2025 will mark the 13th annual Arizona Desert Hickory classic. We'll meet again on the Pebblebrook and Grandview golf courses in Sun City West, Ariz. This is one of the great fun events of the whole year and a perfect way to spend a few winter days for our northern friends. We will have multiple hickory play divisions for gross […]

The 2025 Chautauqua Hickory Classic is scheduled for March 16-17. Practice rounds are not included and may be scheduled by calling the course at 850-892-3812. Our venue is the Eagle Springs Golf and Recreation Center, DeFuniak Springs, Fla. The course is listed on the Florida Historic Golf Trail as DeFuniak Springs Country Club. Application deadline is March 1, 2025. Click […]

Newly renamed for 2025, the former Onion Creek Hickory Classic is now the Texas Hickory Classic.  The new venue is the Squaw Valley Golf Course in Glen Rose, Texas, just a little southwest of Forth Worth. Friday, March 28, is the date for the Swift Trophy Matches between U.S. and Canadian players. Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30, are the competition […]

A new take on an old favorite. Formerly known as the Southern Hickory Four-Ball Championship, the new Southern Hickory Classic continues the legacy created by Tad Moore for this beloved southern hickory event. The Alabama Hickory Golfers, and the Mississippi Hickory Golfers have joined to re-invent this unique classic, with some new twists. The championship will be played at “The Fields Golf Club” […]

The Bon-Air Golfers, established 1896, and reconstituted 1996, as Augusta's hickory golfing society, will contest their 2025 Spring Matches in three divisions on the links of the Washington-Wilkes C.C. (Donald Ross, 1928). Greens Fee: $30 Lunch: $20 (Again this year, a southern cooking buffet feast from the clubhouse's kitchen) We will go off about 9 a.m. The Playing Divisions Fitz-john […]

The Oddball is two full days of featherball golf, history and camaraderie at the Hillcrest Golf Center in Washington, Ill. Friday: 10 a.m. – Feather and gutty ball driving range opens. Test drive clubs, fellowship, and partake of delectable nosh (including a new offering, Watery Filth). 11:30 a.m. – Group photos and traditional toast. Noon – Tee times start. 18 […]

This fun event, the fifth annual, is annually held at one of Kansas City’s best public golf courses – Falcon Lakes, featuring beautiful rolling fairways and large undulating greens. A friendly staff offers a top quality practice facility, free range balls, awards presentation and we’ll top off the day with that world famous Kansas City BBQ! Plus, trade tables are […]

The Pacific Coast Hickory Golfers plan a World Hickory Golf Day Celebration on May 4 at the San Clemente Golf Course. The $100 fee includes golf, cart and prizes. The format is a Ryder Cup-style with six holes each of best ball, alternate shot, and scramble. Click here for a registration form and information.

The Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts and the Country Club of Greenfield cordially invite you to participate in the ninth annual Alexander Findlay/Massachusetts Hickory Open Championship, to be held at the Country Club of Greenfield, the Gateway Course to Hickory Golf in New England. Registration: Call Country Club of Greenfield, 413-773-7530 after April 1st. Pro Kevin or Assistant Pro Sean will […]

The 2025 Cribbage Board Classic Match Play Championship is scheduled for May 10 at the Wander Springs Golf Course in Greenleaf, Wisc. The first tee time is scheduled for 8:45 a.m., so please be at the course and ready to go before 8:15 a.m. Click here for a registration form and information. Format: 27-hole Match Play broken down into 9-hole […]

Host Denis Olson extends an invitation for hickory golfers to join in the fun this spring at Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg, Ill. Reunite with friends and play a course that was made for hickory golf. This beautiful 1890s parkland-style course was revised and expanded by Tom Bendelow in the 1920s. Soangetaha has interesting holes throughout that make it challenging […]

Set on the campus of the University of the South, The Course at Sewanee is 1915 gem that was recently refreshed by Gil Hanse and is widely known as one of the top nine-hole tracks in the country. The location between Nashville and Chattanooga, coupled with the warm hospitality, makes this a gathering you need to experience.  Sponsored by the East […]

The Wyandotte Hickory Organization annually hosts one of the best outings on the Michigan Hickory Tour – its WHO Classic. There's a warm-up round, a two-person scramble, and a medal-play open. Interested participants may sign up for one or all three of the events, scheduled over three days – May 30-June 1. Wyandotte Shores is a delightful links-style course along […]

Tri-State Hickory presents the Ohio Hickory Open at Glenmoor CC in Canton, Ohio.  Tee times are scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.  This is our third event at Glenmoor CC.  Each time all golfers expressed having a great time playing the Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course.  The course has wide fairways and large greens that make it very playable for […]

Event host Chris Hawes writes: Last year’s Ottawa Hickory Challenge was a great success with 64 players registered. This year the momentum has increased and we are hoping for over 100 to join us for the fun two-person scramble on Friday, June 6. The venue is the Manderley on the Green Golf Course in Ottawa, Ont., Canada. We are adding […]

The Wisconsin Hickory Family invites you to celebrate World Hickory Golf Day Wisconsin style. Although the date for the celebration is May 4 in 2025, June 7 offers a better chance for good weather in Wisconsin. Our old venue, Auburn Bluffs is up for sale, so Dave Long has secured the beautiful Scenic View Country Club in Slinger, Wisc., just […]

