Hickory Shaft Gold Putter Review! Vintage Putter vs New Putter Test! Which Putter is Best for Golf!

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Hickory Shaft Gold Putter Review! Vintage Putter vs New Putter Test! Which Putter is Best for Golf!

Hickory golf is a variation of golf played with hickory-shafted golf clubs. In the United States the main organizing body is the Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG); in Canada, the Golf Historical Society of Canada; in the U.K., the British Golf Collectors Society; and leading on the continent, the European Association of Golf Historians and Collectors. There are also quite active groups in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan that conduct national tournaments.

Part of the attraction of playing with hickory clubs is that they reintroduce ‘feel’ to the golf shot. Adherents enjoy the challenge of finding and restoring clubs suitable for play. Proponents also claim that hickory golf allows golfers to play classic golf courses as they are meant to be played.

There are two main divisions of play, pre-1935 and pre-1900. A small niche of golfers in the U.S. have begun experimenting with feather-ball golf and reproduction clubs. This style attempts to replicate golf as it was played prior to about 1850.

The pre-1900 group play a replicated gutta-percha style ball, and clubs are limited to those produced before 1900 or approved reproductions. Iron clubs are smooth-faced and woods are splice-necked. Several “gutty” tournaments exist in the U.S. Three of the most prominent are the long-running National Hickory Championship organized by Peter Georgiady; the Foxburg Hickory Championship, organized by Tom Johnson; and the Keeper of the Spirit Hickory Championship, organized by Greg Smith. Many of the early “NHC” tournaments were conducted in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia at Oakhurst Links, as restored by Lewis Keller, and identified by the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest golf course in the United States. The NHC has also been held at Pinehurst No. 8 & No. 1 (one Championship) and The St. Martin’s course of The Philadelphia Cricket Club (two Championships). Other gutty golf venues include the Foxburg Country Club in Foxburg, Pa., and the Eagle Springs Golf Course in Eagle Springs, Wisc. Other gutty tournaments are gaining traction throughout the U.S. as well.

The pre-1935 group (vintage division) play with modern balls, but play is limited to clubs manufactured before 1935 or to authorized reproductions. There are numerous tournaments and championships throughout the world.

There are a number of Championships conducted in countries around the world. The majority of the events are currently held in the United States and the United Kingdom. The chief tournament in the U.S. is the U.S. Hickory Open, which rotates around the country at various golf and country clubs. It has been held annually since 2008. In Europe, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, France, the Czech Republic, and Finland have held national championships. In the Asia/South Pacific region, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan are leading hickory golf countries. The main international schedule of tournaments is on the SoHG website tournament page, and at Hickorygolf.com. A list of regional and national playing societies and associations may be found at the Resources page of the SoHG.

Important European hickory championships include the French hickory golf Championship (francehickory.com) of La Société Française de Golf Hickory; the Swiss Hickory Championship (swisshickory.ch), held on the oldest golf course in Switzerland, the Engadine Golf Club in St. Moritz/Samedan. Amateurs and professionals are welcomed to participate in this hickory event. The Polish Hickory Open is sponsored by “Hickory World” – an organisation promoting hickory golf.

The World Hickory Open Championship (www.worldhickoryopen.com), which was inaugurated in 2004 by the late Lionel Freedman, is held today on variety of courses in Scotland and annually attracts around 100 players from across the world.

hey guys today I’m comparing my tailor made ghost Manta putter that I use all the time I’ve been using it for about a year now maybe two years year and a half to this Hickory shafted goldfaced mil putter that I found at my local thrift store lot of people like Hickory shafts a lot of people like the mil face I don’t think it’s going to be able to compete against my tailor made ghost just because I’m more used to it they both have reasonable grips on them kind of a modern grip this one obviously way more modern with the super stroke grip and we’ll be comparing these two Putters on my putting mat I bought this on Amazon down here in my basement if you’re interested in picking one of these up I’ll put a link in the description to where you can buy one on Amazon let’s go ahead I’m going to warm up with each of these Putters and then I’ll do a total of 10 putts and we’ll see which one 10 putts each and we’ll see which putter wins before I get started let me show you how each one of these sounds because they each kind of have a distinctive feel and sound so I’ll show you a closeup of me hitting each one of these three times for all right now that I’m warmed up we’ll enter the competition phase of this test I’ll hit three putts with each putter three times and then we’ll do one putt each for a total of 10 putts and we we’ll see which putter wins we’ll start off with the tailor made ghost for so the Hickory shaft putter with the gold face is often early lead three to two there in the first round let’s see how they do in the second round for all right so we’re all tied up now 44 going into the third round for so I’ll count three for the tailor made there and two for the Hickory putter so with one putt left each the tailor maid has a one-stroke lead we will see how it goes for all right so made both the bonus putts in the final round there but fairly impressive the tailor made wins by one putt but I was actually pretty surprised how this putter did considering it looks like someone made it in their garage it definitely you definitely have to hit it a little harder to get it to where you want it to go there is think maybe a little bit more guess there’s about pretty much equal amount of offset or very similar amount of offset to the tailor M shaft probably a little bit less but still pretty fun test guys I’m going to stick with my tailor made ghost for now let me know that this you know is a putter I wouldn’t mind using if I had to let me know our Hickory shaft putter is coming back is this what I should be using if you guys enjoy this kind of content make sure to subscribe if you’re interested in getting one of these putty mats I’ll put a link to my Amazon one of my Amazon links down below I’ll catch youall next time