The 2010 World Hickory Festival of Golf including the 6th World Hickory Open Championship, will be held at Musselburgh Links, Craigielaw, Archerfield and Gullane 2 & 3 on 20th - 24th September 2010.Click here for PDF of latest new on this year's tournament.
News:World Hickory Festival
Following on from the successful Willie Park Celebration in March, we are now looking forward to the 6th World Hickory Open and the third World Hickory Festival. The Festival commences on 20th September at our original venue, Musselburgh Old Links, site of 6 Opens in the late 19th century, and the oldest continuous playing surface in the world. It progresses along the East Lothian coast to Craigielaw, Donald Steel's excellent modern links and home to the World Hickory for three years. From there we move to an exciting new venue at Archerfield Links where we play the Fidra course. Archerfield itself was the site of a golf course in the mid 19th century till just before the second World War and was recently re-developed and designed by D.J. Russell.
On our final venue we return to Gullane for the World Hickory Championship, this time playing both Nos. 2 and 3 courses. No.3, this year, is celebrating 100 years since it was designed by Willie Park Jr.
Click here for Sky News video coverage of the 2009 Championship.
Click here for further coverage of the 2009 event from Sky Sports Golf Night including interviews with the winner and with the chairman Lionel Freedman.
The Willie Park Anniversary Competition is open to all golfers who may play with their modern clubs and just to catch the spirit of the occasion there is a Hickory division for hickory club lovers.
Click here for the full results from the 2009 tournament
Click here for photographs from the 2009 tournament
2009 Championship Report: Mark Is King Of The Hickory Shafts:
Joint sixth overnight, Mark King forged to the front with the best second round of two-over-par 73 to win the world professional hickory championship by two shots with a two-round total of six-over 148 over the Gullane No 2 course today. Click here for full details (PDF)
