Rob Birman’s Plus Four Podcasts are up to nine episodes now. All are hickory-golf themed, with interviews that highlight everything from club repair, and regional hickory golf groups, to the importance of golf history. The latest adds a little golf travel magic with SoHG members Deal Hudson of Lilburn, Ga., and Karl Nagy of Simpsonville, S.C., who describe a most […]
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Tom Johnson named the SoHG’s 2021 Mike Brown Award honoree
The committee of three on the Mike Brown Award are not to be envied. The current SoHG president and two previous award recipients are charged with selecting an award recipient from what is usually a list of half a dozen most worthy nominees, each of whom reflects, in his or her own way, the late namesake’s embodiment of friendship, dedication […]
2022 Columbus Golf Trade Show
Jan. 7-8 Columbus Golf Collectibles Show Embassy Suites, Dublin, Ohio This is the big winter trade show hosted by Gary and Susan Wyckoff, members of the Golf Heritage Society. Free admission to the public. This show annually has tables laden with hundreds of hickory golf clubs and thousands of other collectibles. Good place to find that one club missing from […]
2022 White Mountains Hickory Open
July 16 White Mountains Hickory Open Mt. Washington Inn, Bretton Woods, N.H. The 5th annual White Mountains Hickory Open is scheduled for July 16 at the Mt. Washington Inn. Tee times begin at 10 a.m. We will play as in the past the 1915 Donald Ross-designed main course behind the hotel, at the base of Mt. Washington. The backdrop is the spectacular […]
2022 Tri-State Hickory Open & Legacy Day
July 17 Clearview Golf Course East Canton, OH The 2022 Tri-State Hickory Open and Legacy day is sponsored by the Tri-State Hickory Golf group, the Golf Heritage Society, and the Clearview Legacy Foundation. The tournament format will be an open hickory tournament plus a “Legacy” division in which players can use classic-era clubs – persimmons and blades, for example – […]
2022 Gearhart Hickory Classic
July 18-20 Gearhart Golf Links Gearhart, Ore. Save the date!!! The historic Gearhart Golf Links, Gearhart, Ore. is the site for this 36-hole, two-day event presented by the Northwest Hickory Players. There will be four divisions for competition – Open Championship, Senior (60 and over), Women’s, and a Super-Senior (over 70), with gross and net awards in all divisions. All […]
2022 Swiss Hickory Open
July 29-30 Montreux Golf Club Aigle, Switzerland The Swiss Hickory Open will be competed for the first time in the ‘Suisse Romande,’ or French-speaking section of the country, 29-30 July, at the Montreux Golf Club in Aigle. The Swiss Hickory Open attracts players from the German, Italian and French sections of the country. Nestled at the foot of the Alps […]
2022 Thornberry Creek “Pay it Forward” Hickory Challenge
July 30 Thornberry Creek Oneida, Wisc. This will be the 8th annual Pay It Forward Hickory Challenge at Thornberry Creek, hosted by Jim Koss and the Wisconsin Hickory Golfers. The morning nine is on the Iroquois 9 Double Flagstick Course and the afternoon on the 18-hole Legends Championship Course, official course of the Green Bay Packers. Both layouts are gutty-friendly. […]
2022 MHS at Hollywood GC
May 18 Hollywood Golf Club Deal, N.J. The Metropolitan Hickory Society is pleased to announce its first 2022 offering. Rob Wolf has arranged for players to experience Hollywood GC on May 18. Tee times begin at 2 p.m. followed by dinner and lively conversation. We all know we have much to catch up on following a couple of frustrating seasons. […]
2022 Mid American Hickory Open
May 20-22 Soangetaha Country Club Galesburg, Ill. This May the Wisconsin Hickory Players invite you to join them at Soangetaha Country Club to reunite with friends and enjoy the game we love. If you’ve not joined us before for this event, this is a beautiful 125-year-old parkland style course. Revised and expanded by Tom Bendelow in the 1920s, it […]