Another World Hickory Golf Day is in the books. It was a huge success with 32 players showing up at the Cambridge Golf Club to mark this momentous day. I saw many old friends, Doug, Allen and Bill to name a few, made some new friends and chatted with many hickory golf enthusiasts. Overall, the World Hickory Golf Day, sponsored by the Golf Historical Society of Canada, was a huge success as great times were had by all!
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The 2025 Golf Season Is Finally Here!
After a long, long winter of waiting for the temperatures to rise, the day has finally arrived. Well, actually, it is tomorrow, but I am excited to report there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Some of the local courses are starting their season and I can finally take my clubs out of storage because I will need them very soon. I am not golfing tomorrow, but have a game scheduled for Sunday…..a very special day for golf!
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May 4th-WORLD HICKORY GOLF DAY
Come & Enjoy a day playing hickory-shafted golf clubs on World Hickory Golf Day! Relive the grand moments of George Lyon, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, & Gene Sarazen. Join the fun, as Hickory Golfers collectively around the world will be celebrating the playing of their sport on this same day.
GHSC will provide loaner hickory play clubs for use and a hickory ambassador/mentor to play with and assist you. Bring or invite a friend/guest. Post-Game Social and Dinner available; pay-as-you-go. Tee-off reservations and hickory playset (LH or RH) advance bookings are requested.
LOCATION: CAMBRIDGE GOLF COURSE, 1346 Clyde Rd. Cambridge, ON. N1R 5S7
DATE/TIME: Sunday May 4, 2024. 12:00 noon – First Tee Time. Please arrive and check-in 40 mins prior to your assigned tee-off. Tee time and groupings will be emailed to registered participants closer to the event date.
FEEs: Spring TWL rates: $50 (walking), $72 (riding); Payment due at Cambridge GC pro shop prior to tee-off. GHSC Hickory loaner clubsets – FREE with pre-booking!
For Registration/Reservations or further information, please contact:
Lorne Emery; lorne.emery9945@gmail.com or
Allan Lew; lewag@hotmail.com
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World Hickory Golf Day is great fun! It is an opportunity to play golf the way it was intended. I participated in many previous Hickory events and this one at Cambridge is definitely a must attend.
I am a grateful golfer! See you at World Hickory Day!
Hitting Hickory Golf Clubs
A few years back, I was introduced to playing golf with hickory shafted clubs. Thanks to Lorne Emery, President of the Golf Historical Society of Canada, I am hooked on playing these vintage beauties. I enjoy hitting them and having to use different course management strategies in order to shoot well. When I first started swinging the hickories I was challenged because I did not understand the swing I needed to perform to maximize the play of wooden shafted golf clubs. Well, fortunately I do now and it is much easier than I thought.
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The day has finally arrived! The 2024 golf season starts at my local courses. After months of lamenting, hoping and wishing, the local golf courses are opening. It is exactly 11 days longer than I had hoped, but that is the nature of Mother Nature! So, now what? What do I do next? These and many more are great questions. The trick is to start strong without causing any damage to my body. This seems like a no-brainer, however it has happened in the past.
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The Grateful Golfer 