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2022 Washington Classic Golf Invitational
NWHP Disclaimer: Playing golf with post-1935 equipment may be damaging to your health. Ever wonder why top professionals like Tiger and Ricky practice with persimmon clubs? It sharpens their ball striking and it’s fun as hell. Have some classic clubs? Dust them off, Windex the grips and come out and play. Don’t have a set but want some? eBay is your destination – entire sets for under $100. Want to play and don’t have a set? Sign up and let us know – some of us have more than one set so we can share. Sign up today and get ready to have a blast. Room for 20 Players 5…
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2022 Goose Cup: Register Now for Match Play
Hosted by: Goose Guenette Tournament Director: Goose Guenette The Goose Cup is a 16 player individual match play tournament to be played over the 2022 NWHP season. All rounds will be played at a course mutually chosen by the players involved. The players will be arranged by SOHG handicap index and matches assigned to minimize strokes given. The intention is to encourage NWHP play between scheduled events and around scheduled events. USGA rules of golf in effect. Observe local rules in effect for play on the day of your match. Preferred lies are not allowed unless stipulated as a local rule on the day of play. Embedded ball rule in…
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Swinging for the Roses – May 22
The Northwest Hickory Players’ Portland Affiliates will host “Swinging for the Roses,” an 18-hole outing on Sunday, May 22, at the Rose City Golf Course in Portland. They have room for 24 players starting at 11 a.m. Players can pay their fee at the clubhouse. FULL FIELD Built in 1923, the course is the second oldest municipal course in the city and state. Located in the center of northeast Portland neighborhoods, Rose City GC is a classic, tree-lined course that is both playable and challenging for players at all levels. Recent renovations have improved conditions and year-round playability at Rose City. Historically, the property has seen a progression of use…
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Limited Edition Enamel Pin
We have a limited edition NWHP enamel pin; only 50 made. The pin features the silhouette of the great Allan Robertson and has a magnetic back. Great for your Sunday bag, or flat cap! Available while supplies last. $5.00 plus S&H. Far and Sure! Click below to purchase.
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Gearhart Hickory Classic: July 18-20
The Historic Gearhart Golf Links, Gearhart, Oregon is the site for this 36-hole, two-day event presented by the Northwest Hickory Players. There will be 4 divisions for competition–Open Championship, Senior (60 and over), Woman’s and 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. 6/29/22 UPDATE: FIELD IS NEARLY FULL. MAX IS 52 PLAYERS. RSVP NOW. ORGANIZER WILL KEEP A WAITLIST. There will be an informal trade show Tuesday before the round and a dinner will follow the Tuesday round as well. An Award Ceremony will follow play on Wednesday. Play is scheduled for…
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There was no joy in Skagit County: A History of their Links
There was no joy in Skagit County in 1916. “Skagit County claims the best fishing in the state, its climate is unexcelled, the crops there grow almost overnight and tourists come in flocks to admire the scenery, yet the joy of residents still is incomplete – they have no golf links.” (Seattle Times 6-14-1916) With those words, Frank Hall, a local businessman dealing in sports equipment, joined with others to organize a golf club in Skagit County in the latter part of 1916. Twenty-five residents met on December 1, 1916 and formed a temporary organization called the Skagit County Country and Golf Club. They elected Wilbra Coleman, a prominent local…
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This has to be read to be believed
The historic matches played by Allan Robertson and Tom Morris are well known to many. Yet, somehow, rereading this contemporary account, stirs the soul in even the most hardened heart. [I note, as well, that Sir David Baird, first captain of North Berwick Golf Club and featured player in “The Golfers” of Charles Lees, served as umpire for this event.] Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser Tuesday, August 21, 1849 GREAT GOLF MATCH A previous number of our Paper we gave a short account of this match. We now give it more fully from the Montrose Standard of Friday last, as follows: The return match between Allan Robertson and Tom Morris…
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Captured In Time: The Enigmatic Artist Charles Lees
Charles Lees was born in 1800 in Cupar, Fife. And while digital maps don’t offer an option to calculate the distance (in time) from Cupar to The Old Course by carriage, on foot it is three hours, and by motorcar (sadly, invented six years after Lees’ death in 1880), it would have taken only 15 minutes. However, it must be said, Charles Lees was not a golfer. But he would leave—for history—a seven-foot incandescent canvas with one of the most iconic and emblematic portraits ever made of the game, in 1847, immortalizing the 1844 Grand Match at St. Andrews, entitled, “The Golfers.” As a young man, Charles Lees trained as…
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Since 1735: The Royal Burgess Society
The Society of Golfers in and around Edinburgh, known today as The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh, is widely recognized as the oldest Golf Club in the world. The earliest Members formed a competitive and spirited Society, playing golf for wagers and enjoying a lively social life. Playing at Bruntsfield Links, their adopted clubhouses were popular ‘howffs’ such as Maggie Johnstone’s, or later at Golfhall on the Links where Thomas Comb, clubmaker, established his workshop, sharing the premises with a golfers’ tavern. During the 1760’s the Society’s fortunes became increasingly precarious until the membership stirred itself and a resurgence followed with the addition of 16 new Members in 1773.…
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NWHP Featured on Golf Channel
SoHG board member and NWHP co-founder, Robert Birman, was invited to talk about hickory golf on Golf Today, a flagship show of The Golf Channel, hosted by Damon Hack and Shane Bacon. The original air date was December 13, 2021. Images shown in the interview are from the Society’s 2021 U.S. Hickory Open at Gearhart Golf Links. Interest in the game is growing and we’re always grateful to have international coverage for the appeal and lure of the game. The full interview is available here.
