August 31, 2020
Aug. 29, 2020 Forty-five golfers from seven states, including three First Tee players, participated in the 2020 Michiana Hickory Open held at the South Bend Country Club in South Bend, Ind. The course had been drenched by the previous night’s heavy rains and large puddles remained throughout the waterlogged course. It was cart paths only. This and strong winds made […]
August 18, 2020
Despite all Covid restrictions in place, 42 players were able to attend from Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, England, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands; Mexico, Scotland and Sweden, to compete in the 12th edition of the German Open Hickory Championship, played over 36 holes at Kallin Golf Course just outside the German capital, Berlin. The Championship started on Friday, Aug. 14, […]
Aug. 17, 2020Event host Bill Reed reports on the Heart of America Tournament. On July 9 the City of Des Moines, Iowa, informed the tournament director of the annual Heart of America Hickory Championship that the municipally-owned clubhouse of the Bright-Grandview Golf Course would not be available for the scheduled receptions, dinners, and trade and raffle tables that are a […]
Aug. 17, 2020 Event host Tom Johnson reports on the 12th annual Foxburg Hickory Championship, Aug. 14-15. Our weather was excellent, warm in the mid-80s on Friday, cooler in the mid-70s on Saturday, nice breezes both days kept temperatures moderate. Long time Foxburg CC green keeper Jeff “Tex” Texter had the course in fine condition. The western Pennsylvania region suffered a […]
August 17, 2020
Peter Knowlan reports: The 2020 Vermont Hickory Open was contested Aug. 15-16 at the picturesque Golf Club at Equinox, a historic Walter Travis designed course nestled between the western slope of the Green Mountains and the eastern slope of Mt Equinox, the highest peak in the Taconic range. Rick Woeckener, of Garrettsville, Ohio, the reigning U.S. Hickory Open champion, is now […]
Aug. 12-14, 2020 – The Legends GCC, Alberta, Canada Ron Lyons and Chris Ream report: With the ongoing worldwide pandemic we were fortunate to be able to still run a modified Canadian Open Hickory Championship. With quarantine rules in effect, sadly we weren’t able to accommodate the many enquiries we had from the U.S. and Europe, but we were happy […]
August 13, 2020
The field at the 2020 Spanish Hickory OpenAugust 12 – San Sebastian, Spain Gonzalo Retana Ardanaz reports: On Aug. 11, the Real Nuevo Club de Golf SS Basozabal held for the second consecutive year a golf prize in the hickory modality, that is, with clubs from the years before 1935 and with the rules corresponding to the beginnings of golf. […]
July 27, 2020
July 20, 2020 – Eagle Springs, Wisc. Greg Smith reports that the unique sound of gutty golf again rang out over the 1893 course in Eagle Springs this July. Near a dozen stalwarts gathered to test the smoothies against Dave Brown’s replica Park gutty balls. “It was a small group, but competitive,” Greg says. “We all played the Park ball from […]
July 16, 2020
July 14, 2020 – Gearhart, Ore. by Rob Ahlschwede Thirty-one players met for the 8th annual Gearhart Hickory Classic. Covid-19 kept the entries down from the usual 45+players, but contestants found the weather near perfect with partly cloudy skies, temps in the 60s early, breaking into the 70s by mid afternoon. Evenings cool with dew and maybe a drizzle did not keep […]