Annual VA-NC Hickory Cup – New Date = October 27-28 (same week as Mid-Pines Event)
Southern Pines Country Club NOTE: This event was canceled. We hope to resurrect the VA-NC Hickory Challenge Cup in 2021. Stay tuned. Event Dates:Practice Round – Monday October 26th, 2020Tournament – Tues-Wed, October 27-28, 2020 Event Details:Format – Ryder Cup Style – Two Player Teams (6 per side)Day One – 18 Holes Best Ball and …
January 2020 Captain’s Message
Happy New Year Everyone! (January 2020) 2020 marks a new decade and the passing of a fifth of a century already. Time flies. A new year to celebrate and for those of us feeling creaky here and there, a desire to enjoy every year and every day as much as we can before we can’t. …
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Ever seen something like this?
George Nicoll was an accomplished Scottish club maker who made beautiful instruments. Mike Just’s Precision line is cloned off of Nicoll’s designs. Nicoll clubs seemed be growing more popular through 2013, so I thought I’d begin assembling an original set for the fun of it. I found a mashie niblick on-line and bought it. When …
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Making Hickory Wood Head Covers
Hickory Golf is the game and hobby that just keeps on giving. From searching for and finding singletons to re-gripping to re-shafting to re-pinning to adjusting loft and lie to whipping to refinishing heads, hickory golf offers the player cum do-it-yourselfer many avenues for learning, investing, and enjoying the game. Lately, I’ve discovered a new …
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2018 Virginia Hickory Open
Hello to all, I am pleased to announce the first annual Virginia Hickory Open. The mission statement for our organization is “To enjoy and promote hickory golf in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic” With that in mind our first event will be held at Capon Spring and Farms in Capon Springs, WV www.caponsprings.net . This is …
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7th Annual Virginia Hickory Four Ball Invitational
10/14/2016 – 10/16/2016 Lake Monticello Golf Course Palmyra, Virginia 2015 Virginia Hickory Four Ball Invitational – Defending Champs Chris Farris & Jim Saunders This is one of the most anticipated fixtures on the seasonal list of events for the Virginia Hickory Golf Association. The format is two-person teams in a modified Ryder Cup series of …
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