‘Tis The Season First of all, the task of “winterizing all the Playables,” sorting and storing bags, balls and clothing; Second, auditing all the other clubs that have accumulated through impulse, habit, and bouts of “collecting” sickness, and making an early start on New Year Resolutions to confine myself to Playables only, and a divestiture of  non-qualifiers – pausing only […]

Frank Boumphrey, left, and Tad Moore, right, 2010 winners of the Mike Brown Award, present the award to 2011 co-winner Roger Hill. Roger Hill and Ralph Livingston III, both of Grand Rapids, Mich., were honored with the Society of Hickory Golfers’ annual Mike Brown award following the Mid Pines Hickory Open in Southern Pines, N.C. The award was announced following […]

The September issue of “Tee Times Golf Guide,” a Kansas City publication, recently featured the InterState Tournament, held at The Club at Old Kinderhook at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. Event director Peter Herrington is shown teeing off on the cover along with Bryant Murphy. It’s a nice feature on what is one of the season’s friendliest and most enjoyable […]

INVITATION FOR PLAY AT THE DORMIE CLUB IN ADVANCE OF THE HICKORY GRAIL…   The Dormie Club is hosting the Hickory Grail, a biennial fixture of the British Golf Collectors Society that will be played Nov. 7-8. New SoHG member, Robert Birman, has made arrangements for two foursomes to play the Dormie Club on the morning of Monday, Nov. 7. […]

The 2011 C.B. Macdonald Challenge a wonderful start to SeptemberBy Hugh Menzies Slightly shy of two centuries ago, Americans battled the Canadians at Niagara-on-the-Lake and came off second best. Not so on the weekend of Sept. 10-11, 2011. This time the American side emerged victorious in the annual C.B. Macdonald Challenge hosted by the oldest golf course in North America […]

I Have a “Hickory” Dream Before I outline my dream, let me note that the Oakhurst Links in West Virginia is acknowledged as the earliest golf course in the USA and has recently been acquired by a Foundation committed to its preservation. Secondly, that the SoHG and the HGA represent the Hickory Players of the USA and are committed to […]

See the Michigan Regional page (under “Groups and Mentors”) on this website for the full article and photos.

Brian Schuman, organiser of the Long Island National Hickory Championship, is keen to promote golf in his region of the country. With such a rich history of golf, the region should be ripe to heed his efforts. For starters, the Long Island Golf News website has posted a favorable article on the Long Island National Hickory. Without further ado, you […]

The September 2011 issue of ForbesLife features a story on hickory golf by James Dodson, a Pinehurst resident and author, who was introduced to the game at the 2009 Mid Pines Hickory Open. Tad Moore, Ken Holtz, Dr. Jay Harris and Mid Pines owner Kelly Miller are among those who guided Dodson through the nuances of niblick through jigger and […]

European and U.S. Hickory Grail teams at Falsterbo, Sweden in 2009.   The seventh quest for the Hickory Grail is scheduled for Nov. 8-9 at The Dormie Club, in Pinehurst, N.C. Europe has the honor of defending the Grail, having taken it with a convincing victory over the Falsterbo links in Sweden in 2009. David Kirkwood of Gullane, Scotland captains […]