HICKORY GOLF NEWS

It was a quiet night in the club room. Rather a welcoming change from the usual ebullience that characterizes our younger and more enthusiastic bucks. They were off raining down ebulliency somewhere else, I suppose. Two tables held foursomes plying spades and hearts for points rather than approaching clubs and putters. Their occasional guffaws and lighthearted banter did nothing to […]

2012 Year in Review, Hickory Golf on the Pacific Coast Happy New Year Hickory Friends, I hope 2013 is a great one, especially for hickory golf out here on the West. Keep your 2013 calendars open for Pacific Coast Hickory events. In mid-Feb we have the Arizona Desert Hickory; the California Hickory “North-South” is back and kicks off Friday night […]

The six U.S. lads who visited the World Hickory Open in October 2012.   Editor’s note: Mike Stevens is a golf teacher and holder of several national hickory titles. A thoughtful writer and familiar competitor at hickory touraments here and abroad, Mike shares his thoughts about travel to the World Hickory Open this past October. One of his playing/traveling companions, […]

The Autumn Wee Nip offered a discussion of modern balls available for play in modern events that employ pre-1900 equipment. There was much discussion even back in the day about the ball, the new rubber core, the smaller hard ball and the “floater.” For additional reading, we heartily recommend you log-in to your member’s dashboard and check out the two […]

Located just 20 minutes from downtown in the tree-lined residential neighborhood of Forest Hills, The Babe measures a modest 6,244 yards, but should not be taken lightly. Mike Stevens, SoHG board member and national hickory champion, recommends the course as a great challenge for visiting hickory golfers. Although both nines are par-35, the backside sports four par-4s in excess of […]

A Ruling and a Secret By MacDuff There was a great deal of talk in the club about the recent USGA ruling regarding the so-called “belly putter.” The newest dictum mandates that no part of a putter may be “anchored” against the body. Curiously, to my mind, it was deemed acceptable to secure a putter against one’s forearm, presumably because […]

The accompanying gallery shares photos of the exhibit in Delray Beach, courtesy of Melissa Carter, director of marketing and public relations for the Delray Beach Center for the Arts in Delray Beach. Fla.

The rule will take effect on Jan. 1, 2016, the beginning of the next four-period of rule amendments or changes. You can get the story from the USGA by clicking on the following link: Anchoredstroke

Opinion It seems for as long as golf has been played, its tools, ie. sticks and balls, have come under scrutiny. Improvement is always paramount in the golfer’s mind. So it is with the providers of the tools. How to make them better? The long evolution in the club has brought it from rude clubs to highly wrought miracles of […]

   As part of its 25-year celebration next year, the Golf Historical Society of Canada plans a four-day celebration in Quebec. It includes golf at two superb Willie Park Jr. designs – Mount Bruno in Montreal and Royal Quebec in Quebec City.     Royal Quebec (pictured at right), founded in 1873, is the second oldest golf club in North America. […]

Roger Andrews is the 2012 Championship Series title holder.   Max Hollon is the 2012 Championship Series Senior title holder.   The season ending Mid Pines event at Southern Pines, N.C. experienced one of the largest hickory golf fields to date, perhaps a record for this type of event outside earlier GCS nationals which may have come close, if not […]

Bill “Lang Willie” Engelson is one of the familiar faces in hickory golf, especially around the Pinehurst area and in North Carolina generally where he helped found the Carolina Hickory Golf Association. He also finds time to manage the group’s website. For more than three years, Bill served on the board of the SoHG as an equipment, tournament and handicap […]

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123456 Though his site is oriented to the U.K., Lorne Smith has created a web site devoted to helping golfers discover the “joy to be alive” element that special courses evoke in us. Smith notes that Fine Golf has a threefold purpose: To raise the profile of the “running game” vs. target golf; to encourage support of greenskeeping according to […]

www.oldbandongolflinks.com Before Bandon Dunes was a gleam in Mike Kaiser’s eye, there was the Old Bandon Golf Links. Built in 1926 by Lee Smith, it was then known as Westmost Golf Course. The little 9-holer has been refurbished for play by Troy Russell, a man who knows a thing or two about course construction and maintenance. The course had gone […]