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2021 New Year’s Day Outing | Lynnwood GC
NWHP Board member, Roberta Robbins, has reserved six tee times at Lynnwood Golf Course, starting at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 1, 2021, for our special anniversary New Years Day outing. The holiday rate is $33, though Premier Golf members may pay a little less. Carts are available. The competition will be two-net-scores-per-foursome and we will collect $10 per player for the competition pot. Lynnwood doesn’t accept tee times more than two weeks in advance, so precise starting times TBA. Lynnwood is in good shape right now, greens are great and it is a short course that is fun to play even in less than ideal conditions, like winter! See you…
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New Season-Long Goose Cup
1st Round of Play for 16 match players First Round of Goose Cup Hickory Match Play limited to 16 Cup contestants. Due to the health crisis, the opening event is canceled and players will be contacted to schedule their opening matches individually as conditions permit. Gilles will contact registered players with further instructions. $20 – Bracket $5 – KP’s Important Links: Rules and Event Details (click here) Real-Time Event Bracket and Player Information (click Here) Hosted by Goose Guenette – Questions? e-mail Goose at [email protected] Click on the image below to view a Presentation file from the host…(we increased the day-guest allowance to 16…) …
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History of Leavenworth Golf Club
The Leavenworth Golf Club was formed in 1927, site of the Pacific Northwest Sand Green Championship, won several times by Native American golfers from Nespelem, Washington! Martin Pool profiles its history. Read all about it here.
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Hickories Win Idaho Championship
For possibly the first time in 80-plus years, at least in Idaho, a club championship has been won by a player wielding a full set of hickory-shafted sticks. Tom Tracy, 69, of Star, won the senior club championship at River Birch Golf Club August 17-18 playing his hickories. Tracy, winner of the 2016 U.S. Hickory Open (senior division), fired 74-78 on the 6028-yard par-73 layout to win by three. “I decided to play hickories just for fun and to try to drum up some interest among other players. To my knowledge, nobody else in Idaho (other than my wife Sue) has caught the bug, and it would be great to…
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2019 COW Cup – October 5 & 6
Lake Shastina Golf Resort, Weed, California Hickory players from California, Oregon, and Washington (and Idaho) are invited to the 4th Annual COW Cup. In the tradition of the Ryder Cup, the team from California is matched against the team from Oregon and Washington. The surfer dudes and dudettes have a 2-1 record over the canoe paddlers of the Great Northwest. Join us for the most fun hickory event of the year! SATURDAY, Oct 5 Tee times to be determined (approx. noon or later) Chapman format Teams of two hit tee shots, and then play second shots using their partner’s tee shot location. After both players’ second shots,…
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Washington State Hickory Championship
August 14Washington State Hickory Championship Riverside Golf Course, Chehalis, Washington Saturday August 14, 2021 Divisions: Open 10- 59: White tees (5771) Senior 60-69: Green tees (5456) Statesman 70+: Green tees (5456) with #4 playing as a par 5 for par 37 on the front nine. Women The scorecard is at: https://playriversidegolf.com/golf-course/ SOLD OUT Entry Fee: $65.00 (includes greens fee and awards) Cart: $16 – pay at the course Awards for Low Gross and Net Winners for each division Tee Times: Will be announced via email one week before the event EQUIPMENT: Hickory-shafted clubs as approved by the Society of Hickory Golfers. Period attire is encouraged. Hickory…
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Chambers Bay 18 | January 30 and 31
Super Duper Deal… The deal everyone’s been asking for; Chambers Bay at a low seasonal rate! Only $70 + tax! Sorry, no carts. UPDATE! Peter Yagi has tee times on Saturday January 30th from 11:00 a.m., spaces for 44 players. He just added another 32 spaces for Sunday, January 31, starting at 11:12 a.m. for the low daily rate. There will be a $20 “buy in” for challenges and prizes each day, $10 of which will be donated to the U.S. Hickory Open fund for 2021. Hickory players will have first priority but modern players will be invited later since we have quite a few times. IF YOU WISH TO…
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9th Annual Vintage Classic – May 1
Vintage Hickory Tournament Saturday, May 1, 2021 First tee time at 10:00 a.m. The Vintage Hickory Tournament has been one of the Pacific NW “Major” hickory events with Jim Von Lossow as one of the past winners. The Vintage Tournament is in the ninth year and is what started the “World Hickory Golf Day” that is advertised by Society of Hickory Golf (SoHG) and many other hickory groups. The event has always been played at the Meadow Park Golf Course and is supported by the Tacoma Metro Park District Golf Operations Manager, Chris Goodman, who is a avid hickory golfer. Chris always has the course in great condition and set…
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Spokane Hickory Open: October 2-3
The S.H.O. will be contested over two days at Indian Canyon designed by H. Chandler Egan [c. 1930]. 2019’s inaugural event was fantastic as expressed by many participants! Tee times will be Noon on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday. We have space for up to 40 players. The Spokane Hickory open will be 36 holes. Practice rounds are available by calling the course directly. Make your plans and keep the date! Deadline to enter is September 25, and there is an optional Monday round at Wine Valley in Walla Walla for those interested.