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2021 U.S. Hickory Open featured
on Fried Egg PodcastGarrett Morrison from The Fried Egg Podcast (click link, left, to listen) featured the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open in the latest edition of Fried Egg Stories, a feature-length episode with interviews with sundry members at Gearhart Golf Links and a brief, post-round, interview with the 2021 champion, Andrew Von Lossow. Morrison, a resident of Oregon, spent the final day of the event walking the grounds, following the leaders, and checking in with event organizers to curate a compelling and audio-rich tour of what proved to be a magical day for the players, one and all. The Fried Egg is where golf tragics unite to delve deeper into the game. In addition to the pods,…
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The 12 Days of Gearhart: 2021 U.S. Hickory Open
NWHP played host to 120 players from the U.S. and Canada at the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open at Gearhart Golf Links on the coast of Oregon. Below is a collection of photographs from the spectacular week! Click the blue Facebook icon on the upper right of any post to view the details!
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The History of Walla Walla Country Club
Although Walla Walla Country Club in Walla Walla, Washington indicates their club was established in 1923, the roots of golf in Walla Walla go back a quarter century earlier to 1898. That year, some of Walla Walla’s most prominent men, led by Stephen B. L. Penrose, President of Whitman College, organized the Walla Walla Golf Club. A nine-hole course “with greens of hard, gravelly clay” was laid out near the railroad depot in 1899. Read All About it Here!
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2021 Pacific Northwest Gutty – July 24th
The Northwest Hickory Players are pleased to invite you to the inaugural “Pacific Northwest Gutty” to be held at Meadowmeer Golf & Country Club on Bainbridge Island, Washington. NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON JULY 25TH – IT IS CHANGED TO SATURDAY, JULY 24TH. Meadowmeer is a nine-hole woodland layout located just off the Grand Forest on Bainbridge Island. It features generous rolling fairways, large greens, and design elements which are ideal for both Gutty Golf and pre-1935 hickory play. Locals consider it a hidden gem, and the secret is starting to get out. The Pacific Northwest Gutty will be limited to 24 players, and is…
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Northwest Hickory Players Announces New Affiliates Program
The Board of Northwest Hickory Players is proud to announce its new Affiliates™ program. [April 2021] This program exists to encourage the organization and coordination of hickory golf events throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho under the auspices of the SoHG-recognized regional hickory golf association for the Pacific Northwest, Northwest Hickory Players, established in 2014. As a multi-state association, Northwest Hickory Players has hosted events over a 900-mile region, from Spokane, Washington, to events in Northern California—notably its “C.O.W. Cup,” (California vs. Oregon and Washington match play event, in association with NorCal Hickory Golf) and the inaugural U.S. Hickory Open on the American West Coast, at Del Monte Golf Course in…
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Spring/Summer Golf in Oregon
An affiliate in Oregon is helping rally players in Oregon for some springtime outings….we encourage you to join in! Here are upcoming events in the state of Oregon. Links will connect with with Brandon Bunke who is coordinating these events for NWHP. April 18, 2021: OREGON CITY GOLF CLUB OUTING, Oregon City GC, Oregon City, OR Greens fees will be $35, payable at the course; optional cash game with a $20 buy in and a stroke play format May 23, 2021: EASTMORELAND GOLF COURSE OUTING, Eastmoreland GC, Portland, OR Greens fees will be $47, payable at the course; optional cash game with a $20 buy in and a stroke…
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Oregon Hickory Open | July 31-August 1
Two day gross and net competition with awards for Open, Senior (60+), Statesman (70+) and a Women’s division. OGA Members course (Saturday) 1:30 pm start Salem Golf Club (Sunday) 9:00 am start Entry fee $125 (includes green fees, range balls, Awards) Limited to 40 players Deadline July 17, 20121 RSVP to: [email protected] Event Details 36 Hole individual stroke play Competition Saturday, July 31 @ OGA Golf Course 1:30pm Sunday August 1st @ Salem golf club 9:00am Entry fee $125 Includes Green Fees, range balls and prizes. Rental clubs available $25 each day Field limit to 40 Players Divisions: Open, Senior 60+, Super Senior 70+ and Women’s Equipment: Hickory-Shafted clubs as…
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2021 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship June 19-20
The Northwest Hickory Players is pleased to invite you to the seventh annual 2021 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship to be held at the historic Longview Country Club in Longview, Washington. Longview CC was established in 1923 and has hosted numerous major Northwest championships. The front nine was designed by Francis L. James and opened in 1927. The back nine opened in 1958. Read its History. The Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship will be a two-day gross and net competition with awards for Open, Senior (60+), Statesmen (70+) and Women’s Divisions. Field is limited to first 56 players to sign up. ENTRY FEE: $190 includes green fees and carts for both days,…
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The History of Hood River Golf and Country Club
NWHP co-founder Martin Pool is the author of most of the the course histories on our website (see Courses menu item). In his latest post, he covers the history of Hood River Golf and Country Club, with Chandler Egan connections and more! Click the photo for the full story.
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Registration Now Open for 2021 Goose Cup
Gilles “Goose” Guenette is hosting the second annual Goose Cup, a season-long match play affair for up to 32 players with pay-outs for the top four finishers. As tournament director, Goose will assign all brackets and players will be responsible to plan their matches on mutually agreeable grounds for each stage. Last year’s champion is Gerry McFaul. And click here for a short overview designed by Goose. THE BASICS Limited field of 32 players only Sign-up deadline 1/24/21 SOHG Handicap or scratch only (players will need an SoHG handicap, or play as scratch.) There will be two 16-player brackets – the finalists on each side will play for the Championship…
