Lionel Freedman, founder of the World Hickory Open and World’s Most Interesting Man connected with the players at the 2016 International Hickory Cup via Facebook Video, as he was unable to travel due to heath issues. Lionel received the Mike Brown Award from the SOHG and his acceptance speech was captured below. For the full story of the 2016 International Hickory … More Lionel Freedman Says Thanks from England
Chris McIntyre and his great Auld Golfer web site continues to offer terrific information for the hickory golf enthusiast. And look at the cool bag tag Chris just sent me! One side show the Auld Golf logo, with the motto Estudio Cuota (which I think means “Study, Share”). The other side notes I am Member #12! I like this … More Auld Golf Says “Study, Share”
Callaway Golf has posted a pretty darn interesting interview with Phil Mickelson on club fitting. The show is called The Fitting Room and the episode is Phil Mickelson’s Fitting Secrets. It runs for 16:24. Obviously, some of this is a promotion for Callaway, and there’s NOTHING here about hickory clubs. But Phil’s take on fitting is quite unique. … More Club Fitting The Phil Mickelson Way
PGA.com has posted a nice article about some tour pros hitting “vintage” clubs at the Northern Trust to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the event. These vintage clubs range from true hickory-shafted woods through early metal woods from the 1990s (ancient stuff when you’re 22, huh?). A video is included, the best part of which is … More PGA Tour Players Hit Vintage Clubs at Northern Trust
To celebrate the 1904 Olympics – the last time golf was included in that shindig – LPGA star Lexi Thompson agreed to a photo shoot for Red Bull depicting her in 1904 clothing playing with hickory clubs. The black and white photos are pretty amazing – Lexi really looks the part. Weirdly, in the modern video interview, the make-up … More Lexi Thompson Goes Retro For Red Bull
The SOHG site just published an excellent overview of Demo Day at the 2016 PGA Show, where several hickory golfers hosted where participants could hickory clubs provided by Tad Moore and Louisville Golf. It’s estimated more than 250 people participated and they hit more than 1,000 golf balls during the demo! Golf pros Mark … More The Pros Come Out To Hit Hickories At PGA Show
I just found out today that Brian Schuman, a good friend of the Florida Hickory Golfers, lost his daughter Jordan on Dec 23rd in a car accident. Jordan was 22-years old and worked as an on-air reporter and multimedia journalist for WPDE in the Florence/Myrtle Beach area. She graduated last year from the University of Miami. Apparently, Jordan was driving from … More Some Very Sad News
It was a clear crisp day as the Florida Hickory Golfers took to the links at Mount Dora Golf Club. The municipal layout was built by returning GIs in 1945. A lot of elevation changes and tiny greens make for a challenging course. In the scratch portion of the competition, Mike Stevens (below left) bested … More Mt Dora Country Club (Dec. 19, 2016)
Just in case you missed this, the Florida Hickory Gofers got a nice write up back in Feb 2014 in GARDEN & GUN magazine. I just stumbled on the link again, so read it all here.
The always awesome Mid Pines Hickory Open happened last weekend. The weather was erratic, to say the least (when it was supposed to be sunny, it rained, when it was supposed to rain, it was sunny). Oh well. We still got in 36 holes, plus a practice round. And the course is incredible. The picture above … More 2015 Mid Pines Hickory Open Awesome As Always
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