July 14, 2018
When the pros get together to try out hickories, they always do so with a bit of “ho, ho, isn’t this fun, but not real golf,” attitude. Well, they deserve a bit of fun and hickory golf can provide it. That’s why we play, right. Click here to see the pros have some hickory fun at the Scottish Open.
June 21, 2018
June 21, 2018 – East Lothian, Scotland – Archie Baird, who is a lifetime honorary member of the Society of Hickory Golfers, has been recognized for services to the history of golf in the Queen’s Birthday Honors. The award is the British Empire Medal (BEM). Archie is well known to those visitors from the U.S. who are regular golfing pilgrims […]
April 27, 2018
One of the most active hickory golf groups in the nation is the Florida Hickory Golfers, led by Mike Stevens and supported, vigorously, by a cast of dozens of enthusiastic members. Stevens is no stranger to the pen/keyboard either, having authored numerous articles for the United States Golf Teacher’s Federation among others, including the SoHG. He recently sent an account of […]
April 25, 2018
An article about the 2018 All American Hickory Open was posted on April 14 on the website of the Register-Mail of Galeswood, Ill. The All American will be contested at the Soangetaha CC in May 2018. Click here to read the article.
April 23, 2018
Member John Fischer III alerted us to this 2012 post by the NY Times that featured the U.S.Professional Hickory Championship hosted by Mike Stevens in Temple Terrace, Fla. It’s a great story told by writer Lisa D. Mickey. Click here for the page.
February 19, 2018
Feb. 20, 2018 By Jim Davis Teams have been announced and a date set, May 1-5, for the 2018 Freedman Cup (formerly the International Hickory Cup). This international fixture of the Society of Hickory Golfers is played in the spirit of international goodwill and hickory golf in honor of the late Lionel Freedman* who did so much to promote both. […]
February 13, 2018
By Jim Davis February 2018 – Some rather significant news for SoHG members this chilly February… As most of you know, the SoHG has committed to a greater level of collaboration with the Golf Collectors Society. One of those initiatives has been to develop a shared magazine, one that embraces our common interests in golf history, as well as our various […]
January 11, 2018
Jan. 11, 2016 – Will Jacoby is one of golf’s creative souls who puts his passion into his product. Many hickory golfers know those products well, because they are among the best out there. We are talking, of course, about Jacoby’s leather products that he and his company, Steurer & Jacoby, craft into beautiful golf bags, duffel bags, head covers, […]
January 10, 2018
Jan. 10, 2016 – Bo Turocy is a PGA professional who currently works at The Golf Club at Briar’s Creek on Johns Island, S.C. He was recently featured in The Summerville Journal Scene’s e-edition in a story posted by Roger Lee. See the story here. Turocy, who recently ran for the SoHG board, has been involved in golf for over […]
December 7, 2017
Dec. 7, 2017 From hickory enthusiast Scott Pilgrim of Sachese, Texas near the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area, comes notice of an article in Texas AVID Golfer Magazine, similar to the Metropolitan article in New Jersey. Here’s Scott’s note and a link to the story. A lot of great things going on down here, including a Houston tournament in the works […]