July 16-18 Eagle Springs Golf Resort Eagle, Wisc. The 6th annual Wisconsin Gutty Golf Challenge is again at our favorite – the Eagle Springs Golf Resort, which opened for play in 1893. As the course grew to 18 holes, it is believed that Tom Bendelow, who worked for the AG Spalding Golf Company in Chicago, was the course architect. After […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
Tributes to Archie Baird
Dec. 19, 2019 As a follow-up to the notice of Mr. Archie Baird’s passing on Saturday, Dec. 7, we offer the following links to news articles that contained tributes to Mr. Baird. His funeral was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 19. Many thanks to John Pearson for these news items. The East Lothian Courier. This tribute details the public man from […]
Australian club celebrates centennial with invite to hickory golf tournament
Nov. 30, 2020 Melbourne Sandbelt Hickory Golf Championship Commonwealth Golf Club Melbourne, Australia Commonwealth Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course located in the golfing region of the Melbourne Sandbelt. Commonwealth is highly rated amongst Australia’s top golf courses and is a true test for golfers of all abilities. In 2020 Commonwealth Golf Club celebrates its centenary year and […]
Florida Hickory Golfers post season’s results
Dec. 18, 2019 Mike Stevens, Captain of the Florida Hickory Golfers, reports: I would like to thank everyone who participated in all our events this past year. Looking forward to 2020 and another great year of events on the Florida Historic Trail and other locations suited to hickory play. This past year each event was worth points toward our year […]
World of Hickory – 2019
December 17, 2019 The report attached here is a summary of, not all, but of very many world-wide hickory outings from 2019. They range from modest hickory golf meetings attended by a dozen friends, to near 100 or more at annual events that have grown in stature over these past two dozen years. Each is growing into its own character […]
Archie Baird, Scotland’s ‘ambassador for golf’, dies at 95
Archie Baird, beloved ambassador for golf who lived in Gullane, Scotland, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2019. He was 95. He passed away very peacefully at Edington Cottage Hospital in North Berwick. Mr. Baird, a former RAF fighter pilot and veterinary surgeon, is survived by his wife, Sheila, a medical doctor and great-grandaughter of the legendary Willie Park Sr., first winner […]
Randy Jensen, SoHG co-founder, honored with 2019 Mike Brown Award
By Jim DavisNov. 21, 2019 – Randy Jensen, a co-founder of the Society of Hickory Golfers, hickory golf champion, and golf club expert, was named the 2019 Mike Brown Award recipient at the Mid Pines Hickory Open. Though Jensen could not be present, his good friend, Rob Ahlschwede, accepted the award on his behalf. “I am very honored to be […]
Flory tops field at chilly 2019 Mid Pines Hickory Open
Nov. 21, 2019 Peter Flory, of Glencoe, Ill., a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., handily won the 2019 Mid Pines Hickory by nine shots clear of runner-up Ted Kopec of Niceville, Fla. Flory’s 156 (79-77) was far and away the top of the leaderboard both days of a rather chilly Mid Pines Hickory Open, the 16th such event at the […]
2020 Irish Hickory Open
June 9-11 Ballykisteen GC Tipperary The Irish Hickory Open will stage its 2020 tournament in Tipperary at Ballykisteen Golf Club and the Great National Ballykisteen Golf Hotel. The brainchild of Ivan Morris, golf writer and golf nut from Limerick, and Tom Kennedy, golf nut from Seattle, will see a hickory golf event grace Irish shores in 2020. Ballykisteen, the Tipperary […]
Rylee Stovall is 2019 Monterey Hickory Classic Champion
Nov. 13, 2019 Even host Steven Henneuse reports: DAY ONE – 1897 Del Monte – par 72 (site of U.S. 2017 Hickory Open) NorCal Hickory might be unique in that the entire field is lumped together into one division due to the coziness of its events. Our events consist of a single winner. This year’s field of three ladies, which […]