Saturday February 20th, 32 players $18 for 18 holes with a swap and shop afterwards so bring your extra clubs and collectibles.  First tee time is at 10:00 a.m. and the trade show will start at 1:00 p.m.  ALL are welcome for the trade show!  32 players only for golfing.  Rob Ahlschwede is our event organizer. Our friend Don Mojean is the pro and is offering some of his space and the restaurant area for a show. The coffee shop is now open so space is limited. Highlands is an old hickory-era course but was cut down to make room for a housing development. They have a new owner that…

The Northwest Hickory Players invites you to its third annual 2017 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship. It will be held at the Snoqualmie Falls Golf Course in Fall City, Washington (Aug. 19th, 12:00 start time) and the Mount Si Golf Course (est. 1927) in Snoqualmie, Washington (Aug. 20th, 10:30 start time). This is a two-day gross and net competition with awards for Open, Senior (60-69), Super Senior (70+) and Women Divisions. Both courses, located in the Snoqualmie Valley, are well maintained year round and known for their beautiful landscaping and picturesque views.  Snoqualmie Falls Golf Course is an eighteen hole, par 71, layout measuring nearly 5,650 yards from the blue tees.    Mount Si Golf Course, at the…

On August 26th, you are cordially invited as the Port Townsend Golf Club presents the second annual Hickory Scramble. Come play a golf tournament with golf clubs from the early 1900’s.  The tournament will be a two-person scramble starting at 10:00 a.m.  Cost will be low (TBA) and there will be rental clubs available for $30 which two players may share, making it only $15 per player. Call, Get signed up.  Play the game the way it started.  RSVP to Gabe Tonan, head professional, at (360) 385-4547.             EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPrint

NWHP golfers Ben Biggers and Greg Cooper of Oak Harbor have set a date of Saturday, June 11 for a 12 noon start at Whidbey Golf Club, followed by a BBQ at a site to be announced.  And on Sunday at 10 a.m., NWHP will also host an event at the Gallery Golf Club – site of one of our first group outings after the founding of the association at Chambers Bay in 2014.  Each track boasts a wonderful layout; come and join us!  It’s a weekend on the Island….. you’ll be home Sunday evening.  Fore! The BBQ after will be held just down the road from the course at Ben Biggers & Cathy Rennebohm Hanshaw…

We have a very cool event coming up on Wednesday, April 27th at Snoqualmie Falls.  Let’s kick off the weekday golf season with a 9 Hole 6-Club event.   The first ever National Hickory Golf Day will be May 1st, 2016 – join the TGC to celebrate a few days early.   To make it even more fun, Martin Pool and friends of the Northwest Hickory Players will be joining us so we can try hitting some shots tee on #3 & #8 and a long drive contest on #9 with pre 1935 hickory shafted clubs.  We hope to have one Hickory Player per foursome so everyone can get a…

True links lovers will want to attend the annual Gearhart Golf Links Classic hosted by the Northwest Hickory Players.  Famed for its 1890s design, Gearhart Golf Links is a favorite coastal track of golfers the world over.   We have plenty of rental sets available for players of all skill levels.  It’s peak season on the coast in June, so please plan to attend.   There will be 4 divisions for competition–Open Championship, Senior (60 and over), Woman’s and a Super-Senior (over 70), with gross and net awards in all divisions. All divisions will play 18 holes medal play each day to determine a winner.   There will be an…

Tumwater Valley presents Friday Night Lights where participants will have the opportunity to conquer six shot making stations, replete with a hickory target station under the auspices of Rob Ahlschwede, that will test your golf skills!  Your official “Skills Scorecard” will be stamped once you successfully accomplish a skills challenge and a raffle prize ticket awarded each time you conquer a station. Complete your stamp card with at least five stamps to earn entry in the Grand Finale’ Big Break Glass Breaking Station! Event details here and official rules here!           EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPrint

Don’t miss our 4th annual hickory championship at famed Gamble Sands. Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7, 2018 Situated high above the Columbia River, in North Central Washington, Gamble Sands is blessed with one of nature’s great locations and dramatic golf settings. Much like its older brothers and sisters in the linksland of Scotland, this beauty has 18 consecutive holes that were discovered – not constructed.   No matter the direction, views include the snow covered Cascade Mountains, thousands of acres of manicured apple and cherry orchards, multiple river vistas and mountains of black basalt.   Check out our photos here from prior year’s championships! Architect David McLay Kidd was selected from the…

Friday, September 11th @ 11:30 a.m. – Old Del Monte Golf Club at Pebble Beach, CA! Hosted by our friends at Northern California Hickory Golf Association Cost = $50 – received by September 1st * includes green fees + awards/prizes * Limited field event – first come, first serve Entry form available here   Format: 18 holes medal play – NET event using Sept 1st handicaps Low gross Open and Senior to be additionally recognized.   * Open will play from WHITE tees @ 6085yds – 70.2 – will receive 2 extra NET strokes * Seniors will play from RED tees @ 5435 yds – 68.4 = base for NET calculations. *…

