Two golfers in silhouette on a Scottish links skyline, one mid-swing with a hickory club

The World Hickory Open Championship

Golf as it began.

An international championship in Scotland, played with hickory-shafted clubs.

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21st birthday

World Hickory Open 2027

The venue for the World Hickory Open 21st birthday event and Archie Baird International Team event will be announced soon.

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Angus, 2026

The 2026 Champions

Professional Champion
Mathias LorentzenDenmark
Runner-up
Peter RuymannUSA
Men’s Amateur Champion
James ReichertSavannah, Georgia, USA
Ladies Amateur Champion
Maeda YukoJapan
All 2026 results
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From the course

Memories

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2022

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If pushed, I’d say the word is FUN. The hickory game is FUN. Go out there and enjoy it.

Lionel Freedman

On film

Watch

World Hickory Golf Open 2024. Part 1. Nairn Dunbar to Brora.

World Hickory Golf Open 2024. Part 2.

World Hickory Open 2022

Watch the World Hickory Open 2022 Inverness showreel

With thanks to

St Andrews Golf CompanyArbikie DistilleryPlatinum Golf ScotlandHickory Golf ShopPurple Imp