May 9, 2019
May 2-4, 2019 Highland Park Golf Course Birmingham, Ala. Tad Moore reports that the 2019 Southern 4-Ball, May 2-4, enjoyed lovely weather and that 64 players and 32 teams entered the event hopeful of winning, but enjoying every minute of this classic team-play tournament. Everyone enjoyed a welcome party and trade show after the practice round on Thursday, a hearty […]
April 10, 2019
April 7, 2019 Stan Spring reports: “This past Saturday, April 6, the first annual historic City Park Hickory Golf tournament was held in Baton Rouge, La. I’ve posted some photos of the event which took place on the City Park Golf Course designed and constructed in 1928 as a links/parkland course by Tom Bendelow, the Johnny Appleseed and dean of […]
March 31, 2019
March 2019 The Swift Trophy matches were won by the USA by 13 to 8 over the Canadian team. Click here for complete Swift Trophy results. Bill Geisler won the Senior Division with 153. Bob Bjerke won the Senior Net Division with 136. John Berggren won the Statesman Division with 149 Brian Gay won the Statesman Net Division with 140. […]
March 25, 2019
March 18, 2019 The Florida Hickory Golfers completed an outing at the historic Winter Park Country Club & Golf Course March 16-17, with a message for other hickory golfers: “This 9-hole course is a real gem and should definitely be on your list of places to play with your hickory clubs,” says FHG leader Mike Stevens. “We had fabulous weather both […]
March 4, 2019
March 3, 2019 – Tournament Director Michael Sloan reports: The second annual Houston Hickory Team Challenge was held Feb. 9-10 at High Meadow Ranch Golf Course in Tomball, Texas. We had nine teams, which translates to 18 players. High Meadow Ranch Golf Course is unique in that it has three 6-hole loops instead of two 9-hole loops. We play the […]
February 28, 2019
Feb. 28, 2019 General Ken Holtz, commander of hickory golf legions in the great American Southwest, files this report on the 2019 Arizona Desert Hickory Championship (which just gets better and better each year!): Each year, for two days in February, the golfing world of Sun City West, Ariz., goes back in time about 100 years… and has way more […]
February 27, 2019
Feb. 24, 2019 – Temple Terrace, Fla. Four-time U.S. Hickory Open Champion Jeremy Moe, of Boca Raton, Fla., won the 2019 U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship sponsored by the United States Golf Teachers Federation. His 77 was three clear of runner-up Thomas Garnier and the same score shot by Willie Smith in the first round at Myopia Hunt Club in […]
January 9, 2019
Jan. 6, 2019 Scott Pilgrim reports – After rescheduling the Vietnam Veterans of America Hickory Invitational from a dismal day of weather on Dec. 8th., we were richly blessed with a perfect day last Saturday on Jan. 5. A high of 70 degrees with a slight 5 mph breeze could not have been better. We were very welcomed by PGA […]