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Hickory golf in Kansas received a colorful bit of press courtesy of the Tee Times Golf Guide, a monthly golf magazine for the Kansas City area. The magazine’s lead feature writer Alan Hoskins visited the Kansas City Sunflower Hickory Open hosted by Mike Needleman on April 20 this year. He was impressed by the enthusiasm and the enjoyment he found […]

Still looking to gain some traction, World Hickory Golf Day, selected for the first Sunday in May, was celebrated by a few regional groups who got into the spirit of the day. Turns out there are a few other “national days” that were celebrated on May 5 this year, most notably Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican celebration of freedom. But, […]

Kenosha Country Club and the Wisconsin Hickory Golfers have collaborated to produce a short video that showcases the 1921 Donald Ross-designed course that will host the 2024 U.S. Hickory Open. The YouTube video below is just over 3 minutes long. Enjoy!

Win Padgett Jr. passed away on March 6, 2024. He was one of the original co-founders of the Society of Hickory Golfers, a gentleman and a strong influence on the early growth of modern hickory golf. Win was 78 and had been in poor health for several years.  “Win loved hickory golf and was a giant for the hickory game’s […]

It’s always good fun when some of the mainstream golf publications work to provide their readers a little taste of hickory golf. In Australia, the Golf Australia Magazine found a good thing in the upcoming 2023 hickory championships for the great “Down Under” country. Click here to read the post. Good on ya, mate!

Organizers are working hard to launch the inaugural Asia/Pacific Championship presented by the SoHG. Peter van Eekelen, chair of New Zealand Hickory Golf, reports that the event, scheduled for March 2024, is being organized around the 18-hole championship scheduled for Tuesday, March 5 at the Christchurch Golf Club in Christchurch, N.Z. The SoHG is sponsoring a trophy for the event (shown […]

Putter maker and hickory golf club specialist Tad Moore was interviewed by Ricky Potts on The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful U. Tad provides an overview of Tad Moore Golf, talks about the 1991 Masters Tournament, explains his pricing model, and takes us on a tour of his workshop. He also gives some advice for hitting a hickory […]

As the SoHG prepares for its 16th annual U.S. Hickory Open at the Inwood CC in September, others are also keen to note the 100th anniversary of Bobby Jones’ first U.S. Open victory at the historic club. This latest account comes from Stan Awtrey, the editor of Golf Georgia, the magazine of the Georgia State Golf Association. Awtrey describes Jones […]

It’s all in good fun and for a good cause, two things the Wisconsin Hickory Golfers really like. Their Pay It Forward Hickory Challenge has been a popular golf outing these past nine years and last year a local Senior Living magazine picked up on the story. Below are photos from the publication. Great going ladies and gents! Hickory golf […]

By Jim Davis There is something about hickory golf that, for many, leads to a journey of discovery; of looking for lost methods of employing wood shaft clubs, or finding classic beauties from makers of the 1920s and earlier, or of simply connecting with a time when the game seemed, somehow, more pure, at least with regard to course design, […]