- Presidents message
- From SoHG President Tad Moore
- Recent Happenings
- The Second Annual Mid Pines Hickory Open Championship 2005
- Upcomming Events
- GCS Dayton Trade Fair January 12, 13, & 14, 2006
- Historical Note
- Old Tom Morris - Hickory player, course designer, greens keeper 'par excellence'. & the father of modern golf.
- Collectors Corner
- Lofted wedges
BY DON GIBBONEY
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
- Practical Tip
- Presidents message
- From SoHG President Tad Moore
- Recent Happenings
- GCS Dayton Trade Fair January 12, 13, & 14, 2006
- Upcoming Events
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Spring Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
- Letters to the Editor
- Historical Note
- Wright & Ditson Co.An excerpt from 'North American Club Makers' by Pete Georgiardy.
- Featured Player
- Ted Ray - One of the more under appreciated players from the classic era.
- Collectors Corner
- Practical Tips
- Master Class
- Each month we present a lesson from the hickory masters. This month we start at the top! We present modern master Randy Jensen analyzing the Bobby Jones swing!
- Calendar
- President's message
- From SoHG President Tad Moore
- SoHG statement on 'new' hickory clubs
- Initial report of the committee on 'new' hickory clubs.
- Recent Happenings
- The Inaugural Carolina Links Players meeting 24 . 2006
- South Florida Regional Trade Show on Saturday, February 4 2006
- Upcoming Events
- Calendar
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Spring Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
- Letters to the Editor
- Historical Note
- Charles B. MacDonald: His Canadian Connection by Doug Marshall
- Featured Player
- Allan Robertson 1815 - 1859 The world's first 'Professional Golfer' by Tom Johnson
- Collectors CornerGEORGE NICOLL 'ORIGINAL' MATCHED SET by Chris Homer
- Practical Tips
- Master Class
- Each month we present a lesson from the hickory masters. This month we feature Walter Hagen on Putting. Walter Hagen was one of the great match players of all time, and part of the reason for this was his phenomenal putting. His swing may have looked bad, but boy could the guy ever putt!
- Upcoming Events
- 2006 Ashville CC Hickory Tournament June 1st & 2nd
- National Hickory Championship July 28th (PR) - 30th
- Calendar
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Fall Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Letters to the Editor
- Our Readers answer back
- Book Review
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- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
- Upcoming Events
- National Hickory Championship July 28th (PR) - 30th
- 2006 BGCS Swedish Hickory Championship July 28th (PR) - 30th
- Recent Events
- 2006 Scottish Hickory Championship May 26th
- 2006 Ashville CC Hickory Tournament June 1st & 2nd
- Regional News
- Chagrin Valley Hickory Golfers
- Carolina Hickory Golf Association - June Tournament at Highland GC
- Calendar
- The 'Stymie'
- Author, broadcaster, hickory golfer Jim Apfelbaum is a former president of the Texas Golf Writers Association, and the author of five books; with any luck, soon six. His blog:golfdigress.com is well worth a visit. Here he gives an account of that much maligned feature of Hickory golf - the stymie.
- Lawsonia
- A day out at Lawsonia, by Roger Hill
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Fall Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Letters to the Editor
- Our Readers answer back
- Book Review
- Following the Wee Nip feature, "What's on your bookshelf" we look at readers reviews of their favorite book's. We start next month with a look at Francis Ouimet's "Golf is my Game".
- Featured Player
- Due to the length of this newsletter, our 'featured player', Joyce Wethered will appear in next month's edition.
- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
- President's message
- From SoHG President Tad Moore
- Upcoming Events
- C.B. Macdonald Matches - Sept 16th & 17th 2006 (Application Deadline Aug. 15th)
- World Hickory Open - Oct. 4th - 6th
- Recent Events
- National Hickory Championship July 28th (PR) - 30th
- Hickory Golf in the news
- Extract from Wall Street Journal June 24th 2006
- Golfweek article 'Retro Golf' by Martin Kaufmann June 17th 2006
- Regional News
- Chagrin Valley Hickory Golfers
- Carolina Hickory Golf Association -
- The Gullane Grace - A Scottish Blessing before a meal
- Archie Baird gave this blessing at the Scottish National Hickory Championship before the Dinner and Prize-giving.
