Bo Turocy, the Society of Hickory Golfer’s secretary and the head professional at Wescott Golf Club in Summerville, S.C., is participating in a First Tee fundraiser in a 100-hole golf marathon. He’s looking for pledges from his fellow hickory golfers. Here’s his note: “Hey everyone! I have an opportunity to use my passion for golf to raise money for local […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
Extra Holes – The Golf, Summer 2019
Dr. Michael Hurdzan Dr. Michael Hurdzan’s collection of golf maps, charts, blueprints and other achitectural drawings is quite extraordinary. The article in The Golf refers to Desmond Muirhead, a golf architect with a memorable personality and methodology. Click here to read more about this talented architect. Col. Dick Johns Col. Dick Johns has had a distinguished career in the military […]
Earth needs golfers!
A recent NPR feature raised the horrifying possibility of too few golfers to support existing golf courses. Many are closing, some 800 over the past decade. What does this portend? More condos? More parkland? Higher green fees at existing courses? Who knows? There are more golf courses in the U.S. than anywhere else – about 2 million acres of green […]
Region 2’s hickory outing at Tumblebrook brings out the best
May 23, 2019Bob Gettis, GHS Director at Large, reports: They came from “far and sure” to take on the challenge of this Donald Ross design in Coopersburg, Pa. outside of Philadelphia. Frank Cantrel, Region 2 director, and his buddy, Michael Conley, came up from the DC area. Milton and Doris Zepp journeyed from Maryland. We helped Milton celebrate by singing […]
Ron Lyons’ golf car collection in the news
GHS member Ron Lyons’ golf car collection has been much celebrated. And why not? It is an extraordinary work and perhaps unique, the labor of many years of devotion, travel, and restoration. The latest to feature Lyons’ collection is reporter Adrienne Lamb, the CBC’s Edmonton-based reporter. (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.)Click here to see the story on the CBC website.