HICKORY GOLF NEWS

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. […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

The Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship is undergoing a sea change in 2025. It’s founder, legendary clubmaker and SoHG co-founder Tad Moore is stepping down as its host. Moore, 83, said that a recent stroke (he’s fine) got him thinking about things and felt it might be time to hand off the long-running hickory “major,” one he established and has run […]

Bailey Weigandt reports: The weather was perfect and over 30 players from nine different states joined in for a great weekend of golf at the historic Owl Creek Country Club where the perfect fairways and greens awaited the competitors. Two titles were up for the taking, The Davies and The Bartlett trophies. The Davies Trophy goes to the winner of […]

The Australian Hickory Open Championship, held over Warringah, Manly, and Cromer golf clubs, Sept. 8-10, 2024, on Sydney’s northern beaches, hosted over 50 keen hickory enthusiasts for the 29th playing of the tournament. Players from Australia, Japan, Canada, China, and New Zealand turned up to compete with their 100+-year-old hickory clubs, most dressed in period clothing. Organized and administered by the […]

Hello hickory golfers, The inaugural Goodwin Gutty Open was contested on Sept. 30, 2024, at the historic Goodwin Park Golf Course’s north course. The course, which was laid out by amateur golf enthusiasts in 1906, has hosted some of Hartford’s best golfers, and, in the 1920s and 1940s, often served as an occasional airfield. The course lies within Goodwin Park, […]

Crisp temperatures and sunny skies greeted nearly 90 players for the 13th annual Ames Silversmithing Hickory Classic, held Sept. 29 at Ames Golf and Country Club in Ames, Iowa. Host and Tournament Director Gary Youngberg of Ames played steady golf, himself carding three birdies and a lone bogey for a solid 2-under par 69. That sizzling performance was followed by Connor […]

It’s a wrap! The 2024 Johnny Goodman River City Championship was held Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Field Club of Omaha and thanks to the weather gods, the event was a great success! A special thank you to the Field Club of Omaha and its staff for hosting a first-class outing. Also, thank you to Beardmore Subaru for sponsoring the […]

By MacDuff Early on, the 2024 McNabb Cup looked to have its largest field ever, several new entrants having been approved by the August & Ancient Committee that manages all aspects of the beloved tournament. As the tournament date drew near, several entrants wrote with anxious apologetic words to withdraw. In the end, it was two dozen of the best […]

Ernie Ernst and Jim Davis report: Could the cheery band of Wisconsin Hickory Golfers top their effort of 2016 at the Links of Lawsonia? Do we even need ask? Led by Ernst and James “Doc” Eike, the Wisconsin tribe hosted a wonderful tournament with all the bells and whistles you could want. Some 128 players competed in four flights Open, […]