Guided courses
Know what you’re looking at
Learn to recognize important clubs, makers, players, courses, and eras. Each lesson turns scattered facts into a story you can understand and share.
Education · Preservation · Play
Step into golf history—and bring the old game back to life.
Go from “Where do I even start?” to knowing the clubs, people, and moments that shaped golf. Begin with your first guided lesson.
Start with your first lessonNo equipment or experience needed
Your first stepLearn the story. Then play it.
You know there is more to the story
Golf’s best stories shouldn’t be so hard to find.
You discover an old club and want to know who made it, when it was played, and why it mattered.
Then one search becomes ten—and Google still isn’t really helping. Maybe you inherited a set and have no idea what it is worth or what to do with it.
Maybe you want to try hickory golf but do not know which clubs, rules, or events are right for you. Finding trusted answers should feel exciting, not frustrating.
Where do I even start?Who built it—and why?Can I actually play with it?
Your clear path into the old game
Learn the history. Understand the equipment. Experience the traditions.
Hickory Players Foundation helps you explore golf history through guided courses built for curious people at every level.
Begin with the Learning Room and event guide, which are available now. Future membership concepts are shown only as a planning preview; no tiers, benefits, pricing, or enrollment are currently offered.
Enter the learning room →A fuller way to enjoy the game
History becomes real when you can learn it, question it, and play it.
Tournament calendar & event coverage
Find the old game in play
Discover reenactment and hickory tournaments hosted by golf societies, regional groups, clubs, and other organizers—then follow their listings for registration and final details.
Codex AI + quarterly magazine · Coming soon
Keep discovering between rounds
Ask better questions, explore rare stories, and keep the history of each club within reach with the planned Hickory Players Foundation Codex AI and quarterly magazine.
Find a hickory golf event
Find the gathering—and get the details right here.
Hickory Players Foundation keeps its own guide to hickory events hosted by regional groups, golf clubs, and independent organizers, so you can explore the important details without leaving the site.
Schedules can change. Always confirm times, eligibility, equipment rules, fees, and registration with the named organizer before making plans.
Michiana Hickory Open / Borger Cup
9 a.m.–noon EDT — Buy, sell, and trade show in the clubhouse
Warren Golf Course · Notre Dame, Indiana
Organizer: Jim JeselnickView our full listing →Foxburg Hickory Championship
Thursday, Aug. 13 — Registration at 10 a.m.; Featherie Challenge at 10:30 a.m.
Foxburg Country Club · Foxburg, Pennsylvania
Organizer: Tom JohnsonView our full listing →Nebraska State Hickory Open
11:30 a.m. — Player check-in begins
Stone Creek Golf Course · Omaha, Nebraska
Organizer: Nebraska Hickory Golf Association · Tournament director Drake LundeenView our full listing →The Hickory Players Foundation event guide
Keep every event detail in one place
Browse our complete listings for schedules, playing formats, entry fees, equipment rules, organizer contacts, and registration steps.
Browse all event listingsHickory Players Foundation publishes this guide for convenience and is not the event organizer unless a listing expressly says otherwise.
Foundation events & hickory rentals
Host a centennial event—or put a historic hickory collection in play.
Bring golfers closer to your course’s story with a Hickory Players Foundation-hosted event or equipment selected from our extensive hickory collection.
Celebrate an anniversary, member gathering, or historical milestone with a complete experience—or rent suitable sets so your players can discover the old game for themselves.
Hosted experience
Centennial hickory events
Create a historically grounded member event with a hickory format, player welcome, period context, and on-site guidance shaped around your course.
A collection brought to play
Historic hickory rentals
Draw from an extensive hickory collection to give players suitable sets without asking every guest to own equipment. Rentals are matched to group size and availability.
Historical programming
Stories that fit the day
Add a talk, equipment display, playing demonstration, or simple historical guide that connects the experience to golf’s wider story.
A simple partnership
Your course sets the occasion. We help bring the old game.
- 01Tell us about the milestone
Share your course, anniversary, audience, preferred date, and expected group size.
- 02Shape the right experience
Choose event hosting, equipment rental, historical programming, or a mix that fits.
- 03Welcome players into the story
Give members and guests a memorable way to celebrate where your course has been.
Course partnerships are now being planned
Course partnerships are now being planned. Event scope, equipment quantities, travel, staffing, and availability will be confirmed for each course.
Tell us about your course
Start the conversation
Share a few details and we'll be in touch as this program develops. Sending this note is not an enrollment or a commitment—just an introduction.
Guided by a lifetime in hickory golf
William W. “Bill” Reed
Founder · Historian · Player · Ambassador
Bill has spent decades learning, playing, collecting, repairing clubs, leading tournaments, and bringing hickory golfers together.
He has always wanted to know “who built it and why.” Now he can help you uncover those answers for yourself.
01Golf Heritage Society Hall of Fame · Class of 2021
02Past president of the Golf Collectors Society
03Co-founder of the Hickory Golf Association
042018 Society of Hickory Golfers Mike Brown Award
05Longtime tournament director and hickory-golf ambassador
Planning preview · Enrollment is not open
Preview future membership concepts while the program is being defined.
The names and descriptions below are concepts, not active plans or benefits. Pricing, eligibility, benefits, payment terms, and enrollment must be approved before any membership offer is published.
Questions before your first lesson
Come as you are. Curiosity is enough.
Do I need to know much about golf history?+
No. The courses begin with the basics and guide you one step at a time. All you need is curiosity.
Do I need hickory clubs to take the first lesson?+
No. You can begin learning without special equipment. The courses help you understand what to look for before you buy or play.
What is available now?+
The first educational courses are available to explore. Hickory Players Foundation also shares events hosted by independent organizers. The Codex AI and quarterly magazine are works in progress.
Can the Foundation bring a hickory event to our course?+
Yes. Hickory Players Foundation can work with a golf course on a hosted centennial experience, hickory equipment rental, or historical program. The final scope depends on the date, location, group size, equipment needs, staffing, and availability.