Pete League February 2021By Sally J. Sportsman We all know golf to be a game of honor and integrity, rich in history and tradition, brimming with fascinating stories and personalities over hundreds of years. It’s also true that devoted golfers tend to give back to the game and their communities in ways great and small. Pete League, a GHS member since 2006, stands […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
of a golf shot on the moon
By Jim Davis It was 50 years ago today, Alan Shepard brought a club to play. On Feb. 6, 1971, astronaut and Apollo 14 commander Alan B. Shephard took the royal and ancient game where it had never gone before. Golf had come to the moon. Look up at Earth’s little sister today and keep in mind that there are two […]
exposed!
This little chap was discovered whilst browsing through the Mullock’s Auction website for its Jan. 27-28, 2021 auction of golf memorabilia and other sporting goods. Someone, somewhere, somewhen thought it a good idea to remove a portion of the hosel, both in front and to the rear. It seems a capital job, well rounded and smoothed. The insert of the […]
hope-ware collection featured in fore magazine
The outstanding collection belonging to the Los Angeles Country Club was featured in Great Golf Collections of the World (McDonough/Georgiady, 2013). It was one of the club’s founding members, Joseph F. Sartori who was responsible or purchasing the legendary Hope-Ware Collection and bringing it to the club for display. The collection, wrote Dick McDonough “…contains clubs that date to about […]
arnie interview with larry king
Geoff Shackelford shared a CNN interview in which Larry King interviewed Arnold Palmer. Shackelford said he was privileged to have been a guest on the same show. Author and journalist Shakelford maintains a popular website where his blogs on golf and golf architecture are among the best reading out there. He’s also a GHS member. Click here to see his […]