Hopeful signs in the Northwest

May 1, 2020 Early on in the Covid-19 story, Seattle and the Pacific Northwest were rather hard hit. Like everywhere else, people stayed home, businesses closed, and most recreation came to a halt, hickory golf included. But now comes a sign that maybe, just maybe, things are loosening up… sort of, kind of. The Northwest Hickory Players just announced the […]

Florida State Golf Association teams up with Florida Hickory Golfers

May 1, 2020 There’s good news for hickory golfers, indeed, all golfers, in the Sunshine State. The Florida State Golf Association has entered into a partnership with the Florida Hickory Golfers, led by Mike Stevens. The FSGA plans to add a portal to its website for golfers to explore hickory golf through the FSG. Click here to read the news […]

What’s up with hickory golf these days?

April 24, 2020 By Jim Davis The situation is fluid, as they say. Even as the PGA of America discusses re-opening tour events as well as staging a fan-less Ryder Cup, we wondered how hickory golf is doing. Several regional hickory golf groups, including those in Canada and Europe, responded to a brief survey with answers below. Your correspondent is […]

Belvedere Hickory Open bows to coronavirus

April 13, 2020 The 2020 Belvedere Hickory Open has been cancelled. Host professional Dennis “Marty” Joy said it was both an easy and a hard decision to make. Easy, because safety is the priority, but hard because it is such a joyous event. “All our members look forward to it, but we just can’t do it this year,” he said. […]

No golf, no problem – Kansas City father-son duo make music for area residents

Kansas City Area Hickory Golf members Mike Needleman and son, Mikey, had high hopes of playing together at the hickory group’s inaugural Match Play Tournament this April. But just as several other events have had to cancel due to the coronavirus, so, too, Kansas, and the father and son duo must wait until next year to test their hickory play […]

Hickory golf and the coronavirus

A message from the SoHG: The SoHG is mindful of the evolving situation surrounding the novel coronavirus. We hope that you will continue to enjoy our great sport as much as possible, but also be knowledgeable of preventative measures such as those posted at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) UPDATE – MARCH 26, 2020 Many state governments […]

Southern 4-Ball cancelled

The annual Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship, scheduled for April 16-18, has been cancelled by event host Tad Moore. His message follows: Dear Southern Hickory players, As you know the tournament is scheduled for a month from now, April 16-18. Even though the State of Alabama does not have a large number of COVID-19 cases, the governor has now put restrictions […]

2021 USHO announced for Oregon’s Gearhart Golf Links

SEATTLE, WASH. – The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG) has announced that the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open (USHO) will be held Sept. 12-14 at the historic Gearhart Golf Links (1892) in Gearhart, Ore. It will mark the 14 playing of the  premier hickory golf tournament in the United States, presented each year by the SoHG. This marks only the second […]

More than 90 players enjoy the sun at the 2020 Arizona Desert Hickory Classic

March 5, 2020 Sun City West, Arizona, USA Kent Holtz reports: A record 90+ players, sporting 100-year-old clubs with wooden shafts and donning attire of knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, found their way to Sun City West, Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses for the 2020 Arizona Desert Hickory Tournament, Feb. 29-March 1. Players came from across the […]

Winter Park Hickory Classic in GolfWeek and other media

The recent Winter Park Hickory Classic was a welcome note for an early winter hickory golf outing. The inaugural event drew praise from all contestants as well as GolfWeek correspondent Jason Lusk who was on hand with a photographer to cover a hickory golf outing. He liked what he saw. Lusk’s story, titled “Straight from the heart of hickory,” was […]