September 7, 2015
Youngest player wins net category at German Hickory Championship. German Hickory Championship 2015 with record participation in Baden-Baden The 7th German Hickory Championship was played on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 in Baden-Baden, Germany. 54 players from 10 Nations gathered on Baden-Baden’s golf course at Selighof. Baden-Baden Golf Club, founded 1901 and one of eight foundation members of the German Golf […]
September 3, 2015
Teams for the first 2-Man Hickory Best Ball Championship What a amazing day of hickory golf in the great northwest on a recent Sunday morning. After hours of wind and rain the day and night before, we were able to get out and golf. Our six teams were fortunate enough to compete in the first annual 2-Man Hickory Best Ball event […]
August 28, 2015
The Foxburg Country Club clubhouse By Tom Johnson The seventh Foxburg Hickory Championship was held Aug. 14-15 at the near-ancient Foxburg Country Club in Western Pennsylvania. Foxburg was created in 1887, and maintains many of its original features. The weather was perfect for golf, sunny skies, cool temperatures in the morning, warming up to the low 80s by the time the […]
August 11, 2015
The players at the 2015 Swedish Hickory Championship Report courtesy of Jonas Fack The 18th Swedish Hickory Championship was held Aug. 1-2 on the links of Flommen Golf Club. Flommen, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, was started by the caddies at neighboring Falsterbo Golf Club (1909), as they were not allowed to play on the course which they worked. […]
July 22, 2015
From left: Dave Brown, President of the Society of Hickory Golfers; 2015 USHO Champion Jeremy Moe; 2015 USHO Low Amateur and 2nd Place finisher Cliff Martin; 2015 USHO 3rd Place finisher Grayson Giboney; and 2015 USHO Chairman Ed Ronco. Photo by Brian Giboney. (Note: Overall scores are posted below.) Heat and humidity could not affect the cool swing of […]
July 14, 2015
Players at the 2015 Gearhart Hickory Classic. Hosted by the Seattle-based Northwest Hickory Players, 30 hickory players participated in the 2015 Gearhart Hickory Classic at the historic Gearhart Golf Links (est. 1892) on the beautiful Oregon coast. A strong contingent of California players and a Texan joined us for the group’s first major event of the year. During […]
July 13, 2015
The 38th Heart of America Hickory Championship was just to John Berggren’s liking. The Kingwood, Texas, hickory player and golf collector played the1902 Grandview Golf Course in Des Moines, Iowa, to a tee. Tournament Director Bill Reed, far right, presents a happy Berggren with the winner’s trophy. This tourney was originated in 1978 by Warren Olson, a past president of […]
July 2, 2015
The Pacific Grove Golf Links The 2015 North-South went off without a hitch. Social festivities started things off on Friday night at Kris and Sylvia Surano’s Victorian Pacific Grove home. Terrific snack and drinks were on hand, along with great company. A special thank you to Erik Beer for bringing some home-brewed “Stiff Hickory” beer to the event. […]
June 23, 2015
(This account, written by an SoHG member, seemed a fitting way to describe the 2015 Belvedere Hickory Open. “MacDuff”, as he prefers, has occasionally penned an article or two for the SoHG. For those of you who wish to skip to the tournament’s results, scroll to the bottom of the page for PDFs of the results by division. Photos, or […]