Texas Hickory Classic

TRADITIONAL GOLF ATTIRE

Recommended and encouraged

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COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES 

(see Competitive Categories)

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6th ANNUAL TEXAS FIRST TEE HICKORY CHAMPIONSHIP. 

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Contact Alan Allison, PGA at alan.allison@pga.com Tel: (940) 654-0455 for more information.   

   

All Texas First Tee chapters are invited to participate.

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AWARDS

(click here to see more on awards)

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RULES

(click here to see more on rules)

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PRACTICE ROUNDS

Coming early and want to get in a practice round?  Contact the Brackenridge Park Golf Club @  (210) 212-7572 for help in making arrangements.

   

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2027 TEXAS HICKORY CLASSIC FEES

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   Saturday & Sunday 3/20 & 3/21/2027 ONLY             

       Medal Play Tournament (Note 1)                                 $185

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  Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 3/19 thru 3/21/2027

       Swift Cup & Medal Play Tournament (Note 2)            $285

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 Sunday, 3/21/2027

       Texas First Tee Hickory Championship (Note 3)         $400 

 

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NOTE 1

Includes registration, green fee, cart, hospitality room, lunch Sunday and all awards.

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NOTE 2

Includes registration, green fee, cart, range balls, hospitality room, dinner Friday, lunch Sunday and all awards.

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NOTE 3

Contact Contact Alan Allison, PGA at alan.allison@pga.com

Tel: (940) 654-0455

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HANDICAPS

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Players are encouraged to join the Society of Hickory Golfers and to establish a hickory handicap.  If a player does not have a hickory handicap, his or her regular handicap will be used without adjustment according to Society of Hickory Golfers guidelines.

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TOURNAMENT HOTEL

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Home2Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk.  

603 Navarro Street, San Antonio, Texas.  

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The rate per room with free breakfast:

     King Suites: $149/night;

     Double Queen Suites: $169/night

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For reservations,

     Call (210) 354-4366 and mention the Texas Hickory Classic Room Block before February 18, 2027, to get these rates.

 

To cancel a reservation, call (210) 354-4366 by February 18, 2027. 

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You are urged to make your hotel reservation as early as possible.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2027 IS THE DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS AT THE DISCOUNTED RATES AND FOR CANCELING A RESERVATION WITHOUT PENALTY.

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30 DAYS PRIOR TO RESRVATION DATE IS THE DEADLINE FOR CANCELING A RESERVATION WITHOUT PENALTY.

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HOSPITALITY ROOM AT THE HOME2SUITES BY HILTON SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK

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The Home2Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk hotel hospitality room will open Friday and Saturday.

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BRACKENRIDGE PARK GOLF CLUB ​

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Brackenridge Park Golf Course is the heart of the Alamo City Golf Trail. Located just north of downtown San Antonio, this course is accessible for locals and visitors alike. The 2008 restoration of "Old Brack" re-routed the course to A.W. Tillinghast's (1916) original layout and renewed its conditions to compete with San Antonio's premier golf courses. Anyone playing golf in San Antonio should tee it up at Brackenridge to enjoy its wonderful history and fun city-park layout.

Brackenridge Park Golf Course is also the new site of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. Come visit the clubhouse to see the "Walk of Fame", the "Wall of Frames", and the Texas Tournament Trophy Room!

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TRADING TABLES

 

There will be trading tables available in the hospitality room starting 5pm Thursday night (free of charge).

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FRIDAY - FOLLOWING GOLF

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Awards presentation and dinner for Swift Cup Matches will take place after the round at Landry’s Seafood House (tentative).

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SATURDAY - FOLLOWING GOLF

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Trading tables and hospitality Room at the hotel.  Dinner On - Your - Own.

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SUNDAY - FOLLOWING GOLF

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Awards presentation and lunch will take place after the round at Brackenridge Park Golf Course club house. 

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PREVIOUS GUEST SPEAKERS

 

2006  John Paul Cain and Rives McBee (PGA Senior Tour professionals)

 

2007  Joe Black (former PGA of America president, a 48-year rules official at the      Masters Tournament, former director of the PGA Tour, and former Chairman of the Ryder Cup, among many  other distinguished achievements)

 

2008  Randy Russell (noted golf course architect)

 

2009  Dr. Gary E. Wood (former member of the Federal Reserve Board and distinguished financial/economics authority)

 

2010  Curt Sampson (golf writer and best-selling author)

 

2011  Bill Reed (President, Golf Collectors Society)

 

2012  Jim Apfelbaum (golf writer and radio personality)

 

2013  Pat Wheeler  (golf writer and radio personality)

 

2014  Terry Todd, Ph.D. (Director, Stark Center, University of Texas at Austin), and

          Cindy Slater (Associate Director, Library Services, Stark Center)

 

2015  Charlie Epps (golf professional, coach of  Masters and U. S. Open Champion Angel Cabrerra, member of Texas Golf Hall of Fame) 

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2016  Bill Eschenbrenner (former head golf professional at El Paso Country Club for 40 years, member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame and the PGA of America Hall of Fame)

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2017  Kevin Robbins (author of Harvey Penick, the Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf.  Kevin has since published The Last Stand of Payne Stewart.  Both books have won the USGA's Herbert Warren Wind Award for the best golf book of the year.)

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2018  Robin Burke (of Champions Golf Club in Houston, TX.  Member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, Captain of the 2016 United States Curtis Cup Team, and key player in managing the 2020 United States Women's Open Championship.)

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2019  Kathy Whitworth (the most successful woman golfer in history!!!)  Kathy is the fifth member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame to serve as our guest speaker.

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2020  Tournament cancelled (COVID)

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2021  No banquet/no speaker (COVID)

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2022  Chuck Cook (internationally recognized golf teacher and member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.)

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2023 Barbara Puett the beloved and acclaimed leader in Austin, Texas golf instruction.  She was a close personal friend and student of the late Harvey Penick and has personally instructed thousands of Austin (male and female, high- and low-handicap) golfers over a distinguished multi-decade career. She has been a close friend and advisor to Hall-of-Fame players like Kathy Whitworth, Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw.

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2024 Tom Kite World Golf Hall of Fame Inductee in 2004 and 1992 U.S. Open Champion, put on an excellent short game clinic for all participants.​

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