June 21, 2018 – East Lothian, Scotland – Archie Baird, who is a lifetime honorary member of the Society of Hickory Golfers, has been recognized for services to the history of golf in the Queen’s Birthday Honors. The award is the British Empire Medal (BEM). Archie is well known to those visitors from the U.S. who are regular golfing pilgrims […]
Category Archives: Press Room
2018 Winter Park Classic featured in Florida’s ‘Golf Central’ magazine
One of the most active hickory golf groups in the nation is the Florida Hickory Golfers, led by Mike Stevens and supported, vigorously, by a cast of dozens of enthusiastic members. Stevens is no stranger to the pen/keyboard either, having authored numerous articles for the United States Golf Teacher’s Federation among others, including the SoHG. He recently sent an account of […]
All American Hickory Open in the Illinois press
An article about the 2018 All American Hickory Open was posted on April 14 on the website of the Register-Mail of Galeswood, Ill. The All American will be contested at the Soangetaha CC in May 2018. Click here to read the article.
NY Times on Temple Terrace and U.S. Pro Hickory Championshipo
Member John Fischer III alerted us to this 2012 post by the NY Times that featured the U.S.Professional Hickory Championship hosted by Mike Stevens in Temple Terrace, Fla. It’s a great story told by writer Lisa D. Mickey. Click here for the page.
Teams ready for 2018 Freedman Cup in Castelconturbia, Italy
Feb. 20, 2018 By Jim Davis Teams have been announced and a date set, May 1-5, for the 2018 Freedman Cup (formerly the International Hickory Cup). This international fixture of the Society of Hickory Golfers is played in the spirit of international goodwill and hickory golf in honor of the late Lionel Freedman* who did so much to promote both. […]
Wee Nip to join The Golf in September 2018
By Jim Davis February 2018 – Some rather significant news for SoHG members this chilly February… As most of you know, the SoHG has committed to a greater level of collaboration with the Golf Collectors Society. One of those initiatives has been to develop a shared magazine, one that embraces our common interests in golf history, as well as our various […]
GolfWRX.com interview with Will Jacoby
Jan. 11, 2016 – Will Jacoby is one of golf’s creative souls who puts his passion into his product. Many hickory golfers know those products well, because they are among the best out there. We are talking, of course, about Jacoby’s leather products that he and his company, Steurer & Jacoby, craft into beautiful golf bags, duffel bags, head covers, […]
Local media highlight’s Bo Turocy’s passion for hickory golf
Jan. 10, 2016 – Bo Turocy is a PGA professional who currently works at The Golf Club at Briar’s Creek on Johns Island, S.C. He was recently featured in The Summerville Journal Scene’s e-edition in a story posted by Roger Lee. See the story here. Turocy, who recently ran for the SoHG board, has been involved in golf for over […]
Article on hickory golf in Texas Avid Golfer magazine
Dec. 7, 2017 From hickory enthusiast Scott Pilgrim of Sachese, Texas near the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area, comes notice of an article in Texas AVID Golfer Magazine, similar to the Metropolitan article in New Jersey. Here’s Scott’s note and a link to the story. A lot of great things going on down here, including a Houston tournament in the works […]
Jamie Anderson Headstone Project
We have received a request from British golf author and historian Roger McStravick to support his efforts to have a headstone raised on the grave site in St. Andrews of three-time Open Champion Jamie Anderson (1877, 78, 79). Roger is the author of St Andrews In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris. The book contains a revealing portrait of Anderson […]