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Putter maker and hickory golf club specialist Tad Moore was interviewed by Ricky Potts on The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful U. Tad provides an overview of Tad Moore Golf, talks about the 1991 Masters Tournament, explains his pricing model, and takes us on a tour of his workshop. He also gives some advice for hitting a hickory […]

As the SoHG prepares for its 16th annual U.S. Hickory Open at the Inwood CC in September, others are also keen to note the 100th anniversary of Bobby Jones’ first U.S. Open victory at the historic club. This latest account comes from Stan Awtrey, the editor of Golf Georgia, the magazine of the Georgia State Golf Association. Awtrey describes Jones […]

It’s all in good fun and for a good cause, two things the Wisconsin Hickory Golfers really like. Their Pay It Forward Hickory Challenge has been a popular golf outing these past nine years and last year a local Senior Living magazine picked up on the story. Below are photos from the publication. Great going ladies and gents! Hickory golf […]

By Jim Davis There is something about hickory golf that, for many, leads to a journey of discovery; of looking for lost methods of employing wood shaft clubs, or finding classic beauties from makers of the 1920s and earlier, or of simply connecting with a time when the game seemed, somehow, more pure, at least with regard to course design, […]

It’s a colorful crew, so it’s no wonder the editors and writes of New Zealand’s premier golf magazine, Cut, wanted to feature these happy hickory golfers. Let’s face it, hickory golf is cool and provides readers something fresh. We hope you think so, too. The editors of Cut gave the NZ players permission to share the story on our website, […]

January 2023 In this cautious world of post-covid recovery, golf-related activities in 2022 continued to enjoy support as the largely outdoor sport can be played with minimal precautions against the wily virus. Hickory golf was no exception and the planet’s hickory golf enthusiasts came out in large numbers to play their favorite events, meet with friends, and explore the nuances […]

3 January 2023 – Davos, Switzerland Leading proponents of hickory golf from several European countries have formed the Society of Hickory Golfers – Europe for the purposes of providing support and guidance in promoting growth of the ‘royal and ancient’ game as it was played from its origins. Meeting in late October at Ducks Inn in Aberlady, Scotland, the group […]

By RICK ADAMS How do you shift someone from ‘I enjoy playing golf’ to ‘I love hickory golf’? It starts with putting a hickory club in their hands. I had the pleasure this week of introducing several avid golfers to hickory. They’re among a group of friends with whom I play often when we are in the far south of […]

Along with the good will generated by this year’s U.S. Hickory Open at the Mission Inn in Florida, were reports from two media sources. One by Jason Lusk for Golfweek, posted Sept. 16, speaks about some of the things he learned while actually playing in the tournament. Click here to read Lusk’s article. The featured photo for this post was taken […]

Andrew Von Lossow, the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open champion has always been a very good golfer, hickories or no. And we know him for his stellar play in both the USHO and several events around the U.S. Northwest where he, and his father, Jim, are members of the Northwest Hickory Players. But at this year’s U.S. Amateur, Von Lossow is […]