From “The Golfer”August 1903 Being a Toast at a Golfers’ DinnerBy William Shaw Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen: “In spring a young man’s fancy fondly turns to thoughts of love. That may be with the fancy of the ordinary young man – the young man who does not golf. But in the spring the fancy of the young golfer turns fondly […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
Correspondent for August – Observations from the Links
At a recent Hickory Event, my group was kept in the field for more than six hours on a very hot day – at least two hours too long to be kept from the bar! In this case the main reason was given as interloping golfers jumping in at various holes between the Tournament groups – a not uncommon hazard […]
Tony Smarrelli putts way to 2012 U.S. Hickory Open title
Following two days of heated – it was 97 in the shade – competition, Pinehurst resident Tony Smarrelli, 62, emerged as the 2012 U.S. Hickory Open champion. Some 65 players turned out for the 5th annual U.S. Hickory Open played with clubs that pre-date 1935, or are accurate modern replicas of such clubs. Held under the auspices of the Society […]
New clubs approved for play
NOTICE to MEMBERS: Newly Approved Hickory Shafted Replica Clubs available to be played in SoHG sanctioned events. The Equipment Committee – Rob Ahlschwede, chair – has approved the application of the BTI Company (playhickorygolf.com) for a set of irons and a special niblick for play in Society of Hickory Golfers-sanctioned events. The irons are replicas of the early RTJ […]
Rutherford Cup hosted at Toronto’s Scarboro Club
The Jack Rutherford Cup – Hickory Stick Open On a warm and sunny Canada day, 18 of our veteran hickory members joined with 52 members of the Scarboro Club to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Format was a five-person scramble with a mixture of men’s and mixed foursomes groups. Dedicated to Jack Rutherford, a longtime Scarboro Member and one […]
Heart of America another winner on Championship Series
There were 49 registered players and 17 guests and they made the 35th edition of the Heart of America a success by any standard. The temperature averaged twice the number of our players and the scores were just as hot on a links style golf course that was tough but fair for hickory play. Golf course management of your ball […]
Courses for the Hickory Soul – Wawashkamo Golf Course
It may not be one of the easiest courses to get to. First you’ve got to drive to the tip of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Then you park your car, load your gear on a ferry and take the 20-minute crossing to Mackinac Island. Once on the island, a horse-drawn taxi will get you to your lodging. Plenty of places to […]
A Game for Ladies
I well remember my Father looking down his nose at the game of golf – “An old man’s game to be taken up when you can no longer play tennis.” We played our last game of tennis together when he was 87, and I waited in vain for the request of a round of golf, as he was then fully […]
Fine start to 2012 North-South
‘Twas brillig and the slithy Toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.” Had Lewis Carroll been familiar with the lovely Monterey Peninsula of California, he might have described “brillig” days and hickory golfers who gyred and gimbled on the fairways and greens of the Pacific Grove Golf Links. The creator of the Jabberwocky was not there, but 20 hickory […]
End of an Era at Oakhurst?
The whispers had started before we had embarked on our annual pilgrimage to Oakhurst, and sadly they were confirmed with the official announcement by Louis Keller that the Property will be set on the auction block at the end of July. For those who have not tasted this unique hickory golf event, and the bonds of friendship and camaraderie it […]