Author Archives: Jim Davis

Record field at Vintage Hickory in Washington state

Contestants at the 4th annual Vintage Hickory Invitational. Photo by Mike Dorgan Story by AP National Golf Club Due to overwhelming success of the Seattle Golf Show and National Hickory Day initiative, attendance and participation at the 4th annual Vintage Hickory Invitational was a new record. The event was held on the Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. A […]

National Hickory Golf Day a busy one

by SoHG May 3, 2016 From Vermont to California, hickory golf players celebrated a day set aside to promote their favorite sport. This website is not ideally suited to quick reporting of the many things going on, but the SOHG Facebook page, managed my Matt Dodds, has plenty to report. Be sure to visit and take in some of the […]

Wear a ribbon on National Hickory Golf Day

by SoHG April 26, 2016 As most of you know by now, SoHG President Dave Brown lost his dear wife, Nancy, over this past weekend. Kevin Cawley, a close friend of Dave’s, has said that his group of hickory players are to wear ribbons at their May 1 National Hickory Golf Day tournament in memory of Nancy. Kevin thought it […]

Alabama is sweet home for Southern 4-Ball winners

The field at the 2016 Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship Sweet Home Alabama it was for Cliff Martin of Los Angeles and Bain Hanning of Birmingham, Ala. The two set a new scoring record at the 2016 Southern Hickory 4-Ball with a two-day total of 127 – an amazing 62-65 and the lowest score ever for this classic Championship Series event. […]

Tragedy strikes SoHG community again as accident takes life of Nancy Brown

Nancy Brown, wife of David Brown, current president of the Society of HIckory Golfers, passed away on Saturday, April 23, from injuries sustained from a possible fall at the couple’s Omaha, Neb. home.  The couple had been married for 40 years and have three grown children and three granddaughters. Below are images of Nancy that were shared on Facebook by […]

Article in NW mag highlights hickory golf

by SoHG April 11, 2016 Ron Bellamy, a reporter for the Register-Guard in Eugene, Ore., writes about hickory golf in this story with a dateline of April 12. Click here for the story.

Auld Golfer website

Please allow your Wee Nip editor a mulligan. The Spring Wee Nip offers a photo of Chris McIntyre on page 2 and lists his website with the unfortunate omission of two letters. The correct website is    www.auldgolfer.com Apologies for any inconvenience caused. JD

Spring 2016 Wee Nip

The Spring 2016 Wee Nip is now available for SoHG members. Click here to view the magazine on Issuu.com Click here to view the magazine as a downloadable PDF.

Hickory Hike to promote kindness

    Dear Hickory Golf Friends,   May 1, 2016 has been designated ‘NATIONAL HICKORY GOLF DAY‘ here in the United States. To coincide with NATIONAL HICKORY DAY,  I’d like to introduce a new and meaningful way to show your appreciation and love for the game of hickory golf.   As some of you may know, my family suffered an immeasurable […]