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Arthur Vernon Macan: Pacific NW Legend
The following article is from the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, who inducted Macan into their Hall of Fame in 1989. Every now and then, a personality emerges with such passion and conviction that he warrants being called a “renaissance man.” In Northwest golf circles, Arthur Vernon Macan was truly a renaissance man. Though he had considerable skills as a tournament golfer, Macan is best known for his brilliant golf course designs. Macan was born in Ireland. His eponymously-named father graduated from Dublin’s Trinity College with a degree in medicine in 1868. While serving in the Prussian Army as a field doctor, Macan Sr. learned advanced surgical techniques that would later…
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Early History of Longview Country Club
Established 1923 Course Opened First Nine: 4-30-1927; Second Nine: 1958 Course Architect: 1927 – Francis L. James; 1958 – unknown A year before the City of Longview was incorporated, a group of businessmen met in the summer of 1923 to organize Cowlitz County’s first golf club: the Longview Golf and Country Club. The club initially planned its first golf course at the base of Mount Solo, just west of Longview. Given the primitive roads at the time, the distance proved to be too much, and those plans were dropped. They then decided on another course closer to the soon to be City, and a nine hole course was built on…
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Niblick & Spoon: Read All About It
Niblick & Spoon – How the name and sign came to be… By Mark Persinger After a round at Jackson Park in Seattle, I was having a beer with my playing partners, a couple of brothers who were 85 years young, and former caddies during the hickory era of golf. We reclined in the café, in the new couch and TV area which had been recently set up, complete with an electric fireplace. I explained to the brothers that our GM, Kathy Wake, had added this area to give the café a sort of Irish bar feel, the first step to rebrand the café into a proper 19th hole. “Every…
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First Annual Northwest Hickory Golfers Black Friday Hickory Golf Outing
Black Friday Hickory Golf Outing November 23, 2018 Maplewood Golf Course First Starting time 11 a.m. Deadline to sign up is November 16th Hosted by Kit Ledbetter This is the First Annual Northwest Hickory Golfers Black Friday Hickory Golf Outing. Why go shopping and face the crowds or just sit at home and watch sports when you can join your hickory friends and enjoy being outside at beautiful Maplewood Golf Course in Renton? We have reserved 24 spots (six starting times) for our outing. Maplewood is in great shape and Kit played it twice this last week. Winter rates start on Monday November 6th with weekday senior rates of only…
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First Annual Seattle Antique
Golf Show & SaleSaturday, October 27, 2018 FREE ADMISSION 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Jefferson Park Golf Course 4101 Beacon Avenue South Seattle, Washington CLUBS, TROPHIES, BALLS, BOOKS, ARTWORK, MAGAZINES, COLLECTIBLES, AND MORE! Display Tables: $45 (includes lunch) Additional Tables: $30 each Sellers register at: nwhickoryplayers.org SPONSORED BY: Golf Collectors’ Society Society of Hickory Golfers Northwest Hickory Players Choose Number of Tables One Table $45.00 USDTwo Tables $75.00 USDThree Tables $105.00 USD With the Seattle Antique Golf Show and Sale coming up on October 27th at Jefferson in Seattle, the Northwest Hickory Players is planning to offer a round of golf at West Seattle on Friday, the 26th. Jefferson has 9 holes that…
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Eastmoreland 100 Hickory Stick Tournament: June 16
JUNE 16, 2018 Eastmoreland Golf Course, Portland OR Play hickory 100 years to the exact date of the very 1st round! Tee Times begin at 2 p.m. Pay Regular Weekend Green Fees to Club House ($44 for 18 / $25 for 9) Hickory Sticks Available 4-Person Scramble – 9 or 18 holes (small prizes awarded for both) $25 donation is recommend per person to fund the Eastmoreland 100 Historical Society 501c3 We have a donation page for those that want to fundraise more Free showing of “The Greatest Game Ever Played” on the 10th fairway Dress up and look sharp like its 1918!!!
