It’s all about golf history. You can’t say enough about Tiger’s talent and accomplishments but, there are others who have their passionate supporters. Surely Young Tom Morris must get some votes for his awesome skill and the fact that he changed the sport forever. Not to mention that legendary father of his. Hogan? Hagen? Vardon? Nicklaus? Jack owns the record […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
Golf Heritage Society leaders to host inaugural Texas First Tee Hickory Championship
LEBANON, Ohio (March 11, 2020) – The inaugural Texas First Tee Hickory Championship, to be hosted by the Hickory Golf Association of Texas (HGAT) in partnership with the Golf Heritage Society (GHS) as part of this year’s three-day Onion Creek Hickory Classic, will be played March 27, 2020, at Onion Creek Club, in Austin, Texas. Each of seven First Tee […]
GolfWeek visits a hickory golf tournament
The weekly golf magazine sent writer Jason Lusk and a photographer to capture the flavor of a hickory golf outing at Winter Park GC in Winter Park, Fla. over the weekend of Jan. 17-19. It was an inaugural event, hosted and organized by GHS member and former SoHG president Bill Geisler. Several players in the field were GHS members including […]
Arnie stamp coming to USPS
The U.S. Post Office is issuing a commemorative Arnold Palmer stamp that will be released on Wednesday, March 4. The stamp features James Drake’s action photograph of Palmer at the 1964 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The stamp is being issued as a “Forever” stamp that will always be equal to the current First-Class mail one-ounce […]
Mickey Wright passes at age 85
Feb. 19, 2020 – Compiled from news sources. Mickey Wright, one of the legendary players of the LPGA tour, possessed of a swing that Ben Hogan called the “finest swing I ever saw,” passed away on Monday, Feb. 17, at age 85. Wright won 13 majors and 82 LPGA Tour titles and was second on the all-time women’s major list […]