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th U.S. HICKORY OPEN™ 11 Sedgefield CC Sept. 16-18, 2018 20 18 Welcome! th U.S. HICKORY OPEN™ 11 Sedgefield CC Sept. 16-18, 2018 20 18 n behalf of the Society of Hickory Golfers, the 2018 U.S. Hickory Open OCommittee welcomes you to Sedgefield Country Club. General Manager Beverly Marler and Director of Golf Rocky Brooks lead a team of dedicated professionals who are ready to assist you in every way possible. We are excited that the 11th annual USHO has returned to North Carolina. It will be contested on a course that was constructed under the watchful eye of Donald Ross and opened in 1926. Sedgefield is home to one of the oldest PGA tournaments, begun in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open and now titled the Wyndham Championship. The likes of Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and eight-time winner Sam Snead have walked CHRIS DEINLEIN HAMP MUNSEY these fairways and demonstrated their shot making abilities. It is the only Ross-designed course on the regular PGA Tour. Laid out in the golden age of hickory golf, it requires a number of different shots with very few level lies.Y ou will find the green complexes to be most challenging. The player who can master the Bermuda greens will, more than likely, be rewarded with a gold medal. As with any test of golf, good shots are rewarded. We on the committee hope that you enjoy the competition and Sedgefield Country Club as much as the camaraderie of your fellow members of the Society of Hickory Golfers. If there is anything the Committee can do to further your enjoyment of the 2018 U.S. Hickory Open, please let us know. We thank you for participating and hope the golf gods smile upon you. Chris Deinlein & Hamp Munsey, Co-Chairs The 2018 U.S. Hickory Open program is a copyright of the Society of Hickory of Golfers. 2018 USHO Organizing Committee Produced and designed by James Davis and Robert Birman. Cover photo by Rick Fisher. Rob Ahlschwede, Jim Clawson Printing by Moonlight Graphics, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ross Hays, Jeff Loh, Terry Pemberton 2019 U.S. Hickory Open – June 20-22, Belvedere Golf Club, Charlevoix, Mich. Sedgefield Country Club A McConnell Golf Property hank you for choosing Sedgefield Country Club for the 2018 U.S. Hickory Open. We hope you enjoy this Thistoric Donald Ross classic, ranked 12th in the 2018 North Carolina Golf Panel rankings. We are excited to provide you with the finest of hospitality and golf course experiences. SedgefieldC ountry Club opened in 1926 and is situated in an area developed in the 1920s by avid golfer A.W. McAlister. Sedgefield was co-venue for the PGA Tour’s Greater Greensboro Open along with Starmount Forest from the tournament’s inception in 1938 through 1960. The tournament was held at Sedgefield exclusively from 1961 through 1976, when it moved to Forest Oaks. TheP GA Tour event was rejuvenated when it returned home to Sedgefield in 2008 and remains here today as the Wyndham Championship. The Wall of Champions behind the 9th green is worthy of a glimpse as it honors the tournament winners, including the legendary Sam Snead who won in Greensboro a record eight times. The Atlantic Coast Conference was founded at Sedgefield Country Club on May 8, 1953, and a plaque located in the main clubhouse lobby commemorates this powerhouse conference. The CCA ’s roots remain strong at Sedge- field still today as we host the Women’s Golf Championship each April. Sedgefield Country Club is part of McConnell Golf’s stable of 12 championship courses across the Carolinas and Tennessee designed by such renowned architects as Pete Dye, Arnold Palmer, Tom Fazio, Greg Norman, and Donald Ross. Our “pure golf for the true golfer” motto transcends agronomy, sport and service disciplines and is a principle that we live every day. On behalf of McConnell Golf and Sedgefield Country Club, thank you again for spending time with us. We invite you to relax and enjoy yourself. If there is anything we can do to make your time more enjoyable, please let us know. Sincerely, Beverly Marler Triad Regional Director, McConnell Golf Schedule, 11th U.S. Hickory Open Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Check-in and Equipment Inspection at Welcome Tent Practice Round 6:30 p.m. Reception Party & Trade Show in SCC Clubhouse Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 9 a.m. 1st Round of Tournament with Assigned Tee Times 7 p.m. Dinner, Speaker, and Raffle in Club Ballroom Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 8:30 a.m. Group Photo on Front Lawn 9 a.m. 2nd Round of Tournament, Shotgun Start 1:30 p.m. Awards Luncheon in Club Ballroom Invitation to 2019 USHO Closing Comments Thank You 2018 USHO Donors & Raffle Partners! 