The Hickory Open | Adventures In Golf Season 3

The historic Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix, Michigan has welcomed the footsteps of golf legends like Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Sam Snead, and other all-time greats.

It's now the site of the Hickory Open, a marquee Hickory Golf tournament where Erik will attempt to etch his own name in golf history.

Hickory golf is a variation of golf played with hickory shafted golf clubs produced prior to 1935. There's no titanium allowed, but Brassies, Spoons, Bulldogs, Jiggers, Cleeks, Niblicks, & Mashies are all fair game.

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[silasvansky]

"You just can't use any mechanical devices"... he says from his golf cart haha

[andreweeman]

From Michigan and played this course this past summer! It is an outstanding pure golf course! Thanks for showing a small bit of Michigan’s golf!

[FireConvoy]

Awesome series
Keep up the great work guys

[SantaDog]

And here I am feeling like my irons from the 60's are antiques...

[pappyodanial]

I had an old Ping 5 wood that was actual wood. I could rip that thing 250 yards back in my 20's. Amazing balance and when you connected it just ripped.

[trav-c]

I'm annoyed that the winning score wasn't shown or talked about..

[theigadwolf]

I just realized the host looks like Danny Noonan from Caddyshack.

[thecoachsclipboard]

I'm the "Doc" Gels from the video... follow-up: I did put a new shaft in that club that he broke in the tournament, so it's good now.

Eric ended up buying that bulldog wood club from me. He grew up playing at a course in New Jersey when he was a young boy, and when I researched that bulldog club, turns out it belonged to the head pro at that very same new jersey golf club back in the 1920's (his name was stamped on the clubhead)... so he had to have it. Well he took it back to California, played with it and the head developed some cracks. He sent it back to me and I used some epoxy and screws and sent it back to him, so it's back in action!

Lot's of neat stories and history in hickory golf.

[ItsCaldog]

Hands down best series on YouTube, don't even @ me

[tydansupreme]

10 minutes is just not long enough.. Love it!

[MD-hqsb]

They should use a hill of sand on the tee, not a tee-stick

[jesustrevino]

The sound of the driver is a thing of magic

[Evilchucky]

Would love to give Hickory golf a go one day, have only ever played with modern clubs

[DTXGoody]

This shit gets no views. So sad this is amazing series

[readypullback]

I’ve been loving binge watching these seasons and lo and behold here’s an episode from my hometown, on the course I caddied on as a kid, with locals I know! Amazing!

[stoneypatchkid]

Please tell me you didn’t wear Tom Watson’s shoes 😂

[NeelaLeknaz]

So this is what inspired you to get the hickory club you had in your set when you played with Rick Shiels? Awesome!

[johnrack]

Such high production value in these. Always so well done!

[connorkeenan]

6:50 legend has it that he has never gotten that high five

[krakrex]

Well I guess it's time to start looking around for some old clubs.