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The 1913 Professional International Match at Versailles
With the Ryder Cup being contested in France this year, it is a fitting time to reflect on a celebrated match pitting the UNITED STATES vs. FRANCE… The 1913 Professional International Match at Versailles It was pretty clear beforehand that the international match between sides of French and American professionals which had been carefully arranged between the French Association and the United States Golf Association would be a close thing and opinions differed as to the probable result. I think few people were prepared for the Americans losing everything as they did. The arrangement was that on Monday, June 30, and Tuesday there should be two four-ball matches and four…
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History: Chandler Egan’s
Plantation Country Club
Boise, IDGolf was first introduced to Boise in 1900 by a group of golf enthusiasts who laid out six holes at Fort Boise, a federal army installation also known as Boise Barracks. From all indications this was an unflattering course, probably more akin to what we now know as a pitch and putt course. Nevertheless, it was golf, and by any measure this was a very early appearance of golf in the Northwest, and most likely the first in Idaho. Only a few golf clubs existed at that time in the Northwest states, most notably the Tacoma Golf Club (1894), the Seattle Golf Club (1896), the Country Club of Seattle (1896),…
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Classic Chapman – February 15
Join us for the 2020 Classic Chapman on Saturday, February 15. The outing will be held at The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway, Washington, and hosted by club member, Steve Malmquist. Individual closest to will be awarded on each of the par 3’s with a modest payout. The two lowest net scores will also receive a payout – the more players the less modest the payouts will be. The Chapman System is a two person team format, this is how it is played. Both players, A & B tee off — but player A goes to players B’s ball and plays the next shot. Player B does the same with…
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Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship: June 2-3, 2018
Wing Point Golf and Country Club Bainbridge Island, WA Northwest Hickory Players and the membership of Wing Point G&CC invite you to the fourth annual 2018 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship. It will be held at the historic Wing Point Golf and Country Club (est. 1903) on Bainbridge Island, Washington. This is a rare opportunity to play one of the top private courses in Washington. The championship will be a two-day gross and net competition with awards for Open, Senior (60-69), Super Senior (70+) and Women’s Divisions. ENTRY FEE: $195 includes green fees for both days, tee prizes, competition awards, dinner on Saturday and box lunch on Sunday. Carts are…
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Book Review: Allan Robertson and Tom Morris
Allan Robertson, Golfer: His Life and Times By Alistair Beaton Adamson ISBN090718605X 1985 Grant Books, Worcestershire Tom Morris of St. Andrews; The Colossus of Golf By David Malcolm and Peter Crabtree ISBN139781841588186 2008 Berlinn, Edinburgh Legends of 19th Century Links By Robert Birman, co-founder NW Hickory Players Old Tom Morris’ renown and acclaim – now stretching more than 150 years – can be in part attributed, in my view, to the formative influence of his mentor and playing partner, Allan Robertson. In fact, Robertson might well have been the first name everyone today associates with the “founding” of golf in Scotland, had it not been for the fact that…
