Golf Course (original location of the old Chicago Club) and Rock Island Arsenal GC, but this year it was played for the first time at the private course of Soangetaha Country […]
May 21, 2018
May 19, 2018 Greenfield, Mass. Thirty-seven Hickory Golfers from nine states and four countries gathered at the Country Club of Greenfield on May 18 for the third annual Massachusetts Hickory Open Championship under perfect spring playing conditions. The historic Country Club of Greenfield dates to 1896. The current golf course was built in 1901 by Alexander Findlay and completed by Ralph Martin […]
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.
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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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