June 16, 2012
BraeBen Results Thursday June 14 Our GHSC Spring Scramble was held this year at BraeBen the Scottish Highlands style layout in Mississauga. Built on a old landfill site that was intentionally shaped to let Golf Architect Ted Baker create a masterpiece, it is missing only the great views of ocean. Instead we get the roof tops of Bramalea and even better views of greater Toronto right down […]
June 15, 2012
“Yes,” said Pete Georgiady, “the rough was deep this year. Mowing got a bit behind schedule.” To which the Oakhurst devotees collectively responded “So what?” Contested this year on June 7-9, the National Hickory Championship was every bit the test of early golf that the Czar had hoped it would be. Friends came from throughout the country to enjoy that […]
June 3, 2012
The 5th playing of the Vermont Hickory Open saw some 35 players gathered at the Copley Country Club in Morrisville, Vermont. See photos from the event here. Braving some “liquid sunshine” on day one, an especially strong field saw four separate competitors shoot rounds in the seventies. The field was paced on day one by SoHG Championship Series winner Rick Woeckener […]
May 22, 2012
(New images added. Frank Coffman has published several additional images of the event at the following link: http://www.221b.org/AAHO12.) Randy Jensen has added another title to his collection, that of 2012 All American Hickory Open champion. With his customary steady play and crisp shots, Jensen posted a two-day 160 that only bested Tampa’s Mike Stevens by one shot. The two are […]
May 5, 2012
The best Southern 4-Ball yet! It was the universal assessment from the players, from the course management and from tournament host Tad Moore who had his hands full with a very full field of 72 players. “This was the culmination of many years of work to bring a full field to the event,” he said. The Southern 4-Ball Hickory Championship […]
March 27, 2012
By Bill Reed The hickory teams of the USA and Canada just completed the Annual battle for the ” Swift Cup ” Hickory Match held at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, TX. In a tight team battle, the USA team upsetthe favored Canadian Team 16 to 14 to reclaim the ” Swift Cup.” This annual battle happens every […]