Members of the Golf Historical Society of Canada (GHSC) played the first ‘unofficial’ round of the Northern Hickory Tour at the Couchiching Golf Club last Thursday. for the first time I was able to make the 3 hour trek to join them at this fun nine hole golf course. The nine hole course was laid out by Mr. George Cummings and opened on June 3, 1915. Couchiching is one of the older courses in Canada and was wonderful to play there for my first time. The round was fun and the course provided some unique challenges while playing my hickory sticks.
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Northern Hickory Tour Starts Today
The Northern Hickory Golf Tour unofficially starts today. I am driving three hours to meet up with my friends for the Golf Historical Society of Canada to play a course called Couchiching Golf Club in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. I have never played this course and it should be great fun. There is a trick to playing a new course that applies regardless of what clubs one plays. It is something that most golfers overlook and is a game changer regarding our golf experience.
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The Grateful Golfer 