November 8, 2012
The season ending Mid Pines event at Southern Pines, N.C. experienced one of the largest hickory golf fields to date, perhaps a record for this type of event outside earlier GCS nationals which may have come close, if not over. The total was 105 players, and this after a handful of cancellations, some caused by Hurricane Sandy.SoHG President Chris Deinlein […]
November 6, 2012
5th ANNUAL INTERSTATE TOURNAMENTOLD KINDERHOOK, MISSOURI 1st – 3rd November, 2012 Hosts – Fred & Sherry Smeltzer We enjoyed the company of 44 hickory players in perfect golfing weather. For the first time it was possible to hold a couples 9-hole scramble competition on Thursday, with 10 couples taking part. This will become an annual feature of the Thursday practice […]
October 15, 2012
The 8th World Hickory Open 2012 – Chairmans Report, Lionel Freedman (Reprinted with permission from the World Hickory Open website.) The 8th World Hickory took place on the 8th and 9th October 2012. Very rarely has a hickory golf tournament been blessed with such wonderful weather and also at the end of two days produced such an exiting finish. Monday […]
October 3, 2012
Kelly Davidson is the 2012 Open Champ of the Mountain Valley Hickory Open. John Berggren is the Senior Champ. Host Breck Speed said there was great pla and good fellowship at a wonderful venue. “Thank you Hardscrabble CC and our local hosts Rob Goodfellow and Neal Cowne. We raised $3,500 for First Tee of Fort Smith,” Breck said. OPEN […]
September 24, 2012
The VaHGA met for its Virginia Hickory 4-Ball Invitational in September at the Keswick Club in Keswick, Va. on Sept. 14-16. Greg Witmer and Eric Wagner won the low gross by one shot over Bob and Skip Platt. Jim Clawson and Rick Woeckener finished two back. Players who competed in the event included Eric Wagner, Greg Whitmer, Skip Platt, Bob […]
September 19, 2012
The Second McNabb Cup Three things are thrown away on a golf fairway, namely, time, money and oaths. Paraphrased from Walter Scott Mankind is composed of inconsistencies. Nowhere is this more evident than on a golfing green where no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes putts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely. Inspired by […]
September 18, 2012
The 2012 edition of the Canadian Hickory Championship was held Aug. 15-17 in Sherwood Park, Edmonton, Alberta. Once again, host Ron Lyons has outdone himself at The Legends, his fine, 27-hole course. To add to the celebration, the event marked the celebration of 100 years of golf in Alberta. Ron dressed for the occasion by breaking out his red Captain’s […]
Photo Gallery –The two players holding trophies are Brian Schuman, left, and Dave Ellis.The photo of three men are, from left: Senior Division winner Bob West; Paul Dietz; and Senior Division runner up Rusty Wells. The 10th annual C B Macdonald Challenge and Eastern Canadian Championship was played the weekend after Labour Day at historic Niagara Golf Club in Niagara-on-the-Lake, […]
September 1, 2012
By Enrico Degiacomi The Swiss Hickory Championship Days, Aug. 17–19, are history. We had fantastic weather and for the first time we had a hickory pro-am which was a huge success. All the pros liked it very much. (Check out the photo gallery for a glimpse of the beautiful environment in which this wonderful tournament was played. Gorgeous! That’s Martin […]