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2021 U.S. Hickory Open Look Book | Gearhart Golf Links
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The Open After The Open | Chambers Bay
Come one, come all… Join us for that bucket list round the day after the U.S. Hickory Open at Gearhart. We have 24 tee times at site of the 2015 U.S. Open, Chambers Bay. We’ll tee off after 2:00 p.m., so there’s no need to rush the drive up to Seattle. NWHP has a special rate of $125 per player (plus tax). The normal rate is $275. UPDATE AS OF 2/21/21 – THE FIRST 24 SPOTS ARE FULL. WE’VE ADDED 24 MORE TEE TIMES BEGINNING AT 1 P.M. COST IS $145 BEFORE 2 P.M. Tee times are first-come, first-served. RSVP at the link (right). We may ask players to pay…
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St Andrews—Cesspool to Sanctuary
The impact of Sir Hugh Lyon PlayfairAs noted in Alistair Beaton Adamson’s biography of Allan Robertson (Allan Robertson, Golfer: His Life and Times published by Grant Books) St Andrews, as we regard it today, wasn’t always a hospitable place for golf. Formally, golf was played at St Andrews for some time before Sir Robert Gordon’s book was published in the 17th century, The Earldom of Sutherland. In it, there is some of the earliest known documentary evidence, including reference to a license of January 25, 1552, granted by John Hamilton, “by the mercie of God archebishop of Sanctandros, primat et legat natie of the haill realme of Scotland” to the community of the city to rear rabbits…
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Cedarcrest Golf Course| October 17
Host, and Board Member, Peter Yagi booked an event at Cedarcrest Golf Course in Marysville, Washington for October 17. Please join us! We have eight tee times (32 players) starting at 11:30 a.m. $40 greens fee for walking, $15 for a shared cart, $20 for an individual cart. Competition will also include a separate $10 entry for “low net” and “fewest putts” (two separate competitions). Cedarcrest is a hickory era course (1927), very interesting, kind of short for moderns but great for hickory! RSVP today! Space is limited.
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Foster Fourball and Trade Show: July 25
Foster Golf Links, Tukwila, WA Foster Four-Ball is scheduled for Saturday, July 25th at Foster Golf Links. The field is limited to the first 36 players to sign up. First tee time is at 12 noon. Green fee is $40, pay at the course. In addition, we will be collecting $10 for competition. This is a fun best ball format on a hickory friendly course. We will pair low handicaps with high, but will try to accommodate requests for partners. Following play, you are invited to the home of Peter Yagi, who lives nearby. Peter has a lakefront house on beautiful Angle Lake with plenty of yard space…
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Pacific NW Hickory Championship June 13-14
The Northwest Hickory Players is pleased to invite you to the sixth annual 2020 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship to be held at the historic Eagle’s Pride Golf Course in Dupont, Washington. Formerly known as Fort Lewis Golf Course, golf was first played on this military base in 1922 when General Ulysses Grant McAlexander ordered the construction of a nine-hole course. Discover its early history. The Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship will be a two-day gross and net competition with awards for Open, Senior (60-69), Statesmen (70+) and Women’s Divisions. ENTRY FEE: $120 includes green fees for both days, tee prize, competition awards. Carts are extra. EQUIPMENT: Hickory-shafted clubs as approved by…
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One Club Jigger Challenge: May 17
Join us for our hickory golf event at Wing Point on Sunday, May 17th. This will be an eighteen hole, “one club” event using only the JIGGER. For those players who do not already own a jigger, we will be able to loan them one. Jigger golf is a VERY liberating way to enjoy the game…strolling around the course with only a single club is a wonderful feeling…as is learning to use it to hit shots from 5, to 50, to 130+ yards. We will be limited to 16 players for this event, with three of those as our hosts, Jeff Dean, Brian Pollack and John Lavendoski. Cost will be…
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Longview Scramble | Sunday, May 31st
Longview Scramble – Sunday, May 31st, 2020. First Tee time 10:30. The members of Longview Country Club, (est. 1923) in Longview, WA have graciously invited Northwest Hickory Players for a day of hickory golf at their course on Sunday, May 31st. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to play on a historic, private golf course! Members are enthused with the idea of trying hickory golf, and Rob Ahlschwede will provide rental sets to them. As a result, we’re getting a great deal. Let’s show the members how fun hickory golf can be! Entry Fee: $40 includes greens fees, food after play, prizes, and a small contribution to Rob for use of sets. Golf carts are extra.…
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The co-founders and board of Northwest Hickory Players wish you and your family a safe, happy and festive holiday season. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events, so brush off that backswing and walk off some of that fruitcake from Aunt Betty. Please join us; and tell your friends too! We have over twenty four signed up for our Anniversary Outing on New Year’s Day. You can RSVP under our Events page! After the round, we’ll have an informal celebration at a local pub as well. Cheers!
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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 guenette.gilles@gmail.com 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…
