HICKORY GOLF NEWS

By Jim Davis Occasionally, to the wondering mind of the hickory golfer there comes the thought of how fine it would be should a well known champion golfer join the field for, say, a U.S. Hickory Open. Masters champion Sandy Lyle has competed twice in the World Hickory Open, winning once, and we have seen videos of such young tigers […]

Report by George Supol, GHSC board member and tournament statistician The Golf Historical Society of Canada’s Fall Hickory Classic was held Saturday, Oct. 1-2, 2022 in the Niagara Falls, Ontario area. This inaugural event was a successor to the well-attended C.B. McDonald tournaments run by Paul Dietz and others at the historical Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course, in prior years. Over the two days, players generally played hickory […]

By Rick Adams On the multiple occasions I had played golf in Scotland across the past three decades, I had – oddly – never played in what I considered “Scottish weather” : windy, rainy, cold, generally nasty. I had been cursed with only sunny, balmy days from Royal Troon to Old Musselburgh to The Old Course. (Except for waiting seven […]

Dateline – NOW HICKORY GOLF IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Cheers to the members of the Fleurieu Hickory Golfers, a newly formed South Australian hickory golfing society. The members held their inaugural event on Friday, Aug. 26 at Victor Harbor Golf Club. On a beautiful mid-winter afternoon, eight players participated in a 9-hole non-competitive round and great fun was had by all. […]

By RICK ADAMS How do you shift someone from ‘I enjoy playing golf’ to ‘I love hickory golf’? It starts with putting a hickory club in their hands. I had the pleasure this week of introducing several avid golfers to hickory. They’re among a group of friends with whom I play often when we are in the far south of […]

The Metropolitan Hickory Society annual knows hot to select courses of historic pedigree and architectural distinction. Their September “Steam Shovel” event at the Hackensack Golf Club in Emerson, N.J., was no exception. Here’s Bill Martin’s take on the day and a sneak peak into next season’s lineup for the MHS, which also is our host regional group for the 2023 […]

Dr. Jay Harris of Burlington and Pinehurst, N.C., passed away Sept. 27. He was 81. A service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 at the Emerywood Baptist Church, 1300 Country Club Dr., High Point, N.C. Casual golfing attire is recommended. Knickers/Plus Fours would be a nice touch. Dr. Harris was one of the early guiding lights of the […]

By MacDuff Whitehall, Mich., Sept. 29, 2022 – There was a buzz of nervous anticipation in the great media palace located somewhere above. Groups of heavenly cognoscenti measured their time and their drinks the while casting furtive glances at the great televised contest and keeping an eye on the betting window. Bernardo Darwin glanced casually at his notepad; nearby, Herb […]

Along with the good will generated by this year’s U.S. Hickory Open at the Mission Inn in Florida, were reports from two media sources. One by Jason Lusk for Golfweek, posted Sept. 16, speaks about some of the things he learned while actually playing in the tournament. Click here to read Lusk’s article. The featured photo for this post was taken […]

James Ciganek of Reston, Va., turned in a two-day 157, seven shots clear of his nearest competitor, Joey Piatek of Munster, Ind., to take the Open Division honors at the 2022 U.S. Hickory Open at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. As low amateur, Ciganek also won the John Fischer Jr. Low Amateur Award. Ciganek and Piatek were followed […]

By all accounts, the Mission Inn Resort and its El Campeon Golf course has proven a hit with players and their guests. The facilities are in beautiful condition, the course is tough but in fine shape and there are trophies on the line tomorrow. Rylee Stovall of Arizona posted an 81 today, followed by Bailey Weigandt at 86, and B.J. […]

A pig, a Friday night tradition and a legendary golf course. Ernie Ernst reports: It took the 36th hole of the two-day event (Aug. 26-27) for the 2022 Wisconsin Hickory Open Champion to be determined at Lawsonia on the Links course. With a tie in place between Peter Flory and Ohio’s Rick Woeckener and a heavy rain storm coming in, it […]

Gonzalo Retana reports: On 29th and 30th August, the Real Nuevo Club de Golf SS Basozabal has held for the fourth consecutive year a golf prize in the Hickory modality, that is to say, with wooden clubs, clubs prior to 1935 and with the rules corresponding to the beginnings of golf. This IV San Sebastian Hickory Golf Open has been […]

Jim Jeselnick reports: The Michiana Hickory Open, hosted by Jim Jeselnick, a past president of the Golf Heritage Society, and Spike Abernethy, a member of the South Bend Country Club, hosted its largest field yet – 42 golfers – on Saturday, Aug. 21. The field for the tenth annual Michiana HO included a couple of players from the Valparaiso, Ind. […]

Bruce Johnson reports: The second annual H₂G Hickory Classic was held Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, Iowa. The event was a fundraiser to benefit “Moving Veterans Forward,” a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless veterans in Iowa and Nebraska to get placed in homes.  The main goal of the organization is to give these […]