May 17, 2016
Snow, hail part of the test at Wisconsin Hickory Open The weather was a challenge, the camaraderie is always a pleasure. The memories outstanding. Thanks again to Jenn Koss Hansen for the pictures. Click here to see her photo gallery of the outing. The Wisconsin Hickory Open was a two-day event contested by more than 50 hickory golfers on the […]
May 15, 2016
‘Vermonsters’ overwhelm field at first Findlay Championship Golfers at the inaugural Alexander Findlay Hickory Open. Twenty-three Hickory Golfers from New England and New York state gathered Friday, May 13, for the first annual Alexander Findlay Hickory Open Championship, sponsored by the Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts and The Country Club of Greenfield – “The Gateway Course to Hickory Golf in New […]
May 5, 2016
Contestants at the 4th annual Vintage Hickory Invitational. Photo by Mike Dorgan Story by AP National Golf Club Due to overwhelming success of the Seattle Golf Show and National Hickory Day initiative, attendance and participation at the 4th annual Vintage Hickory Invitational was a new record. The event was held on the Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. A […]
April 25, 2016
The field at the 2016 Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship Sweet Home Alabama it was for Cliff Martin of Los Angeles and Bain Hanning of Birmingham, Ala. The two set a new scoring record at the 2016 Southern Hickory 4-Ball with a two-day total of 127 – an amazing 62-65 and the lowest score ever for this classic Championship Series event. […]
March 30, 2016
From the ONION CREEK CLUB, AUSTIN, TEXAS Swift Trophy Matches (March 24) We matched an EAST team against a WEST team for a very competitive Swift Trophy Match because we were unable to find enough Canadians in Austin. A brutal exchange rate in the Canadians’ disfavor was the culprit… and we hope the money gods will reverse their evil ways to […]
March 23, 2016
This weekend, March 19-20, we played in the Pacific Hickory Golfers’ Gutty Spectacular event in Southern California at the Links of Summerly in Lake Elsinore, Calif. (For results of the tournament and photos, please scroll down.) We’ve played the course often the past few years in small group outings, both 1920s hickory and gutty era. The course is an open […]
March 4, 2016
Sixty-six hickory players from around the USA and Canada came to the Sun City West Pebblebrook Golf Course to compete in this year’s contest, including three women. The tournament supported a field for Championship, Senior, New-To-Hickory, Super Senior, and a Ladies Division. The weather offered perfect Arizona sunshine with temps in the 80s. All visitors from the North enjoyed getting […]
February 25, 2016
Team USA Captain Rick Woeckener with the International Hickory Cup. Team USA has retained possession of the Lionel Freedman IHC Globe by taking the singles matches on Thursday, Feb. 25. The score was 12 1/2 to 3 1/2, bringing the final three-day total to 24 1/2 – 7 1/2. The teams began the day with cooler weather in the low […]
February 24, 2016
Team USA takes seven of eight matches on Day Two to build commanding 12-4 lead going into singles matches on Thursday, Feb. 25.