A full field took to the historic 1914 Winter Park 9, listed as one of the top ten 9-hole golf courses in the United States. The course played firm like a links that you would find at the home of golf. The two-day event, Jan. 21-22, consisted of 18 holes on day one and nine holes where only four clubs […]
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Scott Nakase is 2022 Japan Hickory Players Champion
There is a beautiful but mysterious lake in front of the first tee box at Naruo Golf Club called the ‘Ijiwaru Ike,’ which means ‘mean-spirited lake’ in English. The mysterious part is that it’s small and picturesque. But when you tee up with your hickory golf clubs, it grows larger and meaner…and…I will leave the rest for you to discover […]
World Hickory 2022
January 2023 In this cautious world of post-covid recovery, golf-related activities in 2022 continued to enjoy support as the largely outdoor sport can be played with minimal precautions against the wily virus. Hickory golf was no exception and the planet’s hickory golf enthusiasts came out in large numbers to play their favorite events, meet with friends, and explore the nuances […]
European organizations unite to promote hickory golf
3 January 2023 – Davos, Switzerland Leading proponents of hickory golf from several European countries have formed the Society of Hickory Golfers – Europe for the purposes of providing support and guidance in promoting growth of the ‘royal and ancient’ game as it was played from its origins. Meeting in late October at Ducks Inn in Aberlady, Scotland, the group […]
Idaho’s Sue Tracy runs away with 2022 WHO women’s title.
By Tom Tracy with Jim Davis Belated, but nonetheless cheerful news for U.S. hickory golfers: Susan Tracy, of Star, Idaho, playing out of River Birch Golf Course, captured the Ladies Division of the 2022 World Hickory Open (WHO), played in the Highlands of Scotland Oct. 11-13. The WHO, founded by Lionel Freedman and played annually since 2005, draws hickory shaft […]
Video flyover of Ron Lyons golf car collection
Every August Ron Lyons of Canada hosts the annual Canadian Hickory Open Championship on his Legends Golf Course in Edmonton. He is also a golf collector of the first order with many dozens of clubs, balls, tees, books… you name it. The item that sets him apart from most others is his passion for golf cars, especially those dating before […]
One more title? Sir Bob Charles to play in 2023 New Zealand Hickory Open
By Jim Davis Occasionally, to the wondering mind of the hickory golfer there comes the thought of how fine it would be should a well known champion golfer join the field for, say, a U.S. Hickory Open. Masters champion Sandy Lyle has competed twice in the World Hickory Open, winning once, and we have seen videos of such young tigers […]
Strong start for inaugural GHSC Fall Hickory Classic
Report by George Supol, GHSC board member and tournament statistician The Golf Historical Society of Canada’s Fall Hickory Classic was held Saturday, Oct. 1-2, 2022 in the Niagara Falls, Ontario area. This inaugural event was a successor to the well-attended C.B. McDonald tournaments run by Paul Dietz and others at the historical Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course, in prior years. Over the two days, players generally played hickory […]
Reflections on the World Hickory Open 2022
By Rick Adams On the multiple occasions I had played golf in Scotland across the past three decades, I had – oddly – never played in what I considered “Scottish weather” : windy, rainy, cold, generally nasty. I had been cursed with only sunny, balmy days from Royal Troon to Old Musselburgh to The Old Course. (Except for waiting seven […]
Australia adds new hickory golf group
Dateline – NOW HICKORY GOLF IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Cheers to the members of the Fleurieu Hickory Golfers, a newly formed South Australian hickory golfing society. The members held their inaugural event on Friday, Aug. 26 at Victor Harbor Golf Club. On a beautiful mid-winter afternoon, eight players participated in a 9-hole non-competitive round and great fun was had by all. […]