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 […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
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 […]
2012 Belvedere Hickory Open Results
Thank you to all of the 2012 Belvedere Hickory Open participants and companions of participants for making the trip to Belvedere Golf Club and the town of Charlevoix, Mich. Belvedere Golf Club truly enjoys having you at their wonderful club and having you enjoy the “Belvedere” experience. I hope everyone had a fantastic time at Belvedere and really enjoyed the […]
BraeBen was picture perfect!
BraeBen Results Thursday June 14 Our GHSC Spring Scramble was held this year at BraeBen the Scottish Highlands style layout in Mississauga. Built on a old landfill site that was intentionally shaped to let Golf Architect Ted Baker create a masterpiece, it is missing only the great views of ocean. Instead we get the roof tops of Bramalea and even better views of greater Toronto right down […]
2012 NHC Results
“Yes,” said Pete Georgiady, “the rough was deep this year. Mowing got a bit behind schedule.” To which the Oakhurst devotees collectively responded “So what?” Contested this year on June 7-9, the National Hickory Championship was every bit the test of early golf that the Czar had hoped it would be. Friends came from throughout the country to enjoy that […]
Pondering the Duffer’s Heartache
It is said by some that one test of a golfer’s character is how he plays when the wheels are coming off. As one with a handicap index so high that it has become a standard unit of measurement in astronomical physics, I have been intimate with the frustrations born of unintended ball-striking results. As the chef brings his dish […]
2012 Vermont Hickory Open Results
The 5th playing of the Vermont Hickory Open saw some 35 players gathered at the Copley Country Club in Morrisville, Vermont. See photos from the event here. Braving some “liquid sunshine” on day one, an especially strong field saw four separate competitors shoot rounds in the seventies. The field was paced on day one by SoHG Championship Series winner Rick Woeckener […]
Build set to suit your swing – 1913 article
SoHG member Robert Birman discovered the following article and thought its insights worthy of sharing. Certainly the author’s conclusion that players take the time to find the right clubs is an important one and hasn’t changed over time. Click on the link below to view a PDF of the article. The Milwaukee Journal.pdf