HICKORY GOLF NEWS

With clubs supplied from Jay Harris of Pinehurst, N.C., the Sara Bay CC in Bradenton, Fla., put together an enjoyable day for members, guests. Click here for an article on the event posted to the Bradenton Herald website. Click here for a YouTube video of the same outing.

Friends, These notes of ours are commonly posted to keep our  community abreast of hickory golf news. Sometimes, though, things happen that affect all of us in a way that reminds of us of how precious life is. Our good friend in Melville, N.Y., Brian Schuman, just lost his daughter, Jordan, in a car accident. A journalism graduate of the […]

To see the 2015 Autumn Wee Nip on Issuu.com as an online magazine, click here. To read the 2015 Autumn Wee Nip as a PDF of vertical pages, click here. For those of you who have ordered a print copy, these should be in mail the week of Nov. 30.

The World Hickory Open continues on its course to become the world’s finest hickory golf event. This video captures many of the reasons why and is one of the most balanced on the subject of hickory golf that this writer has seen in some time. Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

Curt Sampson’s books are on most of our bookshelves. He has written about Ben Hogan, The Masters, the British Open, Palmer and Nicklaus, and much more. There are some 14 books to his credit. Sampson, who lives in Texas, also enjoys a round or two of hickory golf when opportunity permits, and opportunity recently knocked from the direction of the […]

There’s no finer exponent of hickory golf on the airwaves than Mitch Laurance, radio host extraordinaire. Recently, Mitch interviewed Lionel Freedman, host and organizer of the the World Hickory Open, one of the planet’s finest modern hickory golf tournaments. Here’s an exceprt from Mitch Laurance’s introduction to the Lionel Freedman interview: In a return visit to “Golf Connections,” speaking from […]

Congratulations to the medal winners and all of the players and participants of the 2015 Edition of the Iowa Hickory Classic Golf Tournament. The Friday evening reception featuring a dinner of Scottish delights was presented by Hyperion’s Chef Joe York. (My God, I love Scotch Eggs and the lobster bisque was to die for.)   The 9th edition of this Midwest hickory […]

Thanks to Brian Schuman for sharing this one. Click here to see the article.

Thanks to Brian Giboney for sharing this article. Brian writes: Just saw this nice recognition by the Junior Linkster Tour – Canada on the accomplishments of Jeremy Moe, Cliff Martin, and Grayson Giboney at this year’s U.S. Hickory Open. The post was made by the legendary Harry White (a hickory player) of British Columbia who was taught the game by none other than […]

   Each year Dennis “Marty” Joy, professional of the Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix, Mich. plays 100 holes in a day to raise money for Junior Golf. He uses his hickories and has multiple cart drivers so that he can “hit and run.” This year he played white tees only although in past years he has played multiple tees. After one […]

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Printing and mailing a magazine these days is quite expensive, and the costs are not coming down. In an effort to save costs, the Wee Nip is going online at issuu.com. With the fall issue, the SoHG will no longer print and mail the magazine. It is however, easy to read in the online format. The spring issue was placed here, in addition […]

The Leith Rules Golf Society is hosting a golf outing for its members and guests at the historic Muirfield Golf Course in Gullane, Scotland. Scheduled for Oct. 27, it comes soon after the World Hickory Open, Oct. 19-23. The outing, called the Muirfield Experience, is a four-man team event played under Stableford Rules. The fee is £225 per person, or […]

Clubhouse at the Country Club of Greenfield    Things are moving along with our playing group in Massachusetts. We have 15 members now. There’s no formal organization just yet, but golfers who sign up for the SoHG become automatic members.    We’re working on putting together an event, perhaps this fall on our Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts home Course – […]

   A report is being written on the 2015 Belvedere Hickory Open by one of the participants. We can say that Cliff Martin of Los Angeles, Calif. was the overall winner by several strokes over Ben Hollerbach, Jerry Esselman, and Marty Joy.    In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this recording taken at the event.    Click here to […]