HICKORY GOLF NEWS

The Society of Hickory Golfers has announced the inaugural World Gutty Championship (WGC), scheduled for March 14-15, 2026, at the nationally recognized historic Winter Park Golf Club in Winter Park, Florida. The format is to be match play. “The SoHG is bringing to the national and international rota of hickory golf tournaments an annual, pre-1900, gutty match play championship,” said […]

Jacob Orcutt, event host, reports: The second annual Goodwin Gutty Open was contested on Sept. 29.  A field of 10 gutty and three modern hickory golfers (post-gutty era clubs) enjoyed a beautiful fall day of golf at Goodwin Park Golf Course in Hartford, Connecticut. Our modern division played the nine-hole event to a par of 36.  For the modern hickory […]

Event organizer Maurus Lauber reports: Yara Berger and Paolo Quirici played in their own classes to secure the Swiss Hickory Open Ladies and Gentlemen’s titles at Golf Club Neuchatel. The 10th wins Hickory Open was played Sept. 21, 2025 at the renowned Neuchâtel golf course and was a resounding success. In perfect weather conditions, the two favourites clearly prevailed: Yara […]

The Captain’s Medal hosted by the SoCal Hickory Golfers was played on Sept. 21 at the Victoria Club in Riverside, Calif.  The course is a Max Behr design that dates from 1903. There were 14 two-man teams who played the event in a Ryder Cup format of matches and singles. It was a beautiful day and fun was had by […]

Ernie Ernst reports: The 14th annual Wisconsin Hickory Open was held at Lawsonia Sept. 18-20 on the Links Course of the Golf Courses of Lawsonia in Green Lake, Wisc. A wonderful fall weekend in Wisconsin; a wee bit of sun and heat, a touch of rain and a breeze that could never settle on a direction made for a challenging […]

By Grant Barber Courtesy The Heavenly Post-Gazette I had been dead only about 15 days before I was recruited for the Heavenly Post-Gazette as its newest golf writer. Sure, there are hundreds of sports writers here: a few do make it through the Pearly Gates (which is really a speakeasy door with a sliding panel and a disembodied voice like […]

Dale Hallock reports: The Quarry Oaks Golf Club, midway between Lincoln and Omaha, was our venue for the 2025 Nebraska Hickory Open on Sunday, Sept. 7.  It was an outstanding event all around with a great turn out, beautiful weather, an outstanding golf course, and outstanding play. Congratulations to all the 2025 champions: Morgan Hanson  Low Gross Ladies Division Lauren […]

The 2025 Ames Silversmithing Hickory Classic on Sunday, Sept. 14, enjoyed clear blue skies and warm fall temperatures. Host Gary Youngberg was pleased with the strong field of  67 players at the Ames Golf and Country Club for the 14th playing of this annual Midwestern tournament. “Scores were as hot as the day,” Youngberg said, “as Kevin Eslick and Ayden […]

Robert Birman reports: The inaugural Oddball West took place on Aug. 24 at the Lake Cushman Golf Course in Hoodsport, Wash. It was not without some challenges. The Northwest Hickory Players NWHP’s opportunity to bring the popular Oddball feather ball tournament to the West Coast occurred in the midst of nearby forest fires and a severe heat advisory for the […]

German Open Hickory Championship 2025 Christoph Meister, Captain of the German Hickory Society, reports: The 2025 German Open Hickory Championship, the 17th edition, was played over 36 holes across two days, from Aug. 15- 17, at Golf Club Föhr – a beautiful North Sea island venue that was celebrating its centenary. The event was held in impeccable weather and surroundings, […]

Event host David Webster reports: The 5th annual New Hampshire Hickory Open enjoyed great weather and a record field of 45 players from 14 different states, plus one very special visitor. Mary Ann Sarazen, 88, the daughter of ‘The Squire’, Gene Sarazen, came out to watch us tee off and join the group photo. She was joined by her daughter […]

Tom Johnson reports on the championships held at Foxburg Country Club, Aug. 7-9, 2025: Our events for this year included the 5th International Feathery Challenge (IFC) on Thursday, with the 27th National Hickory Championship and the various divisions of the 17th Foxburg Hickory Championship played Friday and Saturday.  Five years, 17 years, 27 years. The impressive uninterrupted annual successions of […]

Sporting rivalries between states are nothing new. In the Midwest, there is much posturing between Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and others. No love is lost when it comes to power competitions in football, basketball, and baseball. It should come as no suprise, then, that hickory golf has entered the mix. Ever since Peter Herrington attempted to interest states in a […]

Asher Fried, 77, a longtime member and co-founder of the Metropolitan Hickory Society and a member of the SoHG, passed away on Aug. 3, 2025, from a Glioblastoma brain tumor and other health issues.   “Asher was an original member of the Metropolitan Hickory Society and a fixture at all of our gatherings,” said MHS co-founder Mike Policano. “His passion […]

Under beautiful sunny skies, the 13th edition of the Michiana Hickory Open Borger Cup was contested by 41 hickory golfers at the Warren Golf Course on the campus of The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The event is jointly sponsored by the Golf Heritage Society and the Society of Hickory Golfers. Winners were crowned in Open, Senior, […]