2007 Cumulative Index

January

Features

Portrait
Walter J. Travis
Scottish Exiles
The Foot Soldiers
Archived Articles: - PUTTING by George Duncan
This article from Golf Illustrated 1915 continues our series on putting. George Duncan makes the somewhat radical claim (for 1915) that putting can be learnt, and is not merely a matter of inspiration!
Book Review
The Old Man - The Biography of Walter J. Travis

Columns

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Clubhouse Leader
A New Year Resolutions
Preferred Lies
Memories of Henry Cotton

Departments

In The News
Dr. Gary Wiren inducted into PGA Hall of Fame - Dec 8th 2006
Regional News
Chagrin Valley Hickory Golfers
Calendar
Call for Contributions
Please provide a contribution for the Spring 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.

Febuary

Features

Portrait
Mary Queen of Scots
That Bastard Tom Morris
A forged Tom Morris putter? by Hal Wilson Or was it forged, an investigation into a putter with a shady past!
Archived Articles: - PUTTING by Willie Park
This article from Golf Illustrated 1916 continues our series on putting. Willie Park, who it was claimed practiced putting up to 5 hours a day - shares his thoughts on putting!
Book Review
Golf Club Maker - Thomas Carruthers

Columns

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Clubhouse Leader
SoHG Board Meeting in Dayton
Preferred Lies
Lionel Freedman reminisces about famous inland courses

Departments

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Recent Events
Dayton GCS Meeting
Upcoming Events
Tad Moore's Southern Fourball takes to a new location.
Regional News
Chagrin Valley Hickory Golfers
Carolina Hickory Golf Association
Calendar
Call for Contributions
Please provide a contribution for the Spring 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.

March

Features

Portrait - Walter Hagen
Looking like the fashion plate that he was, we present 'The Haig'!
Archived Articles: - Bobby Jones on Joyce Wethered, and Joyce Wethered on her competitive attitude
These articles from Golf Illustrated 1931 confirms what we have opined in a previous newsletter, that Miss Wethered is among the greatest golfers who have ever played the game. Miss Wethered article on the psychology of competition not only gives tremendous insight into her mind, but has lessons that should be absorbed by us all.
Book Review
Auchterlonie "Hand-Made Clubs" by Peter Georgiady. The story of the Auchterlonies of St. Andrews.
Walter Hagen - Maestro of Match Play
In this first of three articles we look at why Hagen was such a good match player. This first article looks at his developmental years

Columns

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Clubhouse Leader
Guttie Balls for pre-1905 Competitions
Preferred Lies
Lionel Freedman writes about Loretto school and it's influence on Scottish golf
Announcement
Dick Donovan, noted book dealer is dead at 71.

Departments

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Upcoming Events
National Hickory Championship - June 7th - 9th
Carolina Mountains Hickory Tournament May 31st - June 1st
C.B.MacDonald Tournament Sept14th - 16th
World Hickory Open Championship Sept 26th - 28th
Regional News
Carolina Hickory Golf Association
Calendar
Call for Contributions
Please provide a contribution for the Spring/Summer 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.

April

Features

Portrait: King Tutankhamun
The last of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
The Royal and Ancient Game of Kings
Hal Wilson looks at golf's archaeological record April 1, 2007

Departments

Upcoming Events
Golf Collectors Society - Region 2 2007, May 18th and May 19th
Carolina Mountains Hickory Tournament and GCS Region 3 Trade Show May 31st - June 1st
National Hickory Championship - June 7th - 9th
Belvedere 6th Annual Hickory Tournament June29th - June 30th
C.B.MacDonald Tournament Sept14th - 16th
World Hickory Open Championship Sept 26th - 28th
Regional News
Carolina Hickory Golf Association
Chagrin Valley Hickory Golfers
Calendar
Recent Events
The Golf Collectors Society Region 4 tournament March 22-24
Call for Contributions
Please provide a contribution for the Spring/Summer Issue of 'A Wee Nip'

May Oakhurst Edition

Features

Portrait - Sam Snead
Slamin' Sam Snead not only had the finest of all golf swings, a talent he attributed to learning golf with hickory clubs, but he was one of the motivating forces behind the re-discovery of Oakmont Links.
Book Review
Oakhurst The Story of Oakhurst by Paula DiPenta and Vikki Keller
Featured Articles
Scottish Exiles - The Oakhurst Gang - Golf in Secret Places Not all Scottish exiles were artisans and hard working professionals. Some were definitely upper class, and some were remittence men. This is the story of the founders of Oakhurst
Birth of the National Hickory Championship by Peter Georgiady

Columns

President's message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Clubhouse Leader
Thoughts on Oakhurst
Preferred Lies
Lionel Freedman continues his memoires
Announcements
Vintage division at NHC
Bill Engelson joins board of SoHG

Departments

Upcoming Events
Golf Collectors Society - Region 2 2007, May 18th and May 19th
Golf Collectors Society - Region 1 2007, June 3rd
National Hickory Championship - June 7th - 9th
Carolina Mountains Hickory Tournament May 31st - June 1st
C.B.MacDonald Tournament Sept14th - 16th
World Hickory Open Championship Sept 26th - 28th
Regional News
Carolina Hickory Golf Association
Chagrin Valley Hickory Players
Calendar
Hickory Golfers in the News
A interview with Pete Georgiady published in the March 27 edition of Golfweek.
Call for Contributions
Please provide a contribution for the Spring/Summer 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.

June

Features

Feature Article Walter Hagen - The Maestro of Match Play Part II
Part II of our three part series on Hagen and match play.
Message from Ken Horne, secretary to The Braid Society
Portrait - James Braid
Nicknamed the 'Divine Fury' by Horace Hutchinson because of his ability to lash the ball - he once hit a guttie 385 yards!_ James Braid was one of 'Great Triumvirate' and in later life one of the greatest course designers with over 200 courses, including Carnoustie and Gleneagles, to his credit.
Archived Articles The Divine Fury An Article on James Braid by Bernard Darwin
Bernard Darwin wrote with great affection and sensitivity on many golfers, but there is little doubt that his favourite was James Braid
Instruction James Braid on Long Driving
James Braid was known for the length of his drives. This instructional article by him first appeared in American Golfer in 1916
Course Architecture James Braid on Bunkers
James Braid was one of the greatest of the early archicts. Not well known in the United States, he developed several outstanding courses in Britain, including Gleneagles and Carnoustie. He was famous for his bunkering.
Book Review
Advanced Golf by James Braid
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Columns

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Clubhouse Leader
Braid shoots his age
Preferred Lies
MUSSELBURGH, THE NEVER-ENDING STORY (continued)
Announcement
New Ontario Hickory Tour

Departments

Presidents message
From SoHG President Tad Moore
Recent Events
Event
Upcoming Events
Carolina Mountains Hickory Tournament May 31st - June 1st
National Hickory Championship - June 7th - 9th
Belvedere 6th Annual Hickory Tournament June 29th - June 30th
10th Annual Hickory Stick Invitational 2007
C.B.MacDonald Tournament Sept14th - 16th
World Hickory Open Championship Sept 26th - 28th
Arkansas Hickory Open Championship 2007 Oct 13th - 14th.
Regional News
Carolina Hickory Golf Association
Calendar
SoHG Archives
James Braid in the SoHG archives
Call for Contributions
Please provide a contribution for the Spring/Summer 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.