March 20, 2026
MacDuff reports: The match in the low handicap Braid Division of the SoHG World Gutty Championship (WGC) ended with thunder in the background and lightning horns blaring. A missed stymie negotiation settled the matter. The players left the field as gusty rain squalls roared in only minutes later. Such was the dramatic conclusion for the inaugural playing of this newly […]
March 4, 2026
Event host Ken Holtz reports on another great winter visit to the desert for hickory golfers. Playing pre-1935 hickory shafted golf clubs, 105 players celebrated the 14th annual Arizona Desert Hickory in Sun City West. Dressed in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps, and equipped with vintage equipment, they challenged Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses in grand style over a two-day […]
February 25, 2026
Southern California hickory golfers enjoyed the annual Bagpiper, held at Costa Mesa CC, on Feb. 22. Event Captain Mark Wille was pleased with the 22 player turnout and the beautiful, sunny Southern Cal day. The Open winners were Eddie Breeden and Dave McMurtrey with a score of 72. Senior division winners were Tom Goode and Rick Perrault with a score […]
January 21, 2026
MacDuff (who, through an error, perhaps, on the part of the hosts, was in the field) reports on the 2026 Winter Park Hickory Classic (Jan. 17-18): Anxious eyes kept watch on the weather in advance of the seventh annual Winter Park Hickory Classic. A brutal cold snap had the rest of the country in its grip and Florida did not […]