There is something in the modern hickory golfer’s soul that sets him apart. While it could be a simple streak of inherited eccentricity, or a misalignment of certain DNA strands, there is, it seems, a commonality of dissatisfaction with modern golf. Certain it is that modern golf is the direct descendant of Allan, Old Tom and others before them, but […]

Mid Pines. Don’t know why this hickory favorite hasn’t been mentioned until now. The venue for the Mid Pines Hickory Open in November and this year’s scene of an earlier playing of the Mountain Valley Hickory Open, Mid Pines is a 1921 Ross course of just-right traditional architecture. The Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, just across Midland Road, followed […]

Quebec, founded in 1608, was the center of the French empire in the new world. New France, as it was called, controlled the St. Lawrence River and everything upstream to the west. It was based upon the fur trade and the rival English traders were no match for the French voyageurs who explored far to the west of the Great Lakes […]

Roger Andrews continued his winning ways, wrapping up the Mountain Valley Hickory Open with a two-stroke victory over Ben Hollerback and Tony Smarrelli on the No. 3 course at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. Andrews, of Jenks, Okla., won the 2012 Championship Series this past November on the Mid Pines course in neighboring Southern Pines. Richard Grula took the […]

  Hickory bliss amid the palms By Hugh Menzies (Editor’s note: SoHG member and Metropolitan Hickory Golfer founder Brian Schuman thought it might be fun to invite a few pals down to warmer climes for a resurrection of the grand golfing life with a 1920’s flavor. Hugh and Enid Menzies accepted Brian’s invitation and enjoyed their stay in lovely Miami. Hugh […]

It was 2004, my first golfing trip to Scotland. The agenda included foursomes at Musselburgh, at match with the members of Dirlton Castle and the Scottish Hickory over Gullane 3. There was also another round, one at Kilspindie between Gullane and Musselburgh along the East Lothian coast, that was as enjoyable as anything that memorable trip. Wonderful springy turf, lovely […]

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the promise of golf; Though we cower by hearth in northern climes, in the outposts of empire there are games afoot; fortunes to be made, and we fortunate viewers by courtesy of the media barons. Like the recently unearthed Richard, the time is full of promise and though we […]

A little PR this way comes thanks to a recent article in Golfwrx.com. Author Ron Montesano spoke to several people involved in modern hickory golf to gain an understanding of the sport and convey it to the largely mainstream golfer readers of the website, which is a partner with the Golf Digest company. Here’s a link to the story. golfwrx-hickory […]

2013 Mountain Valley Hickory OpenMarch 15-17Pinehurst Resort Course No. 3 Apparently the change in date (from October) has been good for the Mountain Valley Hickory Open as is the change in venue to Pinehurst. The event, as of Feb. 5, is sold out. However, requests for additional signups are being taken and placed on a waiting list. Tournament Director Breck […]

Back to Scotland for this month’s featured course. A classic links layout, Machrihanish is away down the Mull of Kintyre, three hours by car from Glasgow and just a few miles from Campbeltown. It’s beautiful country, mostly farmland. Getting there by car takes you north toward Inverary, then south along the A83 past lofty crags on one side and the […]