Come on out for a spring jaunt at the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain in beautiful Bremerton, WA.   We have five tee times for Saturday, from 10:28 to 11 a.m.   Hope to see you there!   Dramatically sculpted into the Pacific Northwest splendor, the Olympic course has garnered impressive awards and has taken its place as one of America’s finest municipally owned golf courses. Wooded enclaves, rolling terrain and wide fairways are touted by the Cascade Course, with a long history of providing Championship golf in the Northwest.   Stunning views and delicious cuisine combine to offer relaxation and great memories under the roof of Gold Mountain’s clubhouse.…

Hear-ye, hear-ye!  This much-anticipated annual event is a two-day hickory golf tournament to be held on the 1932 Chandler Egan designed Pacific Grove Golf Links.  Pacific Grove Golf Links is known as “the poor man’s Pebble Beach,” and for good reason.  The course is on the northwestern tip of the Monterey peninsula about five miles from Pebble Beach.  Pacific Ocean and Monterey Bay views are visible from almost every hole on the course, with the back nine is situated right along the coast in links style. A par 70 from just over 5,700 yards, this course is great for hickory play and very walkable.  Expect some attention from sight seers and passers by…

NWHP gather again this Sunday for an outing at Tukwila’s Foster Links!  Join us.  Email Captain Jim von Lossow if you can play starting at around 10:40 a.m. EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPrint

  Combining a storied history with a premier golfing facility, Inglewood Golf Club sets itself apart as one of the Northwest’s finest private clubs. Its members have the pleasure of being part of a club rich in in tradition, alive with an active membership and the continual challenge of a demanding layout.  It’s a unique recipe that feeds the love of golf we all share.  Click here for a history of this prestigious private club. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Inglewood has played host to numerous prestigious events including: PGA Seattle Open PGA Senior Tour GTE Northwest Classic USGA Open Qualifying (Local & Regional) WSGA Men’s & Women’s Amateur Championships…

Tacoma is honored to be considered the home course of several PGA professional golfers.  Founded in 1894, the Tacoma Country & Golf Club is among the premier private country clubs in the Northwest.  Perched on the banks of American Lake, the clubhouse offers an unequaled setting for weddings, banquets and other private special occasions. Amenities of the club include a world-class 18-hole championship golf course complete with a large all-grass driving range, sand traps, chipping and putting greens and a practice hole where golfers can hone their short game.  In addition to golf, the club has an Olympic-size swimming pool, a lakeside boat dock with swimming area, tennis courts and…

When Rainier Golf & Country Club opened it’s first nine hole “golfing grounds” on September 15, 1920, it was considered one of the finest private “out-in-the-country golf links” in the Seattle Area.  Originally the course consisted of what is now the back nine and there was no clubhouse.  Bob Collins, the designer, builder, and first Golf Professional at Rainier, was quoted in the August 29, 1920 Post Intelligencer as having lined up 198 prepaid members and a long list of golfers awaiting his “golf instructional work.”   Rainier, the second oldest private golf club in Seattle, has matured and evolved into one of the most imaginative and demanding tests of golf in…

A fair but challenging course, Fairwood offers excellent private club conditions with smooth fast greens, great pace of play and well drained year-round playable turf conditions.  The full size and length practice range, large practice green and short game areas are available for players who seek to fine-tune every element of their game.  From the beginner just learning to play, to the low-handicapper, and everyone in between the course will provide both challenge and fun. Fairwood has earned the reputation for having some of the purest putting surfaces in western Washington.  Undulated greens coupled with varying hole designs require a range of shots and players will often use every club…

Famed golfer, Byron Nelson, once scored a 59 playing these links. He later returned for a nostalgic visit where he played such a fantastic game. When asked why he was back, he replied, “It was the only course I’ve shot 59 on!” Bud Ward, many time state and national amateur champion, started his golf career on our course. Established in 1914, and moved to its current location in 1926, it started as a nine-hole course.  Additional property was purchased in 1957 and the course was expanded to 18-holes.  A pro shop, swimming pool and deep water dock were built at that time.  The grounds are continuously upgraded with new drainage and…

The Home Course is about as good as modern public golf gets. Everything is super-sized–the fairways, greens, and bunkers are all at massive scale–which makes some sense for this course, to allow for the frequent winds off Puget Sound.  The Home Course is very playable for golfers of all skill levels, but still poses a significant test for low-handicap or scratch players. As a championship test, it’s as interesting as its sister, Chambers Bay, thanks to challenging green surrounds, and its scenery is almost as good.   The par 3′s in particular will definitely get your attention here.  The course features gentle elevation changes throughout the course, for the most part,…