One other World Hickory Golf Day is within the books. It was an enormous success with 32 gamers exhibiting up on the Cambridge Golf Membership to mark this momentous day. I noticed many elderly buddies, Doug, Allen and Invoice to call a couple of, made some new buddies and chatted with many hickory golf fanatics. Total, the World Hickory Golf Day, sponsored by the Golf Historic Society of Canada, was an enormous success as nice occasions have been had by all!
The climate was a bit on the cool facet with overcast skies and a spot of drizzle. Enjoying golf this early in our season is a little bit of a hit or miss, however total the temperatures have been tolerable and becoming. The golf course was in nice form. The greens rolled properly, the fairways have been lush and the course was tidy contemplating how early it’s within the golf season. The workers have been courteous, skilled, and desirous to make our {golfing} expertise memorable. I had the “Mike Weir” for breakfast earlier than enjoying and it was scrumptious. If you’d like an ideal golf expertise, then I like to recommend enjoying at Cambridge Golf Membership.
I used to be the primary group off as I needed to make the 4.5 hour trek dwelling after the spherical. I used to be teamed with three fantastic gents who made my first spherical of the yr memorable.
We chatted, joked and advised tales. It was an ideal group of gents to play my first spherical of hickory sticks for 2025. I hope to satisfy up with them at different occasions.
Because the day unfolded, it took the primary 9 holes for me to search out any kind of a swing. My quick sport was lower than stellar, however my placing was fairly good. Since I’ve not swung a membership since final October, I’m fairly proud of the outcomes of my spherical. My again 9 was seven strokes higher than my entrance as I navigated my manner across the course in 4 hours. Personally, I used to be very happy with how I performed and the outcomes of my efforts.
As we looped round, all of us made some nice swings. Jim was by far essentially the most constant of the group. Enjoying for over 20 years, he has the tempo and management to make use of hickory sticks very properly. Moreover, he putted nice as he rounded off a low rating for the spherical.
John made many nice contact photographs. Comparatively new to hickory sticks, John confirmed he has potential to excel in his newly discovered ardour. Being a lefty, it’s troublesome to search out golf equipment, however he’s eager to develop his hickory stick sport and discovering good gear is not going to limit his efforts.
Gunner was the elder of the group. Though he didn’t hit the ball lengthy, his quick sport was superb. He many ‘chip and putt’ (our mantra for the day) saves.
I used to be up and down like a curler coaster. If I used to be going to overlook, it was with a slice. Not a fade, however a slice. That is to be anticipated as I used to be preventing many various swing challenges and rust was the largest. I’m proud of the spherical and stay up for enjoying my hickories within the days and weeks to come back.
I did wish to present you one among my photographs for the day. It was on the seventeenth gap and I pushed my tee shot to land on this place.
I used to be about 70 yards from the inexperienced and 50 yards from this massive pine in my manner. With my trendy golf equipment, it could be a straightforward wedge shot. With hickory sticks, it present a better problem. The pin is simply left of the trunk of the tree and on the entrance of the inexperienced. Effectively, I chosen a extremely lofted membership and let it rip. I used to be very completely satisfied to look at my ball sailed over the tree and land in need of the bunker on the correct. Thankfully, I had an ideal lie and was in a position to stand up and down for par. Nevertheless, my level is that I navigated round many self imposed challenges throughout my spherical which added to the enjoyable occasions on the hyperlinks.
World Hickory Golf Day was an enormous success. It was a really low key affair because the intent of the Golf Historic Society of Canada was to assemble the gamers to get reacquainted, play some nice golf, and inform some fantastic tales. Contemplating the ultimate outcomes, I might say that they hit their mark. I’m already wanting ahead the following occasion, so keep tuned for extra details about hickory golf!
I’m a grateful golfer! See you on the hyperlinks!
