July 25, 2019
July 20, Des Moines, Iowa Bill Reed, tournament host, reports: The 2019 edition of the HoA has been completed. The Open Medal Champion was a three-peat for Jeremy Wright of Louisville, Ky. He had to put in overtime to do so as he finished the 36-hole tournament in a tie with Gary Youngberg of Ames, Iowa. Wright shot 73-75 and […]
June 30, 2019
June 23, 2019 Hickory golfers in Peoria, Ill. launched the Peoria Hickory Open in late June. Organized by Tom Kerckhove, the event was held at the Arrowhead Country Club in Edelstein, Ill. The SoHG’s own self-described “Goodwill Ambassador of Hickory Golf,” Cal Whitman, took honors at the inaugural event. His name will go on the annual trophy, a handsome old-time […]
June 25, 2019
June 25 – Charlevoix, Mich. By Jim Davis Early last year, when organizers of the 12th annual USHO were planning the tournament, June 13-15 were the original dates of choice. Later, for logistical reasons, Belvedere GC’s Head PGA Professional, Dennis “Marty” Joy, moved the date back a week, to June 20-22. A stroke of genius, that. For the weekend of […]
June 10, 2019
June 5, 2019 Martin Pool reports: Amid the towering fir trees, on a gorgeous sunny weekend in Seattle, the Northwest Hickory Players conducted its fifth rendition of the Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship. Thirty-nine players teed it up on June 1-2 at the historic Inglewood Golf Club, which is celebrating its centennial year. The course is as challenging as they come, […]
June 6, 2019
The 22nd National Hickory Championship, organized by Golf Heritage Society executive director Pete Georgiady, was held at the Mound Golf Course in Miamisburg, Ohio, on June 6-8. Seth Lomison, 21, of Pfafftown, NC, won for a second straight year. He first played in 2011 as a 13-year-old intern from the First Tee of the Triad. His father, Matt, who has accompanied […]
May 18, 2019 Bill Conant of the Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts reports: The 4th annual Alexander Findlay, Massachusetts Hickory Open was held at the historic Country Club of Greenfield on Friday, May 17. Thirty-two players from six countries and eight states participated and we were pleased that Ed Ronco, SoHG president, also played in the event while visiting family in Connecticut. […]
May 22, 2019
May 19, 2019 The first Mid American Hickory Open is in the books. Thirty-four players had a very wet, rain delayed first day. We dodged a bullet the second day, watching severe weather pass by to our north, and finished in sunshine. Thank you to the staff at Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg, Ill. for letting us continue. You know […]
May 20, 2019
May 18, 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark On Saturday, May 18 the 8th Open Danish Hickory Championship was contested at the Asserbo Golf Club – north west of Copenhagen. Sweden’s Henrik Peyron (Helsingborg Golf Club) took the championship trophy with a very fine 78. Second was Dennis Willadsen (Ikast Tullamore Golf Club) of Denmark who was only two strokes off Henrik’s pace. The men’s […]
May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 Report by Ernie Ernst: We are certainly lucky here in Wisconsin to have so many great courses to play and 10 that are nationally recognized. We are even luckier that we get to play some of these courses with our hickory sticks in fun events. This weekend, May 10-11, the Whistling Straits Hickory Challenge was contested on […]