Bob Denney, Historian Emeritus for the PGA of America, was recently interviewed by radio host Ray Adams on his show, Great American Golf. The May 21 interview is presented here. Denney, as always, is a wonderfully informative guest with insights and observations from his many years with the PGA. He’s also quite keen on the GHS as this interview makes […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
ghs member jill strite honored with lpga’s marilynn smith award
“Being selected by my LPGA peers and earning the Marilynn Smith Service Award is beyond humbling. I’ve been in awe of the Founders, especially Marilynn, my entire golf career which is why this honor is certainly one of my greatest accomplishments. I may never reach the heights of Marilynn, but I will strive every day to live by her example […]
collecting golf books
Golf books are one of the foundations of the Golf Collectors Society, now the Golf Heritage Society. Co-founder Joe Murdoch is a legend in this field, his 1968 bibliography, The Library of Golf, to this day serving as a seminal work for all collectors. Though no longer in print, copies do surface from time to time. Murdoch later partnered with […]
a little masters history
It’s that time of year and the golf magazines, journals and writers are busy cooking up some interest for the year’s most hyped tournament. For history buffs, there’s rich pickings in Masters lore and GHS member Frank Cantrel Jr. has a keen eye on the web streams to identify such nuggets as may come to the fore. Frank has found […]
rives mcbee featured in global golf post article
GHS member Rives McBee has seen the many faces of golf from its highest competitive levels to its country club methods and manners, and even hickory golf tournaments. Throughout it all he has remained a consummate gentleman, generous with his time and ever patient with golfers of all levels. Golf writer Patrick Hand has recently posted a handsome profile of […]