Northwest Hickory Players celebrate World Hickory Golf Day at Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. The playing of the Vintage Hickory Classic has been scheduled for WHGD since 2013 and this year there were 46 players for the celebration. It was great having many players making the trip from the Portland area to join in the fun of the day. […]
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Virginia golfers honor Tad Moore at Southern Four Ball
April 25, 2022 By Jim Clawson VaHGA was well represented at this year’s Southern Hickory Fourball hosted by Tad Moore at the Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham, Ala. Terry Pemberton and Eric “the Hickory Hokie” Johnson teamed up as did Deal Hudson (now from Lilburn, Ga. but still a VaHGA Founding Member) and yours truly. Non-resident members Mike O’Donnell […]
A tradition (ahem), event, unlike any other – feather ball golf in Illinois
April 19, 2022 By MacDuff Since the advent in 2000, and even earlier, of modern hickory golf the sport has followed many paths, blossomed in a variety of forms. Hickory tournaments large and small, from gutty to golden-era 1920s style of play, offer opportunities to “discover the playing characteristics of wood shafted golf clubs,” as the Society of Hickory Golfer’s […]
Dave Brown, owner of McIntyre Golf Company, featured in hickory golf podcast
Precision is a word that aptly applies to Dr. David Brown, owner of McIntyre Golf Company, the leading manufacturer of replica golf balls in the world. (He even plays Nicoll Precision irons from the mid-1910s.) An orthopedic surgeon by training, specializing in knees and overall sports medicine, he meticulously crafts gutta percha balls, brambles, mesh pattern and small dimple balls appropriate […]
Baltimore 10-year-old featured with his hickories
SoHG member Michael cruz is only 10-years-old, but he already know his way around a set of hickory golf clubs. Journalist Lyndi McNulty of the Carroll County Times posted a story on the young hickory player in the March 12, online edition of The Baltimore Times’ Carroll County Times. It’s a nice story on young Mr. Cruz and we hope […]
Golf Channel visit to Mission Inn Resort, site of 2022 USHO
March 30, 2022 The NBC/Golf Channel recently visited the Mission Inn Resort, site of the 2022 U.S. Hickory Open, to film 10 episodes for one of its top shows, The Golf Fix. The host, Devan Bonebrake, and the NBC creative team had many wonderful comments about Mission Inn’s beautiful property, practice facilities and courses. For those of you planning to […]
VIP round on historic 12-hole Prestwick layout
Oct. 18 Prestwick GC Prestwick, Scotland Not strictly a hickory golf tournament, this is nonetheless an extraordinary opportunity for hickory golf over an historic layout in commemoration of the 150th playing of the Open Championship. Golf travel company Scottsdale Collection has negotiated an exclusive Prestwick VIP Day on Oct. 18, 2022, for 36 golfers to recreate golfing history and walk in […]
Results of 2022 Arizona Desert Hickory Classic
March 4, 2022Ken Holtz, host of the Arizona Desert Hickory Classic, reports: On Feb. 26-27, 98 players celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Arizona Desert Hickory Classic in Sun City West, Ariz. Equipped with vintage equipment, and attired in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, they challenged Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses in grand style over a two-day […]
Doug Marshall, Canadian historical golf leader, 1937-2022
Feb. 24, 2022 Douglas W. Marshall, of London, Ont., Canada, member and past president of the Golf Historical Society of Canada, member of the Society of Hickory Golfers and the Golf Heritage Society, passed away at Victoria Hospital of complications from pneumonia on Feb. 23, 2022. He was 85. Born in Niagara Falls, Mr. Marshall was a familiar face at hickory […]
Results of the 2022 U.S. Professional Hickory Championship
Feb. 22, 2022 It was a competitive field for the 2022 U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship on Monday, Feb. 21. Daytona professional Thomas Garnier carded a fine 73 to have his name affixed to the John Shippen Cup dedicated to America’s first golf pro. The Oscar Bunn trophy goes to Eddie Peckels of Winter Springs who also recorded a 73. […]