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Anytime, Anywhere
Celebrating the timeless tradition of hickory golf — played with antique clubs, classic rules, and a spirit of camaraderie that spans the globe.
Welcome to the League
The Worldwide Anytime, Anywhere Hickory Golf League brings together passionate golfers from around the world who share a love for the game as it was originally played — with hickory-shafted clubs and a spirit true to the origins of the sport.
Whether you're playing a quick 9 holes at your local course or a full round at a historic links, your scores count toward the global leaderboard. Submit your scores, track your handicap, and compete with fellow hickory enthusiasts worldwide.
How It Works
The concept combines the flexibility of casual golf with the excitement of an international league. Play hickory golf anytime, compete from anywhere, submit your scores, earn points, climb the leaderboard, and win recognition and prizes throughout the season.
The league operates year-round through monthly challenges, allowing participants to play at any course rather than travel to a single tournament venue. Golfers can compete individually, as part of a team, or at events organized by local hosts.
Players register, pay the entry fee, play with approved hickory equipment, and submit their scores after each round. Our scoring algorithm converts those results into league points, which accumulate on monthly and seasonal leaderboards. This allows golfers playing on different courses—and in different parts of the world—to compete in one shared competition.
Think of it as the FedEx Cup of hickory golf—except ours is called the FedUp Cup, at least until the right sponsor comes along!
Participants can win prizes through individual performances, team results, monthly challenges, and their position in the seasonal standings. Sponsor supported prizes provide even more opportunities to win, while certificates and trophies recognize monthly leaders and season champions.
Local hosts help us build an international hickory golf community by recruiting players, staging rounds, and submitting results.
Scoring & Points
- ✦Scores are converted into HPI (Hickory Performance Index) points using the league's proprietary performance algorithm.
- ✦Consistent participation is rewarded within the HPI system.
- ✦The more you play, the greater your opportunity to climb the leaderboard.
It measures how well a golfer performed relative to the difficulty of the course and tees played—not simply their gross score. This lets golfers compete fairly across different courses and tees worldwide. HPI is the league's proprietary performance measure.
Why Participate?
- ✦Reconnect with the origins of the game
- ✦Connect and play with hickory golfers around the world
- ✦Compete on a truly level playing field
- ✦Make golf fun and challenging again
- ✦Play anytime while still being part of a global competition
- ✦Compete for exciting monthly prizes and a Grand Prize Golf Trip
- ✦And besides… all the cool kids are doing it.
League Features
Global Leaderboard
Track your standing against hickory golfers from around the world. Updated after every submitted round.
Score Submission
Submit your round scores from any course, anywhere in the world. All scores are verified and recorded.
League Communications
Stay up to date with league news, announcements, upcoming events, and messages from the commissioner.
Play Anywhere
No home course required. Play at any course worldwide and your scores count toward the league standings.
Individual International Competition
Compete as an individual against hickory golfers from every corner of the globe. Your net score and handicap travel with you — every round you play, wherever you play it, counts toward your personal world ranking.
National & Regional Team Play
Every member represents a team. International players carry their national flag, while US members compete for one of four regional squads — Northeast, South, Texas & West, or Mid-West & Pacific. Team standings are tallied from each member's best rounds, so your personal performance fuels a collective pursuit of glory.
Hickory Ha'penny Rewards
Monthly League challenges award real prizes to winners — and in the near term, those prizes take the form of Hickory Ha'pennies of significant value. Ha'pennies are the League's own rewards currency, each worth half a US cent. Winners accumulate them in a personal Hickory Wallet and can redeem them for Hawes merchandise, hickory clubs and equipment, golf travel experiences, tournament entry fees, and special sponsor offers. The more you compete and the more you win, the more your wallet grows.
Member Discounts on Sponsor Products
As a league member you unlock exclusive discounts from participating sponsors worldwide — hickory clubs, modern equipment, golf clothing, footwear, and accessories. Your membership card is your passport to savings across the global hickory golf community.
Global Leaderboards
Track your personal ranking against hickory golfers worldwide, or follow your national and regional team's collective progress up the standings.
Individual Standings
See where you rank among all league members. Sorted by net average score across submitted rounds — the lower, the better.
View Individual RankingsInternational Team Standings
National teams and US regional squads compete collectively. Every round you submit contributes to your team's position on the world stage.
View Team RankingsLeague Rules & Equipment
- ✦All clubs must be hickory-shafted, pre-1935 or faithful reproduction
- ✦Scores submitted within 7 days of play
- ✦Handicap calculated using the league's proprietary HPI system
- ✦Sportsmanship and respect for the traditions of the game are paramount
Join the League Today
Play hickory golf on any course, anywhere in the world. Compete on a global leaderboard, represent your nation, and be part of a worldwide community of classic golf enthusiasts.