May 22, 2022
By Alex Bruce There was a real festive atmosphere May 20, 2022 at Taiheiyo Club – Yachiyo Course as we walked up the winding path lined with large “Japan Hickory Masters Championship” banners from the clubhouse towards the starter’s house. It was a wonderful spring morning, and the players were splendidly dressed in knickerbocker fashion. As always, the ladies were […]
May 19, 2022
New England’s hickory maestro Bill ‘Wardy’ Wardwell came out tops for the 2022 Alexander Findlay / Massachusetts Hickory Open. The event, the 6th annual, held on May 13 at the Country Club of Greenfield, attracted 31 participants. Results for 6th annual Alex Findlay are: Overall Gross: Bill Wardwell…..75 Overall Net: Jacob Orcutt…..65 Stableford: Bill Conant…..24 (MOC) Louis Falcon…..24 Stableford Net: […]
May 17, 2022
Friday, March 25, 2022. By Pete League Tournament Director Seven of the nine Texas First Tee chapters sent a four-person team to Onion Creek Club in Austin for the second Texas First Tee Hickory Championship. Only the El Paso and West Texas chapters were missing. The format was two two-person teams playing in a scramble, with the cumulative score of […]
May 16, 2022 By Ernie Ernst The Kohler Hickory Challenge was contested this past week, May 12-15, at the courses at Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run. With a little twist in course selection this year, participants were offered a warm up round on the Straits Course on Thursday for fun. Many took advantage of the opportunity to play the Ryder […]
May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022 The 2022 Southern Hickory 4-Ball was played April 21,22,23. We had great weather, warm and lots of sunshine. This year’s event was played in two formats. For the low handicap players we had the Best Ball Scratch. For the others, we played a Team Total Stableford. Highland Park Golf Course was in great shape. Greens were tough […]
May 3, 2022
Northwest Hickory Players celebrate World Hickory Golf Day at Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. The playing of the Vintage Hickory Classic has been scheduled for WHGD since 2013 and this year there were 46 players for the celebration. It was great having many players making the trip from the Portland area to join in the fun of the day. […]
April 30, 2022
On April 9-10, 26 hickory players celebrated the first year Sacramento Hickory tournament. A very good first event field including several first-time hickory players. We had five from Washington, two from Oregon, two from Arizona, two all the way from south of Los Angeles, and two from Palm Springs, that leaves 13 from northern California. We had fields for Open, Senior, […]
April 26, 2022
April 26, 2022 Playing in strong prevailing winds gusting to 35 miles per hour, the Kansas City Area Hickory Golfers hosted its 2nd annual Sunflower Hickory Match-Play April 23, 2022 at the Falcon Lakes Golf Course in Basehor, Kan. Winners were recognized and awarded their gold medals at the dinner which featured excellent Kansas City style BBQ. Awards this year also […]
April 23, 2022
By Alex Bruce Our first major hickory golf event in Japan in 2022 was the Japan Hickory Open played at the glorious Kobe Golf Club (1903), Japan’s first golf club. The Kobe Golf Club members provided us access to the original 4,090 yards layout and par 71 scorecards, so we could all play the course the way it was designed. […]