The Society of Hickory Golfers Announces The US Hickory Open Championship

The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG) is pleased to announce its first annual US Hickory Open Championship to be conducted at Mimosa Hills Golf and Country Club in Morganton, NC from July 21 through July 23, 2008. Donald Ross, the famed Scottish-born golf course architect, created Mimosa Hills in 1929, taking painstaking advantage of Morganton's natural beauty and phenomenal panoramic mountain views. They recently completed a thorough restoration of the entire course, preserving the integrity of his design while keeping an eye on the future of the game. Mimosa is the home course of the famed amateur, Billy Joe Patton who almost won the 1954 Masters and finished one shot behind Ben Hogan and Sam Snead.

The US Hickory Open shall comprise a practice round on Monday, July 21 followed on Tuesday and Wednesday by two 18 hole medal score competitive tournament rounds. There will be at least three divisions: Open, Reserve and Senior with a Female Division if six or more ladies compete. Appropriate trophies will be awarded following the conclusion of medal play on Wednesday.

Mark your calendars and make appropriate commitments to attend this inaugural event. Since we plan to limit the field to 72 competitors you’ll need to send in your application soon after it is available on the SoHG website in early January 2008. More details will be forthcoming as they become available.

Far and Sure,

The Tournament Committee (Bill Engelson, Frank Boumphrey, Chris Deinlein, Barry Markowitz and Michael Fay)