20 18 Thanks to these generous participants, the USHO and the Society of Hickory Golfers is stronger and able to do more to promote the game. Please visit their websites and support them in kind. Companies The Golfer’s Journal Ross Hays San Clement, Calif. Tampa, Fla. Belvedere Golf Club www.golfersjournal.com Home of the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open Andrea Hodel Charlevoix, Mich. Steurer and Jacoby Pinehurst, N.C. Louisville, Ky. Kentucky Par www.steurerjacoby.com Jeff Loh Straight Bourbon Whiskey Southern Pines, N.C. Louisville, Ky. Winston Collection Rochester Hills, Mich. Bill Reed KnickerDog Clothing, Scott Pilgrim www.winstoncollection.com Des Moines, Iowa Sachse, Texas www.knickerdog.com Louisville Golf Company Individuals Regional Play Groups Louisville, Ky. Rob Ahlschwede The Society thanks these regional groups that generously www.louisvillegolf.com Olympia, Wash. offered raffle donations or supportive advertisements in this program. Thank you! Mcintyre Golf Company, Dave Brown Hugh Cameron Groups are listed with their “Captain.” Omaha, Neb. Corunna, Ont., Canada www.mcintyregolf.com Carolina Hickory Golf Association Jim Clawson – Richard Schmidt Tad Moore Golf Charlottesville, Va. Selma, Ala. Florida Hickory Golfers www.tadmoore.com Chris Deinlein – Mike Stevens Greensboro, N.C. The Honorable Company of Illinois Hickory Golfers – Denny Lane THE GOLFER’S JOURNAL Michigan Hickory Tour – Roger Hill Northwest Hickory Players – Jim von Lossow Onion Creek Hickory Classic – Pete League Virginia Hickory Golf Association Golfer’s – Skip Platt Wisconsin Hickory Golf Association Journal – Bill Ernst Wyandotte Hickory Organization Golf in its purest form. Published quarterly. (WHO) – Ed Ronco A big thanks as well to all the volunteers on the 2018 USHO Organizing Committee. Photo – Rick Fisher Sedgefield will test hickory mettle By Jim Davis recovery shot from trees that finished just seven feet from the flag (Adapted from an article in the on the 10th hole, the first playoff hole. Spring 2018 Wee Nip) World Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange often came to the tour- nament while a student in the 1970s at Wake Forest University. edgefield Country Club, host of the 2018 U.S. Hickory Various state championships have been hosted by the club, and SOpen, is in Greensboro, N.C., a little southwest of the city in the mid-1990s the club hosted Nike Tour events, one of which center. Donald Ross, perhaps the designer emeritus of the SoHG, was the first professional event played by a young Sergio Garcia, designed the course which opened for play in 1926. Architect Kris who returned to win the Wyndham Championship in 2015. Spence did some restoration work in 2007 to revitalize that Ross Sedgefield pros have made a statement, too. In 1937 club pro pedigree. It is currently the only Ross-designed course hosting a Tony Manero won the U.S. Open at Baltusrol on that club’s regular event on the PGA Tour. famous Upper Course. Since 1938, Sedgefield Country Club has hosted a professional Originally designed to be a 36-hole country club, work on touring event. Originally called the Greater Greensboro Open, Sedgefield’s second 18 was halted by the Great Depression and then the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, it has been the never finished. The current driving range was to have been part of Wyndham Championship since 2007. that course. From 1938 to 1960, the championship alternated with the The club’s second 18-hole course, the Pete Dye-designed Cardi- Starmount Forest Country Club, also in Greensboro. nal Golf and Country Club, was opened in 1975. From 1960-1976, it was at Sedgefield only. Forest Oaks hosted Sedgefield was developed by Southern Land Co. as one of the the event from 1976-2007, after which time it returned to Sedge- first planned golf course communities in the U.S. All these lands field where it continues to thrive. were originally the hunting preserve of John Cobb, senior vice Sam Snead is indelibly linked with the tournament, having won president of the American Tobacco Co. it eight times. Two of those victories came in playoffs and he lost The club is owned by McConnell Golf, currently the larg- two other playoffs, one to Earl Stewart and one to Doug Ford (that est owner of private clubs in the Carolina region. Its Footprints playoff lasted 19 holes). on the Green efforts support causes such as the Make-A-Wish George Archer won in 1972. He had already packed his clubs Foundation and its McConnell Scholars programs benefit talented away when Arnold Palmer tripped up over the last three holes to young golfers. drop a two-shot lead. Archer beat Tommy Aaron in that playoff. Sedgefield’s stately 48,000-square-feet Tudor clubhouse was In 2013 Jordan Speith and Patrick Reed tied for the tournament built in 1925 and completely renovated from 1992-1993. It still with Reed besting Speith on the strength of a near-miraculous proudly features the original main lobby.