Richmond Cup Moved and Contested
Saturday March 27th the 2nd Annual Richmond Hickory Cup was contested with Andy Moye from the NC Hickory Chapter winning Gross Championship honors and Paul Lynk repeating as Net Champion. In addition to the COVID related adjustments, Lakeside Public Club made a last minute change in tee times that caused a change of venue. Host …
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VaHGA SPRING 2021 Events
We have three events scheduled now for this Spring. Please see below and RSVP to jimclawson@virginia.edu if you want to participate. March 27th Saturday: Richmond Hickory Cup @ Lakeside Public Club. https://www.jeffersonlakeside.com/ 11:00 am tee times, green fee $65.00. Nine already signed up. Let me know if you want to join in the fun on …
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A Perfect Time for Change — @ Jefferson Lakeside
There’s a lovely article in the Nov/Dec 2020 issue of Virginia Golfer about a name change and rebranding of the Jefferson Lakeside Country Club where we held the 1st Annual Richmond Hickory Cup last March. The new name will be the Jefferson Park Club but still feature the original Donald Ross course that drove several …
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First Carolinas Hickory Open
The first annual Carolinas Hickory Open will be contested on Tryon Country Club in Tryon, NC June 17-19. Details are posted on the CHGA EVENTS tab. This will be a 2 day stroke play tournament with low gross and low net being awarded for each of our 3 divisions: Open (under 61-and all those wanting …
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USHO at Gearhart Overflowing
The US Hickory Open will be held at Gearhart Golf Course in Oregon on September 12-14. Registrations opened up January 1st and we (yours truly is coordinating registrations for Rob Alschwede, Tournament Host) already have 120 registrations. These include some “temporarily held spots” for former champions and the like. Rob is striving to get the …
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NC HGA Announces NC Hickory Open for 2021
From Rich Schmidt, CHA Captain: “I’m determined to hold a proper NC Hickory Open Championship this year. With the help of some fellow hickory nuts in the mountains, I’m trying for a 2 day ‘proper’ event to be held at the very old and very cool Tryon Country Club outside of Hendersonville in late July …
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2020 VaGHA Results
Happy New Year VaHGA players! I hope you have had a safe and happy holiday season and are looking forward, like me, to a better 2021! Before we get going on the new season, here’s a report of our truncated 2020 season. 1st Annual Richmond Hickory Cup was won by Eric Wagner.The 1st Annual World …