HICKORY GOLF NEWS

May 4, 2018 Castelconturbia, Italy (Ben Hollerbach is on the North American team and reporting daily on the Freedman Trophy.) Thursday at the Freedman Trophy – Fourball Matches On a day best made for a duck, with a persistent drizzle and overcast skies, the play of the European team shown through. Winning six of the first eight matches, the Europeans […]

May 3, 2018 Castelconturbia, Italy Posted by Ben Hollerbach Wednesday at the Freedman Trophy – Practice Round and Opening Ceremonies Wednesday morning gave both teams their first glance over the course at Castelconturbia. With narrow tree lined fairways and deep rough, driving is going to be a premium this week. But it’s most likely the team that masters the greens […]

Teams prepare to compete for Freedman Trophy, and so much more May 1, 2018 – Castelconturbia, Italy Ben Hollerbach, who is on the North American team, is posting daily reports as the matches commence. Preparations are complete, the teams are set, and the bags are packed. With the start of the 3rd Freedman Trophy just a couple of days away […]

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 […]

April 20-21 – Tad Moore’s Southern 4-Ball entertained 56 players who sampled all the ingredients that have made this event a classic over the years – great golf, great friends, and great fun. Tad reports that Thursday’s practice round found sunshine but cool temps and winds of 15-25 mph. “The Welcome Party that night was well attended and everyone seemed to […]

March 29, 2018 – Austin, Texas Pete League reports – We had participants from The First Tee of Austin for the first time.  Two three-person teams played in a special Scramble format.  Kings Cross Knickers provided full knicker outfits for all six juniors. They looked great! Eighty-five persons registered and seven withdrew for various reasons of illness, injury, or work […]

February 2018 Temple Terrace, Fla. By Jim Davis It had been hot, very hot. Tampa, Fla. was in the high 80s (F) and had been so for weeks as players began to arrive for three days of golf sponsored by local pro Mike Stevens and the Temple Terrace Preservation Society. It was hot even by Florida standards and the locals […]

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. […]

Feb. 17, 2018 By Jim Davis For those of you wondering why there is no listing for the annual CB Macdonald and Eastern Canadian Hickory Championship on the schedule of events, we have some unfortunate news. Organizers say the event will not be held in 2018 and has been placed on indefinite hold, hopefully to return before long. “Unfortunately the […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Dec. 7, 2017 As a majority of our memberships come up for renewal on Jan. 1, here’s a reminder on how all that works… When the new/current website came online in July 2016, membership renewal began to be tied to the member’s join date. Whenever that anniversary comes around, the website pops up a little button that tells you it […]

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 […]

October 2017 – Reidsville, N.C. Over the past several years, youth interest in hickory golf has come up a notch or two. Dr. Bern Bernacki’s efforts with the First Tee of Pittsburgh has introduced several youngsters, and top players, to hickory golf as well as golf history. The National Hickory Champion annually fields several youngsters who wish to experience the […]