From the DeForest Times Sun Prairie, Wisc. By Joe Pruski A century ago it would have been common for men in knickers and plaid vests to talk about their mashies, jiggers, and niblicks while setting off on an early morning round of golf. While those days, and much of the equipment from that era, are long gone, a growing group of enthusiasts led by the […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
Short video of Sandy Lyle at World Hickory Open
The following video of Sandy Lyle at the 2016 World Hickory Open is on the Reuters News website. Click here to see the video.
Seven vie for three SoHG board openings
Oct. 14, 2016 Seven SoHG members have indicated they would like to stand for three open board positions. One position was created by the passing of Mike Just, whose Board term, along with Dave Brown and Hamp Munsey, ends on Dec. 31, 2016. Each Board term is for three years. The seven candidates are Durel Billy, Hugh Cameron, Ben Hollerbach, Scott McAllister, Bob […]
Remembrances of Mike Just
Memories of Mike from several of his close friends and acquaintances. Plus a few photos from here and there. Mike Just was not only a friend but he was also a business partner. When I started making the first new wood shafted clubs since the early 1930s here in the USA I went to Mike to make the wooden heads […]
Sandy Lyle adds to ‘Major’ titles with another World Hickory Open victory
World Hickory Open Champion Sandy Lyle is pictured with his trophies at Panmure Golf Club. © Andy Thompson Photography / ATIMAGES Oct. 13, 2016 By Wendy Glass Carnoustie Country After two days of highly-competitive games between many of the world’s top hickory golfers, double Major winner Sandy Lyle has claimed the World Hickory Open Champion title for 2016. “I’m delighted […]
Hickory golf like falling out of plane for new player
By Brian Giboney (Brian Giboney is an SoHG member who has been an avid parachutist for years. He is a long-time contributor to Parachutist magazine and also pens the occasional free-lance golf article. He was happy to share this outing with his friends in the SoHG. – Ed.) In life we all meet some very unique people. Through my passion for the sport of […]
Golf writer discovers thrill of hickory golf
Leave it to Bill “Ernie” Ernst to hook another guy on hickories. This time it was Midwest Golfing Magazine writer Glen Turk who tried them out at Sand Hollow Resort in Utah, and again with pal Brian Weis of GolfTrips.com at the La Belle Country Club near Milwaukee. What did he think? He’s a golf writer. He wrote it all […]
36 compete in second annual Gamble Sands Hickory Open
By Rob Birman Thirty-six determined golfers gathered for the second annual Gamble Sands Hickory Open, Oct. 8-9, hosted by Northwest Hickory Players and Gamble Sands. The course is one of the latest additions by David Kidd, architect of famed Bandon Dunes. And, while decidedly inland [200 miles inland from Seattle], the links resemble Bandon Dunes in many respects – tight fescue […]
Old Kinderhook Inter-State Hickory Tournament
9th annual Old Kinderhook Inter-State Hickory Tournament Old Kinderhook Golf Course, Camdenton, Mo. Nov. 3 – Nov. 5, 2016 Once again our hosts will be Fred and Sherry Smeltzer, who will open their home on Thursday evening for good food, fine liquor, and an appropriate start to the camaraderie which is an essential part of hickory golf’s attraction. As usual, we […]
World Hickory Open tees off Oct. 11
By Wendy Glass Carnoustie Country On Oct. 11, almost 120 hickory golfers wearing stylish outfits inspired by the game’s 1920s and 1930s glory days will tee off at Panmure Golf Course for the first round of the World Hickory Open 2016, sponsored by LinkedGolfers. “Watching competitors from all over the world walk onto the first tee in their finest hickory golf […]