- Calendar
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Fall Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Archived Articles: - THE CULT OF THE WOODEN PUTTER by MR. JOHN LOW
- A new feature - We bring you some of the best articles from the early archives of the 20th Century
- Instruction: - Francis Ouimet on Putting
- In this 1914 article, Francis Ouimet gives instruction on putting - His advice is still very relevant
- Letters to the Editor
- Our Readers answer back
- Book Review
- Following the Wee Nip feature, "What's on your bookshelf" we look at readers reviews of their favorite book's. We start with a look at Francis Ouimet's "A Game of Golf".
- Featured Player
- Due to the length of this newsletter, our 'featured player', Joyce Wethered will appear in next month's edition.
- Joyce Wethered. Bobby Jones (and several others including Francis Ouimet) considered her the best golfer, male or female, that they had ever known. (and Jones opined this in the Nicklaus era). After reading this and viewing her swing sequence we think you will find it hard to disagree!
- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
- Presidents message
- From SoHG President Tad Moore
- Tom Morris Sighting
- Rock fans have their Elvis sightings, we have our Tom Morris sightings
- August Errata
- The missing Francis Ouimet Photos
- Portrait - John Musters Esq.
- A new feature. Portraits, paint or photo of early golfers. This week - John Musters Esq.
- Hickory Golf in the News
- Sergio Garcia thrilled the crowd at the Telus Banff Springs skins by almost acing the 8th hole with a hickory club!
- New on his website, Chris McIntyre shows us the process for inserting a driver insert
- Upcoming Events
- C.B. Macdonald Matches - Sept 16th & 17th 2006
- World Hickory Open - Oct. 4th - 6th
- Arkansas State Golf Association
Hickory Open Championship
Sponsored by Mountain Valley Spring Company
October 21-22, 2006
(practice rounds October 20)
- 2006 Mid Pines Hickory Open - Friday, November 3 Thru Sunday, November 5, 2006
- Calendar
- Early Code of Golf rules
- The earliest known code of Golf rules - St. Andrews, May 14, 1754
- Horace Hutchinson on Putting
- In this 1914 article, Horace Hutchinson gives some general advice on putting. Continuing our articles on putting.
- Scottish Exiles
- Between 1895 and 1910 12 of the first 15 US Opens were won by Scottish born professionals ...
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Fall Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Archived Articles: - BUNKERS by Walter J. Travis
- This editorial from the American Golfer 1911 gives interesting insigts into the evolution of bunker design by the most influential man in american golf.
- Swings
- Joyce Wethered - Driving iron
- Featured Player
- Joyce Wethered. Bobby Jones (and several others including Francis Ouimet) considered her the best golfer, male or female, that they had ever known. (and Jones opined this in the Nicklaus era). After reading this and viewing her swing sequence we think you will find it hard to disagree!
- Letters to the Editor
- Our Readers answer back
- Book Review
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- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
Departments
- Presidents message
- From SoHG President Tad Moore
- Stop Press
- Byron Nelson dead at 94. Tad Moore remembers
- Recent Events
- 2006 River City Hickory Classic September 2nd, 2006
- The Ninth Annual Hickory Stick Invitational September 18th, 2006
- Charles Blair MacDonald Matches Canada 11½ USA 8½
- Upcoming Events
- Arkansas State Golf Association
Hickory Open Championship
Sponsored by Mountain Valley Spring Company
October 21-22, 2006
(practice rounds October 20)
- The CHGA 2006 Hickory Haggis Cup - Oct 28th - 29th 2006
- 2006 Mid Pines Hickory Open - Friday, November 3 Thru Sunday, November 5, 2006
- Hickory Golf in the News
- Advertising Age runs a feature on hickory golf
- Regional News
- Chagrin Valley Hickory Golfers
- Carolina Hickory Golf Association
- Calendar
- Call for Contributions
- Please provide a contribution for the Fall Issue of 'A Wee Nip'
- Letters to the Editor
- Our Readers answer back
- Notes & Queries
- A question and answer page run by our readers. Either post a question or answer a question someone else has posted.
- Tid Bits and Anecdotes
- A sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, sometimes true, sometimes apocryphal look at golf.
Features
- Portrait - The American Amature Triumvirate
- Ouimet, Travers and Evans.
- Early Codes of Golf Rules
- HONOURABLE COMPANY OF EDINBURGH GOLFERS
- Leith, April 22, 1775
- Walter J.Travis on putting on Putting
- One of Several articles that Walter J. Travis wrote on putting.
- Swings and Instruction
- Jim Barnes demonstrates how to play a pitch and run.
- Book Review
- Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes - James M.Barnes