Sept. 23, 2019 Indian Canyon Golf Club Spokane, Wash. One of the RAREST feats in golf was accomplished by eventual winner Andrew Von Lossow in Saturday’s opening round of the Spokane Hickory Open, sponsored by the Northwest Hickory Players. On Indian Canyon’s second hole, a 447-yard par five, Von Lossow holed his second shot with a jigger from 195 yards. […]
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The albatross of Spokane
Sept. 30, 2019By Jim Davis The albatross. A rare bird, on sea or on the golf links. In golf an albatross is the title used to describe a score of three under on a given hole. That can only happen on a par 5 (or more) because if you hole out your tee shot on a par four, you must […]
Results of the Wee Nip/The Golf Survey
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Tracy takes club championship with hickories
Sept. 8, 2019 From an article by the River Birch Golf Club. For possibly the first time in 80-plus years, at least in Idaho, a club championship has been won by a player wielding a full set of hickory-shafted sticks. Tom Tracy, 69, of Star, won the senior club championship at River Birch Golf Club Aug. 17-18 playing his hickories. […]
Bill Ellington first repeat champion at Michigan’s McNabb Cup
Sept. 10, 2019 – Whitehall, Mich.By MacDuff It was the 9th playing of The McNabb Cup. There was concern. From the outset, the August & Ancient Committee of The McNabb Cup were disturbed by reports, unfounded as it turned out, planted by “bad actors” from the Baltic states through social media and other outlets, that contenders for the ninth playing of […]
Peter Flory is 2019 Wisconsin Hickory Open champion
Sept. 10, 2019 Ernie Ernst reports: The 8th annual Wisconsin Hickory Open is in the books. Three days of wonderful early fall weather made The Links course at Lawsonia shine. A field of 32 players made their way to Green Lake, Wisc. to participate. Thursday was the practice day and players were out getting reacquainted with the Langford/Moreau design. A wet summer produced […]
Economy of strokes at Swiss Hickory Championship in Davos
Sept. 10, 2019 Rick Adams reports: The fourth Swiss Hickory Golf Open Championship, Aug. 22, 2019, attracted about three dozen aficionados to the idyllic Alpine mountain village of Davos, Switzerland (site of the famous World Economic Forum each January). At 1,500 meters altitude and with narrow fairways nestled between the mountains and the rail line, accuracy and strategic placement was required. […]
Retro Cup highlights 2019 Polish Hickory Open
Sept. 12, 2019 The first Polish Hickory Open and traditional tournament Retro Cup took place Sept. 6-8, at Palace Brzezno in Poland. From Friday till Sunday, Retro Festival participants could participate in many attractions in the atmosphere of the 20-30 years of the last century. The hickory tournament was attended, among others, by Christoph Meister, secretary of the European Association […]
Spanish golfers enjoy hickory outing
Sept. 4, 2019 Gonzalo Retana Ardanaz is a new SoHG member from San Sebastian, Spain. The new-to-hickory player wanted to share his excitement in the new sport with friends and organized a tournament held on Aug. 8 at the Real Nuevo Club de Golf Club in San Sebastian. Both men and women participated, Retana says. “It was very successful day, […]
Ross Kenny wins stormy 2019 Canadian Hickory Open
Aug. 24, 2019 The 2019 Canadian Open Hickory Championship was held the week of Aug. 12-16 at the Legends G&CC Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. The hickory event included a two-day road trip on Monday and Tuesday, a Wednesday scramble, the Thursday USA/Canada match (Ryder Cup format), and the Friday Championship tournament. This year’s Wednesday scramble team with a -13 score […]