About the 2022 tournament
COVID-19 AND THE ONION CREEK HICKORY CLASSIC
The 2022 OCHC is scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 24, 25 and 26, 2022.
While City of Austin COVID restrictions are less restrictive than during the past year or two, we would expect that everyone, while indoors, will exercise common sense. I believe that essentially all of us are vaccinated, lessening our common risk of infection.
The location for the banquet is the Onion Creek Ballroom, located at 9941 Old Lockheart Road (see map).
We are planning to have the usual Hospitality Room at the Comfort Suites Hotel in Buda, TX. All participants are asked to use good judgement regarding COVID-19 safety precautions.
Some terrific news: I learned this week that noted golf instructor, Chuck Cook, has agreed to be our 2022 guest speaker. Chuck will be the SIXTH Texas Golf Hall of Fame member to address our hickory group, joining
DATES
Thursday, March 24, 2022:
Swift Trophy Matches. USA vs. CANADA
Friday, March 25, 2022:
2nd Annual Texas First Tee Hickory Championship
Friday and Saturday, March 25 & 26, 2022:
36-hole medal-play Onion Creek Hickory Classic
LOCATION (see map)
Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas
EQUIPMENT
All players will use hickory-shaft clubs. Equipment will conform to Society of Hickory Golfers guidelines (click here for more information):
Hickory club rentals, Contact Bill Reed at 515-490-5159 or wreedassociates@aol.com.
DEADLINE for ENTRIES
March 21, 2022
DEADLINE FOR HOTEL SPECIAL TOURNAMENT RATE & TO CANCEL RESERVATION WITHOUT PENALTY:
March 13, 2022

Entrants gathered in front of the putting green.
TRADITIONAL GOLF ATTIRE
Recommended and encouraged
COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES
2nd ANNUAL TEXAS FIRST TEE HICKORY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Contact Jennifer MacCurrach, Executive Director, of the First Tee of Austin, at
512-751-9351 or jmaccurrach@firstteeaustin.org for more information.
All Texas First Tee chapters are invited to participate.
AWARDS
(click here to see more on awards)
RULES
(click here to see more on rules)
PRACTICE ROUNDS
Coming to Austin early and want to get in a practice round? Contact Pete League at
512-694-9904 or league1967@gmail.com for help in making arrangements at Onion
Creek Club or at another local course.
2022 ONION CREEK HICKORY CLASSIC FEES
Thursday, 3/24/2022 only
Swift Trophy (Note 1) $125
Friday, 3/25/2022
Texas First Tee Hickory Championship (Note 2) ------
Friday & Saturday 3/25 & 3/26/2022 ONLY
Medal Play Tournament (Note 5) $250
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 3/24 thru 3/26/2021
Swift Trophy & Medal Play Tournament (Note 5) $350
NOTE 1
Includes registration, green fee, cart, range balls, box-lunch
each day, hospitality room (with plenty of beer, wine and snacks),
keg beer after each round, and all awards
NOTE 2
Contact The First Tee of Austin (Jennifer MacCurragh) at 512-751-9351
or jmaccurrah@thefirstteeaustin.org
NOTE 3 (ONION CREEK CLUB MEMBERS)
Onion Creek Club members: contact Pete League at 512-694-9904 for entry fees.
NOTE 4 (CANADIANS)
$75.00 Discount for all Canadians playing the medal play tournament.
NOTE 5
Includes registration, green fee, cart, range balls, box-lunch
each day, hospitality room (with plenty of beer, wine and snacks),
keg beer after each round, both Friday and Saturday meals and all awards
HANDICAPS
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.
TOURNAMENT HOTEL
We have a block of rooms at the Comfort Suites Hotel in Buda, Texas. It is located on the northeast quadrant of Interstate 35 and Main Street in Buda, Texas (near the McDonald's restaurant). The hotel is a five-minute drive from the Onion Creek Club parking lot.
The rate is $109. per room.
For reservations,
Call 512-295-8600 before March 13, 2022, to get this rate.
Book your room online using Comfort Suites Hotel Buda.
DO NOT CALL the hotel's 800 number.
To cancel a reservation, call 512-295-8600 by March 13, 2022.
You are urged to make your hotel reservation as early as possible. The Austin hotel picture is getting weird. Rooms may be limited.
REPEAT: MARCH 13, 2022, IS THE DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS AT THE $109 RATE AND FOR CANCELING A RESERVATION WITHOUT PENALTY.
HOSPITALITY ROOM AT THE HOTEL
The hotel hospitality room will open on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at around 5:00 PM. We have the room to ourselves through Saturday.
ONION CREEK CLUB FACILITIES
The Onion Creek Club locker rooms are open to all hickory players and there are no restricted areas. Players are expected to follow the same dress code as OCC members when using the clubhouse facilities, e.g., casual golf attire, no jeans or cargo pants, no tee-shirts. Jackets are not required. Gentlemen are expected to have shirts tucked in and to remove hats while indoors
"A gentleman will remove his hat while indoors." Arnold Palmer.
TRADING TABLES
There will be trading tables available in the hospitality room and starting at 5pm at the Friday night banquet (free of charge, but you must order your trading tables in advance).
SILENT AUCTION
Mobile Loaves & Fishes SILENT AUCTION items will be on display and open for bidding throughout the week.
THE VARDON JACKET
Returning past Champions, who have not previously received a Vardon Jacket, will receive their jacket at the Friday night banquet.
THURSDAY - FOLLOWING GOLF
"On your own" for dinner.
FRIDAY - FOLLOWING GOLF
Trading tables and awards dinner for Swift Trophy Matches and Texas First Tee Hickory Championship (details to be announced).
SATURDAY - FOLLOWING GOLF
The Lone Star Model A Ford Club will again show some of it's wonderful 1928-1931 vintage automobiles behind the 18th green.
Awards presentation and informal cookout will take place behind the 18th green (or on the veranda if we have inclement weather).
GUEST SPEAKER:
Chuck Cook, internationally recognized golf teacher and member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. Chuck will join other Texas Golf Hall of Fame members (in alpha order) Joe Black, Robin Burke, Charlie Epps, Bill Eschenbrenner, and Kathy Whitworth as a speaker at our tournament.
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)
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)
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.)
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.)
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.
2020 Tournament cancelled (COVID)
2021 No banquet/no speaker (COVID)
2022 Chuck Cook (internationally recognized golf teacher and member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.)
OFFICIAL CHARITY
Mobile Loaves & Fishes of Austin, Texas is our official charity.
Go to WWW.MLF.ORG for more information.

This looks like Modesto's Bob Wolfensperger


Onion Creek member Don Bledsoe wearing
his marshall's uniform from the inaugural
1978 Legends of Golf Tournament

Chuck McMullin hitting to #12 on the Original Course





