The Golf Channel’s Morning Drive show on Thursday a.m. April 26, had a piece about several tour players who teed up hickories for a three-hole showcase to celebrate the 100th annversary of the Zurich insurance company. Click here to see the story. These guys definitely need to tee it up at the U.S. Hickory Open. Might give Alan Grieve and […]
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Tour players using hickories at TPC of Louisiana
Here’s something from New Orleans where the Zurich Classic at the TPC Louisania. This excerpt is from a larger piece on the event by Doug Tatum of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Could it be some of the younger tour players get a taste for hickory? TURNING BACK THE CLOCK: Seven players will be taking part in a three-hole exhibition today […]
Swift Cup matches taken by USA team
By Bill Reed The hickory teams of the USA and Canada just completed the Annual battle for the ” Swift Cup ” Hickory Match held at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, TX. In a tight team battle, the USA team upsetthe favored Canadian Team 16 to 14 to reclaim the ” Swift Cup.” This annual battle happens every […]
Christie’s Auction of Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection
On May 30, Christie’s will auction the world’s most important private collection of golf art and memorabilia. Passionately assembled over 25 years by Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, the founder of the world-famous Valderrama Golf Club, this historic collection includes some of the rarest and most valuable treasures representing the history of the sport, and its most notable personalities, from its earliest […]
Florida pro wins U.S. Pro Hickory Championship
A Florida pro won the 2012 U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship at the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club in February. Beautiful weather and great competition. Eddie Peckels, 2012 U.S. Professional Hickory champ, left, and Mike Stevens, event founder, pose with an early Ford automobile in front of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club. Eddie Peckels, playing out of […]
Four Degrees – Dress Code
Our Correspondent notes that it was the weather that put the heavy woolies on early British golfers; but here in the Colonies with our warmer weather, could we, perhaps, lighten up a bit? The Dress Code Your humble Correspondent has now given enough years of service on the Links to expound on a topic near and dear to every part […]
Courses for the Hickory Soul – Kingarrock St. Andrews Fife Scotland
www.kingarrock.com Just 10 miles west of St. Andrews, along the B939 in Cupar, is a golf course whose name is likely lost on the majority of pilgrims hastening to the Old Course and its adjacent cousins. The Kingarrock Golf Course is only 9-holes, too, and on top of that only hickories are allowed for play. Kingarrock is built around […]
Favorite Links
www.northberwick.org.uk/clubmakers_2.html#bsayers Here’s a nifty site for fans of Scottish golf. This North Berwick-related site (the home page is (http://www.northberwick.org.uk/index.html) lists dozens of club makers, professionals and course designers with biographies on most of them and a handful of old photos to boot. You’ll find the Sayers, Jack White, Arnaud Massy, the Ferguson’s, Fred McLeod, Alex Aitken, Willie Anderson and many […]
Dr. Frank Boumphrey Passes Away
Dr. Frank Boumphrey passed away March 4, 2012. He was a beloved member of the Society of Hickory Golfers, former board member and web guru who set up the Society’s earliest web pages. He edited a early monthly newsletter for the Society called “Hickory Happenings” that set a high standard for knowledge and information about modern and early hickory golf. […]
Temple Terrace Pro Hickory Event makes NYTimes
It was a lovely day, it’s always a lovely day in Florida for hickory golf, and PGA pros from around the state and elsewhere traveled to Temple Terrace to test their games with wood shafted clubs. Click here to read the article.