The Times Record wasn’t going to lose an opportunity to feature a story on a U.S. Hickory Open champion, not when the fellow comes from their own backyard at the Hardscrabble Country Club. Check out the story on the TR website at the link below. Moe tells reporter Grant Tolley about his liking for hickory golf and the experience […]

     From the archives we travel to August 1913, 100 years ago, to the pages of Walter Travis’ American Golfer. The issue has interesting accounts of Francis Ouimet’s golfing prowess leading up to the U.S. Open at Brookline, a treatise by Henry Leach on up-and-coming young American amateurs, accounts of the French and British national championships and, of course, […]

An article under the “Forecaddie” column in the July 26th issue of Golfweek featured a report on Dustin Johnson and his prowess with a borrowed hickory driver. The club, made by Tad Moore, is owned by Sandy Lyle, 1985 Open Champ, who has a set of hickories made by Tad and often plays them for fun. DJ apparently had no […]

Don’t worry, Davis won’t quit his day job. Here’s a link to the show: 123456

  Catriona Matthew and Rick Valentine at Montrose Links, host of the World Hickory Open 2013. Photo courtesy of www.carnoustiecountry.com Catriona Matthew Competes Against Hickory Golf Champion to Launch World Hickory Open 2013 By Carnoustie Country    The British Open may be grabbing the headlines – but it’s not the only international golf tournament making the news. To launch the […]

  Mike Just, owner of the Louisville Golf Company, has been selected as the 2013 Mike Brown Award honoree. The award is named for the late Mike Brown, shown at right, who epitomized those values that hickory golfers hold dear: Respect for the traditions of hickory golf; Dedication to growing the game of hickory golf; and Passion for promoting lasting […]

Early history The company was founded in 1876, the year that Albert Spalding was pitcher and manager of the old Chicago team for which “Pop” Anson and Evangelist Billy Sunday played. It was Spalding’s Chicago team that first appeared in regulation baseball uniforms. It was Spalding’s company that standardized early baseballs and developed the modern baseball bat with the pronounced […]

Mitch Laurance of Myrtle Beach, S.C. launched a “Hooked on Hickories” radio show with guest Ben Wright. Mitch, who was also the first member profiled in the SoHG Member Profile series (see attached PDF), is a commentator for ESPN Championship Billiards, an actor, television host, and producer of On The Green Video Showcase from Myrtle Beach. Mitch hopes to produce […]

In a sign that more professional golfers are beginning to discover or, at least, acknowledge, the growing hickory golf movement, the 2009 Ladies British Open champion Catriona Matthew has scheduled a three-hole exhibition match with the 2012 World Hickory Open champion Rick Valentine. Matthew, pictured below with her 2009 Ladies Open trophy, is an accomplished player who began her LPGA […]

Rob Rigg loves to walk while golfing and thought that a blog might be a good idea to share experiences about the courses he enjoys. Well, that turned into a very fine website with interviews and articles, course reviews, and walkability ratings. Under its website, the WGS lists as its mission: The Walking Golfers Society is committed to walking when […]