Reported by MacDuff The great tides of human affairs wash our mortal shores with a seeming indifference; for the greater part of mankind will feel no moving hand, no guiding influence but what is ascribed to fate or the whim of deities beneficent or cruel. And yet we strive. Small creatures in a cold universe, we endeavor to govern ourselves […]

The first-ever Gloria Minoprio Challenge, hosted by Robert Birman of the Northwest Hickory Players, took place on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Port Townsend Golf Club. A field of 20 players competed with one club (an iron cleek or driving iron) in a 9-hole event, all wearing trousers in honor of the great one. Gloria Minoprio, a British woman golfer of […]

Early in the going Inwood, N.Y. looked like it would present a rainy prospect and the practice rounds were indeed somewhat drizzly; but the skies cleared and all was well for the 16th U.S. Hickory Open. This year, 100 years later, the sounds of hickory clubs echoed again over the storied course on which Bobby Jones outlasted Bobby Cruickshank in […]

Report by Les Browne The 28th Australian Hickory Shaft Championship was recently played on Melbourne’s world renowned sand belt courses. The courses were set up for hickory play and although the clubs are 100+ years old the winning scores were surprisingly low. Hickory players from around Australia, as well as, for the first time, contingents from New Zealand and Japan, […]

Canadian Ben Plaunt, who also won the 2023 Gearhart Hickory Open title, added the Canadian Open Hickory Championship title to his successes for the year. Always blessed with a great turnout, this year’s event hosted 94 players, many of whom enjoyed the two-day pre championship golf trip. Beautiful weather, good times and lots of wonderful hickory spirit and friendships. Click […]

Tournament host Tom Johnson reports: After some time for reflection, and to recover from an emotional weekend, here are some thoughts and a summary of the 2023 tournament, Aug. 10-13. What a grand four days we had at Foxburg!  Weather was terrific, the course was in great condition, food was classic, the camaraderie in full bloom. We are thankful for […]

Mike Stevens reports: Great weather and a great hickory course for the third annual Florida Hickory Open, Aug. 21-22, conducted by the Florida State Golf Association. Dubsdread GC was in fabulous condition justifying its ranking as one of the top public courses in the Orlando area. For the third straight year Will Peterson was too much, staving off a challenge […]

Christoph Meister reports: During the second weekend of August 2023 a total of fifty-nine hickory golfers from eight nations met during three days at Golf Club Rhein-Main in Wiesbaden to crown the 2023 German Open Hickory Champion. The Hickory Scramble on Friday was won by the Team from the Czech Republic consisting of Andrea Hoffmannová, Vita Hoffmann, Libor Jirasek and […]