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.
Category Archives: News
News
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 […]
Taking Turf
This British Pathé Film video from an exhibition match in 1928 shows Walter Hagen’s swing in action from the tee, the fairway and even a bunker. (You may have to sit through an advertisement first!) Click here to see the video.
Making modern gutta percha balls
Click on the linek below for a YouTube video produced by Dave Brown on the making of modern gutta balls. Gutties in 2016.
Macdonald Smith extras for Spring Wee Nip
Additional features to supplement the Spring 2016 Wee Nip article on Macdonald Smith. Click here for Golf Journal July 1994 Death by Love at Prestwick. Click here to go to the YouTube video of Macdonald Smith.
Stymied! Supplemental information to Spring Wee Nip
The following information is supplemental to the article on stymies by John Fischer III in the spring 2016 Wee Nip. Below are pages from a 1915 USGA Bulletin article written by Alex Smith. The article is abreviated and his thoughts on the stymie begin near the bottom of the first column on the first page of that PDF. The article […]
Taking Turf
This British Pathé Film video from an exhibition match in 1928 shows Walter Hagen’s swing in action from the tee, the fairway and even a bunker. (You may have to sit through an advertisement first!) Click here to see the video.
Making modern gutta percha balls
Click on the linek below for a YouTube video produced by Dave Brown on the making of modern gutta balls. Gutties in 2016.
Macdonald Smith extras for Spring Wee Nip
Additional features to supplement the Spring 2016 Wee Nip article on Macdonald Smith. Click here for Golf Journal July 1994 Death by Love at Prestwick. Click here to go to the YouTube video of Macdonald Smith.
Mrs. Foreman’s Pub update
Following is an update from Mungo Park, descendant of the great Park family of Musselburgh golfers, on efforts to spare the historic Mrs. Foreman’s pub from developers in the old Scottish town: All, Just a brief note to say that we are still bashing away at East Lothian planners, and responding to the new drawings that have been submitted by […]