GOLFER TEND TO FEEL A DEEP CONNECTION to the sport’s storied history. The passion for golf's roots runs particularly deep among the growing number of throwbacks who, for fun and to feel linked to the past, play hickory-shafted golf clubs from the early 20th century.
Just ask Rick Woeckener, who won his second U.S. Hickory Open Championship held at the historic Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix, Michigan, located along the shores of Lake Michigan in beautiful Northern Michigan.
"This is a great honor. There's a lot of good players in this field, and I'm just happy that I played well enough to win," said Woeckener.