DRIVING THE PAST TO THE FORE


by Scot Aitken Photos: Rob McDougall I


T’S BEEN called the ultimate hipster sport. A romantic link to a gentler time when a


round of golf centred more around skill and a good walk than cuting edge technology.


Hickory golf takes players back to the days of plus fours, flat caps and wooden shaſted clubs that relied more on the technical ability of the player to hit a good shot than how scientifically engineered his clubs are.


It is golf in its purest form and far from being a relic of history it is growing in popularity. The World


Hickory Open, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, will atract players from around the world when it takes place at Carnoustie this October.


Golfers of all ages and abilities are finding renewed pleasure in playing the game as it was almost 100 years ago, long before the likes of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods dominated the game with their record-breaking


Hickory clubs were state-of-the-art in the Edwardian era. Wooden clubs had been used for years with hickory wood first coming from America during the 1860s. Tey remained popular until the late 1930s, when steel began to gradually replace them.


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