Of course it's in Idaho, it's the Spud Cup and it's the third annual playing of this Northwest Hickory Players fixture hosted by Tom Tracy. The format is two days of  stroke play, individual competition (gross & net) plus a fun 18-hole 4-person team competition concurrently on Saturday only. Sunday pairings will be by division of play. Teams on Saturday […]

Hickory golfers, experienced and new, are invited to the 2025 edition of the Mike Fatke Memorial Hickory Tournament. Held at the Manistee Golf and Country Club on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, the tournament honors the memory of Mike Fatke, Manistee G&CC’s long-time course superintendent. Mike took impeccable care of this course that he loved so much. The tournament also […]

The Wisconsin Hickory Golfers invite you to our 10th annual Pay It Forward Gutty Challenge on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Thornberry Creek at Oneida, a gutty-friendly Iroquois course. The day is dedicated to gutty golf, legendary tales of yore (some true), BBQ lunch, iconic photos, wee nips, prizes for all, and unequalled camaraderie. Our invaluable photo historian, Jennifer Koss Conger, […]

Hickory Players, The Wisconsin Hickory Golfers are planing something new for Kohler next year.  The event that usually occurs in May will not be happening this year.  I know, many of you will miss those brisk mornings and joyful spring walks along Lake Michigan. We are replacing it with a two-day event, scheduled for July 1-2 (much better weather, I […]

Hickory players throughout New England and beyond are invited to the 5th annual New Hampshire Hickory Open Championship at Lake Sunapee CC in New London, N.H. Golf legend Gene Sarazen, aka "The Squire," made Lake Sunapee, a beautiful 1928 Donald Ross design, his longtime summer home and club. The club and setting are among the finest in New England. Those […]

The historic Gearhart Golf Links, Gearhart, Ore., is the site for this two-day event.   Click here for complete event details and registration information.  For questions or concerns, email Rob Ahlschwede at swedeberger@gmail.com. Equipment The Columbia Cup will follow the SoHG equipment guidelines for pre-1935 equipment.  Any USGA approved ball is allowed including replica balls offered by companies and individuals.  […]

This year's pre-1900 gutty challenge marks the 11th playing of this event, hosted by Greg Smith and the Wisconsin Hickory Golfers at the Eagle Springs Golf Resort in Eagle, Wisc. The tournament honors Mike Just and presents a Keeper of the Spirit Award in his honor. Eagle Springs opened for play in 1893. After the depression in 1929, the golf course […]

The 2nd annual Hickory Sticks Classic is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Kettle Moraine Golf Course in Dousman, Wisc. The first tee time is scheduled for Noon. Registration / check in opens at 10:30 a.m. with range and practice facilities available to participants. FORMAT: TRADITIONAL HICKORY CHALLENGE: 1905-1935 era hickory clubs, wooden tees, and a modern soft compression […]

The 13th annual Michiana Hickory golf tournament is scheduled for the Warren Golf Course on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, Aug. 3. Designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, the Warren golf course is ranked in the top 10 courses in Indiana, was the site of the 2019 U.S. Sr. Open, and several collegiate tournaments. […]

The dates for this annual gutty ball tournament are planned for Aug. 8-9.  Registration and practice rounds will take place on Aug. 7. Click here for complete tournament information, including hotel updates for the 2025 event. Click here for a registration form.

This long-time hickory event is scheduled for Aug. 8-10 at the Fort Dodge Country Club in Fort Dodge. Event divisions are Open, Senior, Statesmen, Ladies, and Scramble. Rental clubs are available and new players are welcome. The event includes a gathering, trade show and cash bar after Friday's practice rounds; dinner and trade show after round one on Saturday; and […]

9 holes of featheries / 9 holes of gutties The Northwest Hickory Players is proud to co-present – for the first time on the West Coast – the popular Oddball tournament, created by Denny and Cathy Lane of Hickory Lane Featheries in Illinois. The original tournament in the Midwest is a two-day affair, with feather golf balls on day one, […]

The 14th playing of The McNabb Cup is scheduled for Sept. 13, 2025. An optional round is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 12, on the always interesting Old Channel Trail golf course in Montague, Mich. (Original nine by Robert Bruce Harris in 1926, second two nines – W. Bruce Matthews, 1966; and  Jerry Matthews, 1994.) The Cup itself is contested over […]

This is the 15th year for the Wisconsin Hickory Open. It’s a popular hickory event held at the iconic Lawsonia Links golf course in beautiful Green Lake, Wisc.  Come enjoy the wonderful beginning of fall and the trees changing. Fall weather in Wisconsin is the best weather for golf at one of the most challenging golf courses on the Hickory […]

The second annual Bluegrass Hickory Open is scheduled once again for the historic Owl Creek Country Club. The course was designed by Mr. George Davies who was born in Liverpool, England. Davies designed about 40 courses in his lifetime, many in Indiana and Kentucky. As with the inaugural event last year, tournament organizer Will Jacoby plans several additional wrinkles with […]

The third annual Indiana Hickory Open is scheduled for October. 24-25 at the Timbergate Golf Course in Edinburgh, Ind. Tee times are set for noon each day. Awards are planned for low and low gross in each division of play: Open, Senior, and Statesman. Click here for event information and a registration form.

The 6th annual Pioneer Classic is scheduled for Nov. 1-2 on the Mill Creek Golf Course in Salado, Texas. The tournament is a fund raiser for the Salado Senior Center, a non-profit organization. Tee times are scheduled for 9 a.m. each day. There are two divisions of play, hickory and modern (steel). Click here for event information.