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October 12, 2016

Hickory golf like falling out of plane for new player

By Jim Davis / October 12, 2016

By Brian Giboney (Brian Giboney is an SoHG member who has been an avid parachutist for years. He is a […]

Golf writer discovers thrill of hickory golf

By Jim Davis / October 12, 2016

Leave it to Bill “Ernie” Ernst to hook another guy on hickories. This time it was Midwest Golfing Magazine writer

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