June 27 Latrobe Country Club Latrobe, Pa. This special golf outing is being offered to Golf Heritage Society members, friends and guests. The event fee for non-GHS members includes membership in the GHS. The event is part fundraiser, but is mainly meant to be an enjoyable outing in remembrance of Arnold Palmer on his home course. Click here for a […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
2022 Matches of the Bon-Air Golfers
April 2 Washington Wilkes CC Washington, Ga. The Bon-Air Golfers, established 1896, and reconstituted 1996, as Augusta’s hickory golfing society, will contest its Spring Matches in two forms: Fitzjohn – using original 19th century (no later than 1905) smooth-faced irons and spliced-neck woods; and actual, original 19th century gutta percha balls, or “The Park” replicas from McIntyre Golf. Ogilvie – […]
2022 Sacramento Hickory
April 9-10 Haggin Oaks GC Sacramento, Calif. You are invited to a first-year hickory golf tournament of 36 holes, played over two days on two separate, but co-located courses at Haggin Oaks. Saturday’s round will be played on the Arcade Creek Course (first tee time 11:30 a.m.) and Sunday’s round will be on the Alister MacKenzie Course (first tee time at 9:33 a.m.). Alister MacKenzie designed the […]
2022 Oddball Tournament of The Honorable Company
April 15,16 Hillcrest Golf Center, Washington, Ill. and Metamora Fields, Metamora, Ill. The Honorable Company of Illinois Golfers has for the past several years hosted an annual spring gathering for gutty enthusiasts, along with 12 holes of feathery golf. Hosts Denny and Cathy Lane have renamed it The Oddball “…to honor the spirit of the golfers who keep the old […]
Summary of World Hickory Golf in 2021
The world certainly saw its challenges in 2021 –political strife, warfare, Covid, and climate change among them. We are very fortunate, this global hickory golf community, to face our challenges on fairways and greens. However else the great disturbances of the world might have touched us, at least many of us had an opportunity for a bit of peace with […]
Florida Hickory Golfers conclude eventful season
Dec. 14, 2021 Mike Stevens reports: The Florida Hickory Golfers concluded another successful season with our annual championships at Mount Dora Country Club on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11, 12. Players were seeded based on their performance throughout the year and as expected, top seed Will Peterson coasted to a victory and retains the Stevens Trophy for another year. […]
Tiger and featheries? If only…
Dec. 1, 2021 Tiger Woods recent news conference broadcast on the PGA YouTube channel, was wide ranging, touching on a variety of topics, such as life after his car accident, getting back to golf, etc. But what caught the attention of many historic and hickory golf enthusiasts is his reference to old-time woods and feathery golf balls. Click here to […]
2022 Foxburg Hickory Championship
Aug. 11-13 Foxburg Country Club Foxburg, Pa. Greetings everyone, Unbelievably, it is our 14th year, we look forward to another nice get together. Karen and I are grateful to everyone who has taken the time to attend any of the previous 13 Foxburgs, we look forward to seeing many of you this year. The entry fee for 2022 is $260 ($210 […]
Results for 2021 Mid Pines Hickory Open
The Mid Pines professional staff thanks everyone who participated in the 18th annual Mid Pines Hickory Open. It was a great pleasure to once again host this history-rich event. Our Gross Division winners: Open– Peter Flory – 80-77 – 157 Senior– Tim Heath – 79-81 – 160 Super Senior– Larry Woods – 75-72 – 147 Ladies– Barb Kopec – 99-104 […]
Onion Creek Hickory Classic update for 2022
By Pete League The Onion Creek Hickory Classic in Austin, Texas, has annually increased its participation with the First Chapters in the area. This past March, the inaugural Texas First Tee Hickory Championship was held at the club. The team from The First Tee of Dallas took home The Texas Cup, an antique bronze-with-silver-inlay trophy. Play was in two-person scrambles played […]