The first international Austrian Hickory Championship 2011 was played on Austria’s historic Golf-Club Salzkammergut. The club commemorated it’s 75th anniversary three years ago with a visiting delegation from the British Golf Collectors Society resp. the European Association of Golf Historians & Collectors playing the course with hickory shafted golf clubs and bringing the idea of hickory golf back to the […]
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2011 Vermont Hickory Open Results
Also at the event was a representative from Seven Days “Vermont’s Independent Voice” newspaper. Reporter Eva Sollberger had great fun assembling the YouTube video show on the News page of the website. It was clear she enjoyed her time with the players.. and who wouldn’t? They’re a great bunch of people every one. No wonder they have so much fun […]
2011 Vermont Hickory Open Snags Media Attention
Seven Days reporter Eva Sollberger joined the field during the 2011 Vermont Hickory Open to learn all about this hickory golf thing. She and her crew did a great job with this YouTube video. It’s upbeat and fun with comments from several SoHG members and hickory players.
French Lick Hotels & Hill Course — Home of the 2011 USHO
The U.S. Hickory Open is to be hosted this year by one of the most famous resorts in the country. The claim began with salt. Flowing mineral springs in the area left salt deposits that attracted such animals as deer, buffalo and French fur traders. The latter never really settled in and when the British and Germans starting nosing around […]
2011 Berlin Hickory Open Championship
On June 2, 52 players came together at Germany’s oldest still existing golf club, the Golf- und Landclub Berlin-Wannsee (founded 1895 as Berlin Golf Club) to play an 18-hole greensome using only original pre-1935 hickory shafted golf clubs. At stake was the the Miller trophy, donated by the German Society of Periodontology commemorating Willoughby Dayton Miller, the first president of Berlin […]
Voting completed for SoHG Board – Holtz & Speed Return, Rob Ahlschwede Added
Election results have returned Ken Holtz and Breck Speed to the SoHG Board and added a new member, Rob Ahlschwede. All will serve three year terms. Holtz, who is also serving as current SoHG president, thanked Andy Moye, Lionel Freedman, and Thomas Johnson for throwing their hat into the ring and their continued support of hickory golf. Holtz also extended […]
SoHG Member Publishes “The Caddie Who Won The Masters”
A new book is out by SoHG member John Coyne. The story follows a middle-aged amateur’s quest to win the Masters. Along the way he is dogged by a mysterious, tormented stranger and helped by a young, unknown caddie. Read more about the book here
Recreation of Match Between Tom Morris and Willie Park Sr. Goes to Perry Sommers
Starting April 12 and lasting four days, Perry Sommers of Australia and Randy Jensen of the USA recreated the celebrated match 141 years ago between two of history’s legendary golfers – Old Tom Morris and Willie Park Sr. At stake was the Marathon Medal, created for the event and played for over the four courses of the original challenge, St. […]
2nd Annual Mississippi Hickory Masters Tournament – 2011 Results
On Friday, April 8, at the Country Club of Jackson, the Mississippi Hickory Golf Association held its second annual Hickory Masters Tourney in conjunction with that little tournament over at Augusta National. Twenty-two members, including SoHG illuminaries Tad Moore and Breck Speck, competed in the combination 4-Ball and Individual event. The course played to just over 6,200 yards. Play was […]
Southern Hickory 4-Ball Tournament 2011
The 2011 Southern Hickory 4-Ball was a fine success, said host Tad Moore. ” Twenty-four teams participated this year. After a very tough competition two young players emerged as winners with the best score yet in the event,” he says. ” The golf course was exceptional and is an excellent hickory venue. The Thursday night kickoff party was fun with […]