November 11, 2018
Nov. 11, 2018 Looking for the perfect 19th hole to share stories about the latest round with hickories? The folks in the great Northwest have come up with an inspired name for their favorite spot at one of their best loved places for hickory golf, the Jackson Park Golf Course, a 1930-era course in Seattle, Wash. Mark Persinger tells the […]
November 7, 2018
Nov. 6, 2018 With the completion of the 2018 U.S. Hickory Open at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., the SoHG is pleased to announce the winners of the year-long Championship Series competition. Peter Flory was the overall winner in the Championship Division; Kim Mansfield in Senior Division; Larry Wood in the Super Senior Division; and Marci Likens in […]
November 1, 2018
All golf outings have a character of their own, from the thrill and nerves of a Major championship, to the friendly fun of a club social. If they stand the test of time, that character evolves. The first Open Championships were a few rough men in heavy clothes with elegant long nose clubs and feather balls. Today’s Open is a […]
October 20, 2018
October 2018 – East Lothian, Scotland Of the 120 players at the 14th annual World Hickory Open, Oct. 15-18, there were several players from the U.S., second in strength only to Sweden. Of these, the Florida players had a pretty good week. SoHG President Bill Geisler, of Winter Park, finished second in the Senior Division. National Hickory champion and international […]
October 17, 2018
East Lothian, Scotland – Oct. 17, 2018 In still and beautiful conditions, the players of the 14th World Hickory Open showed amazing patience, concentration and above all their sense of humour as they tee’d off at Luffness New Golf Club and Gullane Golf Club in East Lothian, Scotland this morning. After the final putt dropped, Sweden’s Johan Moberg was crowned […]
August 10, 2018
By Ross Hays Aug. 10, 2018 – The U.S. Hickory Open Championship Committee and the Society of Hickory Golfers are proud to introduce the USHO Patrons Fund. It is our belief that, as our sport has developed and grown, it is important to showcase our most important event, the U.S. Hickory Open Championship. This tournament should stand alone, atop all […]
July 18, 2018
July 2018 Patrick Reed was not the only person to stop in the old Jack White shop in Gullane during the 2018 Scottish Open Championship (hosted by Aberdeen Standard Investments). Young Brandon Stone, the eventual winner, also had the shop’s owner and hickory club expert Boris Lietzow, set him up with a set of hickories. Click here to read Geoff […]
July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018 Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, has shown a new love for hickory golf, according to a Golfweek digital edition article by Geoff Shackelford. Looks like the pros are beginning to discover what we’ve known for years; this sport brings a lot of “golf” back to “golf.” Click here for the article.
July 14, 2018
When the pros get together to try out hickories, they always do so with a bit of “ho, ho, isn’t this fun, but not real golf,” attitude. Well, they deserve a bit of fun and hickory golf can provide it. That’s why we play, right. Click here to see the pros have some hickory fun at the Scottish Open.
June 21, 2018
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 […]