I started playing golf before I was ten years old. Twenty five years later the game had become a frustrating pursuit of lower scores and even lower joy. I quit the game. I donated my two sets of modern fancy “high performance” clubs to a inner city high school for their golf team with the hope that they would bring some joy to a future phenom. Golf became something I used to do.

Ten years later, my family took my father to Scotland for the birthday of a lifetime. While there, we visited a historic site with a private course that only allowed play with antique hickory clubs. Playing a round without the cart, without all the tech, and with the customs and feeling of a time passed was the most fun I had on a golf course in twenty years.

Upon returning to the states, I set out to bring this fun to other golfers like myself. Whether you are new to the game or played for decades, I hope that visiting this site inspires you to play the game more simply and more joyfully than you have before.

Adam Gresek

Founder, Groundhog Hickory Golf