47th GHS meeting adds new title, new directions

Oct. 11-13, 2018  “If you love golf, you must visit.” So says Gary Player about the World Golf Hall of Fame and the World Golf Village in St. Johns County, Fla., near St. Augustine. And he’s right.    Meeting host and GHS President Jim Jeselnick worked very hard with organizers to prepare a solid show and all indications are it […]

Antique Trader picks up GHS article

The June 2018 issue of The Bulletin featured a summary of the latest auction news from George Petro. Mr. Petro is a veteran of many auction campaigns, with the battle scars of things that got away as well as a display cabinet of hard-fought victories. For the June Bulletin he wrote a handsome piece about the brisk trade in pin […]

The Watson Brothers of Minneapolis

In June 2018, GHS member Joe Gladke published an article in the Hennepin History Magazine about the Watson brothers who were golf professionals at the early Minneapolis Golf Club. The Watsons were among the early wave of Scottish golf professionals to seek employment in the U.S. during the sport’s rise in popularity in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Joe […]