We can all name the great players who are continually atop leaderboards and have enjoyed success for several years, but can you name the one-year wonders? These are the players who had a spate of phenomenal of success then faded from sight. Shane Ryan and Mark Broadie of Golf Digest were asked this question by their editor. Click here to […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
Memorial round honors past NHC players
June 5, 2020By Jim Davis Gordon Beggs Jr. is a retired law professor (Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University) who makes his home in Tuscon, Ariz. A member of both the GHS and the Society of Hickory Golfers, he has been a long-time player and supporter of the National Hickory Championship (since 2008, seven tournaments). Though slowed in recent […]
Bill Coore on Bandon’s Sheep Ranch
Out near Bandon Dunes is a classy little course in the shadow of very big and brawny that is gaining some attention. It’s been a couple decades since Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, and Pacific Dunes came on the scene and gained their very deserved reputation as a world-class dramatic and challenging series of links golf holes. Owner Mike Kaiser did […]
Cheating on tour?
No way. That’s our first response to this question. No way these guys would cheat. How could they? Why? Well, apparently some bend the rules here and there. I’ve seen it once or twice, the TV is a brutal enforcer, but not often. In its series of the best of its early golf columns and reporting, Golf Digest recently ran […]
New youth tournament invites champs from all 50 states
Ari Flaisher is known to many hickory golfers as a solid player from the Philadelphia area. He has hosted and played in several events. These days he has more on his mind than mashies and niblicks. Flaisher has organized a new event titled “We Are The 50,” which plans to invite youth golf champions 15 and younger to compete in […]