It was a little late, but that’s the way scheduling works sometimes. Although World Hickory Golf Day was officially May 7, the Copper Cup Clan made time to celebrate the day on June 3, and they did so in the best of spirits with good friends and great golf. Here’s a report from the Clan’s Michael Brown:
Thirty-seven hickory players shared the day in three playing formats:
1) Ladies 9-hole scramble; four teams with 16 players
2) 18 holes gutty – 64 and under in the Open division with nine players; and 65 and up in the Seniors with six players (the gutty course was at 2,100 yards and 2,500 yards)
3) 1935 Open hickory, playing modern soft ball – two players in the Open division and four in the Senior division.
Our World Hickory Golf Day Celebration was blessed with beautiful weather – 85F and sunny. The fun, the smiles and camaraderie between the old and new hickory players was energizing. Auburn Bluffs is a great nine-hole course molded out of the northern kettle moraine in Campbellsport, Wisc. Our goal is to give interested steel shafted golfers a chance to play hickory shafted golf. We loan hickory sets out, and give the new players and the old players the (OTM) pep talk, hit it “Fare and Sure” most importantly have fun!
Wally Koss was given a special trophy for his support of both Wisconsin hickory golf and World Hickory Golf Day. Thanks for all you do, Wally!
The golfing results of the day:
The ladies scramble teams all played great, 35, 37, 39 and 41.
1) Gutty Senior winner was Dave Long with 85; Runner-up was Dan Norstedt with 86
2) Gutty open winner was Jeremy Kalfell with 81; Runner-up was Ernie Ernst with 85
3) Modern open winner was Jared Beggs who shot an 86
4) Modern Senior was Tom Presperin with an 86. Tom made the drive up from the Chicago area to join us for the day.
After food, prizes and awards everyone was treated to some great music on the deck from Dicky Walsh, (Not related to Joe).
The great spirit in which everyone played and socialized made the day. So the Wisconsin Copper Cup Clan expresses its gratitude and thanks to all who attended our event and to all hickory players everywhere who have taken a step back in time to play the game the way it was played 100 to 150 years ago.
