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Proctor authors another winner with Melbourne Weekend for Florida Hickory Golfers

Mike Stevens reports: We are fortunate to live in a state with so many golf courses and the Florida Hickory Golfers were able to sample two excellent municipal tracks March 29 and 30, thanks to author Stephen Proctor – The Habitat and Spessard Holland courses in Melbourne. (Note: Stephen was the former editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and Baltimore […]

Australian hickory tournament nets great press coverage

The Alex Lowe Trophy was played at the historic Wollongong Golf Club in New South Wales this past Feb. 23. The course was laid out on one morning in 1897 by Royal Sidney members Leonard Dobbin and Irving Kent. That same afternoon the two held an exhibition match over the newly built course, the holes barely fresh from being dug. […]

Chautauqua adds a hickory flair to St. Patrick’s Day

Eighteen players gathered for the third annual Chautauqua Hickory Open, March 15-16, at the Eagle Springs Golf and Recreation Center in DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Most of the players were members of the Society of Hickory Golfers (www.hickory golfers.com), an international organization dedicated to encouraging the use of these clubs from early in the last century. Players came from Alabama, Florida, […]

Score another classic for the Arizona Desert Hickory

Playing pre-1935 hickory shafted clubs, 96 players celebrated the 13th Arizona Desert Hickory, March 1-2, in Sun City West, Ariz. Equipped with vintage equipment, and attired in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, they challenged Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses in grand style over a two day competition. Click here for a complete report compiled by event organizer […]

Cold snap can’t chill US Professional & Amateur Hickory Championships

A cold front coming through Tampa over Feb. 15-16 brought Scottish style winds that howled through the fairways at the 15th US Professional & Amateur Hickory Championship at historic Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club making scoring extremely difficult. In a see-saw round a two-shot swing on the 17th hole saw Mike Stevens take a one-shot lead over Carlos De […]

Swiss museum to celebrate club maker Tom Stewart

Thomas Stewart Jr., Golf Cleek and Iron Maker, the famous blue-covered book published by Ralph Livingston III in 2010 has been reprinted in a second edition with a green cover by Swiss golfer Paolo Quirici and several partners from Switzerland. The book is part of a larger project to celebrate the prolific clubmaker and includes a museum and workshop where […]

California’s Bagpiper skirls up a good one

The Pacific Coast Hickory Golfers conducted its Bagpiper tournament on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Costa Mesa Country Club. It was conducted as a two-man Ryder Cup-style team event with six holes each of Best Ball, Alternate Shot, and scramble. “It was a great day of hickory golf, says co-host and organizer Rick Perrault. Rudy Kastelic and Mark Wille were […]

Texas golf magazine picks up story on 2024 USHO

Photographers Greg and Beverly Wise not only served as the official event photographers for the 2024 U.S. Hickory Open at the Kenosha Country Club in Wisconsin, but Greg also wrote about it for various regional golf magazines. The most recent to pick up the story was the Texas Golf Insider. That ought to create a little stir for the 2025 […]

Brock Elder the champ at 2024 Mid Pines

The 2024 Mid Pines Hickory Open, its 21st meeting, had 71 players who enjoyed the always fun-to-play Mid Pines golf course, renovated in recent years to something Donald Ross would have much admired. The 2024 Open Champion was Brock Elder, who posted a 145. Click here to see the results from the entire event. Open Division winners are: Ladies – […]