August 31, 2012
(Images in the gallery are courtesy of Jane Reheard.) By Tom Johnson The Foxburg Hickory Championship is a 36-hole pre-1900 event using the McIntyre gutty. It is held at the historic Foxburg Country Club in the hills of Western Pennsylvania, roughly an hour north of Pittsburgh. The 2012 event was played Aug. 10-11. Foxburg, founded in 1887, is now 125 years old […]
August 28, 2012
Results for the 2012 Swedish Hickory Championship at the Lunds Akademiska Golf Club, July 28-29131 participants MensMagnus Persson Atlevi, 144 totalPer G. Nyman, 146Peter Hoberg, 152 WomenMonica Andersson, 82Frida Rydberg, 85Julia Tedvik, 85 SeniorTom Robertson, 82David Kirkwood, 86Claes Kvist, 88 NetTien Panigel, 56Sture Svantesson, 63Johan Arnerfors, 68
The 2012 Kummel Cup participants on the day before the rains came. Saturday was a perfect day. The greens were fast. Then it got tricky. Sunday’s weather came in with a steady rain and light wind with temperatures in the mid-60’s. Just tough enough. A bit of Scotland in old Wisconsin. The 2012 Kummel Cup competitors had all they […]
August 27, 2012
It was a truly fine event, hosted by the Golf Collectors Society with participants from the Michigan Hickory Tour and the Society of Hickory Golfers. For a summary of the event, check out the Michigan Regional Page on the website. Right here, though, you’ll find a gallery of photos from the event, taken by Tim Gray, son-in-law of event organizer […]
July 26, 2012
Following two days of heated – it was 97 in the shade – competition, Pinehurst resident Tony Smarrelli, 62, emerged as the 2012 U.S. Hickory Open champion. Some 65 players turned out for the 5th annual U.S. Hickory Open played with clubs that pre-date 1935, or are accurate modern replicas of such clubs. Held under the auspices of the Society […]
July 17, 2012
The Jack Rutherford Cup – Hickory Stick Open On a warm and sunny Canada day, 18 of our veteran hickory members joined with 52 members of the Scarboro Club to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Format was a five-person scramble with a mixture of men’s and mixed foursomes groups. Dedicated to Jack Rutherford, a longtime Scarboro Member and one […]
There were 49 registered players and 17 guests and they made the 35th edition of the Heart of America a success by any standard. The temperature averaged twice the number of our players and the scores were just as hot on a links style golf course that was tough but fair for hickory play. Golf course management of your ball […]
July 5, 2012
‘Twas brillig and the slithy Toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.” Had Lewis Carroll been familiar with the lovely Monterey Peninsula of California, he might have described “brillig” days and hickory golfers who gyred and gimbled on the fairways and greens of the Pacific Grove Golf Links. The creator of the Jabberwocky was not there, but 20 hickory […]
June 26, 2012
Thank you to all of the 2012 Belvedere Hickory Open participants and companions of participants for making the trip to Belvedere Golf Club and the town of Charlevoix, Mich. Belvedere Golf Club truly enjoys having you at their wonderful club and having you enjoy the “Belvedere” experience. I hope everyone had a fantastic time at Belvedere and really enjoyed the […]