This essay/opinion is posted as a member’s response to the Autumn 2011 Wee Nip article on original and replica clubs. We invite you to post your comments too. What clubs to use? Original or replica? That is the question. The autumn Wee Nip published a feature on the topic. Members of the SoHG board were not a little nervous […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
Tis the Season
‘Tis The Season First of all, the task of “winterizing all the Playables,” sorting and storing bags, balls and clothing; Second, auditing all the other clubs that have accumulated through impulse, habit, and bouts of “collecting” sickness, and making an early start on New Year Resolutions to confine myself to Playables only, and a divestiture of non-qualifiers – pausing only […]
Mike Brown Award winners
Frank Boumphrey, left, and Tad Moore, right, 2010 winners of the Mike Brown Award, present the award to 2011 co-winner Roger Hill. Roger Hill and Ralph Livingston III, both of Grand Rapids, Mich., were honored with the Society of Hickory Golfers’ annual Mike Brown award following the Mid Pines Hickory Open in Southern Pines, N.C. The award was announced following […]
2012 Mid Pines Hickory Open
It was a full field for the 8th annual Mid Pines Hickory Open in Southern Pines, N.C. Though the practice rounds on Friday, Nov. 5 were dominated by cold, rainy weather, the clouds cleared for the Saturday and Sunday rounds. Saturday was chilly and windy. Sunday was not windy, and both days were sunny. Bob Esworthy, head golf professional for […]
Interstate Championship
Seven states were represented over 17 teams in the Mens’ Competition at the 4th annual Interstate Championship, contested on the Old Kinderhook course in Camdenton, Mo. over Nov. 4-6. Two states were represented over three teams in the Ladies Division. The mens teams included: Baird/Murphy (Illinois); Ausen/Hudelson; Overton’Piffer; Reed/Gay (Iowa); Hart/Herbert (Kansas); D & J Gamet; Herrington/Smeltzer; McCubbin/Uberroth; M & […]
InterState Tournament receives Kansas City media attention
The September issue of “Tee Times Golf Guide,” a Kansas City publication, recently featured the InterState Tournament, held at The Club at Old Kinderhook at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. Event director Peter Herrington is shown teeing off on the cover along with Bryant Murphy. It’s a nice feature on what is one of the season’s friendliest and most enjoyable […]
Beauty of Long Island highlights inaugural event
By Hugh Menzies Brian Schuman created the inaugural Long Island National Hickory Championship to debut on the weekend of Sept. 16-18. He chose a weekend when no other hickory event was scheduled. Unfortunately, the Benvenue event at Rocky Mount in North Carolina then came along and drew off many potential entrants. Benvenue seems to have been a fun event. But […]
Hickory play at the Dormie Club
INVITATION FOR PLAY AT THE DORMIE CLUB IN ADVANCE OF THE HICKORY GRAIL… The Dormie Club is hosting the Hickory Grail, a biennial fixture of the British Golf Collectors Society that will be played Nov. 7-8. New SoHG member, Robert Birman, has made arrangements for two foursomes to play the Dormie Club on the morning of Monday, Nov. 7. […]
St. Andrews Golf Co. Featured on Discovery Channel
Wonder how modern hickory clubs are made? The Discovery Channel did. They filmed the St. Andrews Golf Co. master craftsmen at their work. The hickory golf clip is the second feature in.
Mountain Valley Hickory Open
Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith, Ark. was in near perfect condition with highs in the low 70’s and clear skies. The pastoral scene was intruded upon only by the occasional U.S. Air Force Thunderbird or Japanese Zero buzzing the course from the adjoining Fort Smith Air Show. Jeremy Moe provided his own thunder, winning for a record fourth time […]