September 18, 2021
By Jim Davis The U.S. Hickory Open last visited the western U.S. in 2017 when it was held at the Del Monte Golf Club in Monterey, Calif. The 2021 version, the 14th playing of the tournament, was held on the oldest course west of the Mississippi (1892), Gearhart Golf Links, in Gearhart, Ore. It was the first held in the […]
August 17, 2021
The following two articles were prepared and published for the Butler Eagle, the paper of record for the Butler, Pa., area. They describe the 2021 Foxburg Hickory Championship held in nearby Foxburg, Pa. HICKORY ROUND Golf tournament features pre-1900 rules, clubs to preserve tradition John EnriettoEagle Staff Writer August 12, 2021 Amateur Golf FOXBURG — When it comes to hosting a historical […]
August 12, 2021
Jeff Shelley has been writing about golf for more than three decades. Hickory golf was bound to make an appearance somewhere along the line. Shelley recently posted an account of the modern hickory game in the September 2021 edition of Golf Course Trades magazine. In the writing of the article, Shelley talked with hickory golfers from around the country, from […]
July 21, 2021
July 21, 2021 Bob Glass had kept an eye on the weather reports, but there was nothing he could do. A perfect deluge of rain that swept across the Midwest had a special inaugural hickory golf outing at Clearview Golf Course in doubt. The hard rain departed in time, but it left the course in a waterlogged, walking-only condition. No […]
July 2, 2021
July 2, 2021 The Florida Hickory Golfers recently made a trip to The Villages in Florida, about 50 miles northwest of Orland0. A dedicated retirement community, The Villages famously offers a wealth of recreational and social opportunities for its residents. You may now add hickory golf to the list, not officially, but with this golf outing an introduction has been […]
June 3, 2021
The Louisville Golf Company is the subject of a video produced by brokerage firm Charles Schwab. The video premiered on June 2, 2021. Schwab’s videos are part of its “Challengers” series that focuses on people and companies who “challenge, engage and succeed. The Louisville Golf video interviews owner Jeremy Wright and three of the Just brothers who help produce the […]
May 25, 2021
Every now and then, the local newspaper folks like to offer their readers a little something different. Hickory golf fits the bill like nothing else, well, except for perhaps the carnival coming to town. Both involve rarely seen costumes, unusual gear, and prodigious feats of skill. In Galesburg, Ill. this past May 22-23, the Register-Mail newspaper sent photographer Steve Davis […]
May 22, 2021
On May 20, the Golf Historical Society of Canada (GHSC) announced to its membership the beginnings of working partnership with Golf Canada to create “a framework and structure to define a GHSC/Golf Canada Hickory Division.” Golf Canada is the National Sports Federation and governing body of golf in Canada. In partnership with Canada’s provincial golf associations, Golf Canada currently represents approximately 272,000 golfers […]
March 18, 2021
March 2021 By Jim DavisModern hickory golf can be enjoyed on so many levels – playing the game; exploring the history and background of golf from the hickory club era; even donning some period clothing for a little extra hickory sauce. Then there are the clubs, which require a little more TLC than your modern high-tech gear, especially the original […]
March 11, 2021
March 11, 2021 Austin, Texas A generous supporter of hickory golf and the Onion Creek Hickory Classic has donated a new set of Louisville Golf Precision model hickory shaft irons (mid-iron through niblick, a $1050 retail value), to be raffled off, with all proceeds to be turned over to Mobile Loaves & Fishes, the OCHC official charity. See WWW.ML&F.ORG Repeat: these are new, never used; […]