updated 06/2008
We have two new suppliers of playable balls.
Chris McIntyre has figured out how to take modern balls and remold them with old ball molds to more accurately reflect the look and performance of balls of the era. The balls that have previously been available poorly represented the performane of the balls they were intended to replicate. These balls will be a huge step forward in helping to authentically reproduce the game as played in the teen's and twenties.
Eric Wolke is following in David Hamilton's footsteps and is producing authentic new Gutty Balls. I highly recommend the Bramble pattern. If you own a Longnose Putter, you have to have one of these to putt with. The flight and landing of a real gutty when struck with an 1880's era club is something to behold. If you have read anything by Horace Hutchison on play during this era, after playing the real thing with the real clubs, it will make a lot more sense
Please check the For Sale page for contact info
"Playing Hickory Golf" by Randy Jensen
"Playing Hickory Golf" by Randy Jensen is a brand new, limited edition 8 1/2" X 11" signed hardcover book that covers hickory golf from A-Z with over 350 photos. Chapters cover the history of golf and modern hickory golf, how to buy hickory clubs, how to restore the clubs, swing specific tips to help your hickory game including driving, irons, short game, putting and the mental game, as well as an appendix of modern hickory events and their winners. The book sells for $100 + $10 shipping and can be purchased by credit card, check, PayPal, or money order by calling 800-728-0566.
The Wall Street Journal
Hickory, Dickory, Thwock!
Golf Journal
by John Paul Newport
What golfers can learn from fanatics who play with 1920s-style wood-shaft 'mashies and 'niblicks'. Read on>
Golf Journal
by John Paul Newport
What golfers can learn from fanatics who play with 1920s-style wood-shaft 'mashies and 'niblicks'. Read on>
The Johnny Appleseed of American Golf
by Stuart W. Bendelow
Once described as "an imposter, a rogue, a flim-flam con artist who never played golf," Tom Bendelow (1868-1936) is now recognized as the most prolific of course designers worldwide, a pioneer in the establishment and growth of the game in America, and a true renaissance person. Bendelow personally designed some 700 courses, taught course design at the college level, played the game with luminaries such as Harry Vardon...
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"Neither Trench, Ditch or Dyke, made for the preservation of the Links, nor the Scholar's Holes, or the Soldier's Lines, Shall be accounted a Hazard; But the Ball is to be taken out and play’d with any Iron Club."
Historical Rules of Golf
www.ruleshistory.com
The Rules of Golf from the 18th Century to the modern day, as issued by the R & A, and arranged by historical period and topic. From 1952 the R & A and the USGA produced the Rules jointly, with variations being only in the appendices and local rules.
"In competitions, during gunfire or while bombs are falling, players may take shelter without penalty for ceasing play."
QUESTION:
Is it still possible to get the old balata covered wound ball?
Do you still have the capability to manufacture them?
ANSWER:
We made our last balata golf balls on March 16, 2001. Since then, all of
the processing equipment has been replaced with production lines for Pro
V1 golf balls. Since the manufacturing process is completely different for
the modern balls, we no longer have any way of producing balata balls. We
were the last holdout making balata balls, but the golf world turned the
page and so did we, by necessity.
Steve Aoyama
Golf Ball R&D
Is it still possible to get the old balata covered wound ball?
Do you still have the capability to manufacture them?
ANSWER:
We made our last balata golf balls on March 16, 2001. Since then, all of
the processing equipment has been replaced with production lines for Pro
V1 golf balls. Since the manufacturing process is completely different for
the modern balls, we no longer have any way of producing balata balls. We
were the last holdout making balata balls, but the golf world turned the
page and so did we, by necessity.
Steve Aoyama
Golf Ball R&D
An excellant historical overview of hickory shafts written by Jeff Summitt. Special thanks to Dynacraft Golf Products for providing this informative guide. Please click below to download chapter one, The Evolution of Shaft Fitting.
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Black
The Grip Master USA
Leather Strapping for custom club makers
We are now using these on our clubs and they are working out very well. The peel-off adhesive backing makes installation easy!
TheGripMasterUSA.com
(866) 687-2291
INFO@TheGripMasterUSA.com
2505 N. Frazier St.
Conroe, TX 77303
Leather Strapping for custom club makers
We are now using these on our clubs and they are working out very well. The peel-off adhesive backing makes installation easy!
TheGripMasterUSA.com
(866) 687-2291
INFO@TheGripMasterUSA.com
2505 N. Frazier St.
Conroe, TX 77303
Mahogany
Tan
Approximately 42" long and 7/8" wide
Adhesive backed
ger Hill and Peter Georgiady.
From the Arlie Hall Club Maker Series
Contact the publisher the old fashioned way at:
Arlie Hall Press
PO Box 981
Kernersville, NC 27285-0981
or contact Roger Hill at (616) 975-9997 or roger@photospherestudio.com
Contact the publisher the old fashioned way at:
Arlie Hall Press
PO Box 981
Kernersville, NC 27285-0981
or contact Roger Hill at (616) 975-9997 or roger@photospherestudio.com
What are the best modern balls to play hickories with?
According to Steve Aoyama, Principal Scientist of Golf Ball Research and Development for Titleist, the answer is...
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"But my personal preference is still for the Pro V1."
New Website
Precious Gum is a new book on the history of the Gutty Ball from David Hamilton, author of Golf, Scotland's Game.
It has a very limited release.
Contact David Hamilton at the Partick Press
davidh60@hotmail.com
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This Swedish site for Hickory golfers has valuable and interesting information in english, and promises to translate more very soon.
Check out the tournaments page; the Swedish players have several events this year! www.golflinks.se/inEnglish.html