Hickory Golf is a fascinating discipline, played with clubs made of hickory wood, a precious and naturally elastic material, perfect for the construction of shafts.

Until 1929, the year in which the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews officially authorized the use of steel shafts, all golf clubs were made of hickory wood.

Great golf legends such as Harry Vardon and Bobby Jones used these clubs to write some of the most glorious pages in the history of golf.

The heads of the clubs, in iron hand-forged by Scottish craftsmen or in finely worked wood by master builders, tell a tradition that has its roots in the 18th century. The hickory wood, imported by sea from the United States, was seasoned for two or three years before being transformed into elegant shafts. The finishing touch was given by the leather grips, with a characteristic and refined scent.

These clubs, true playing companions, bore names rather than numbers — Brassie, Spoon, Mid Iron, Mashie, Niblick, and more — and the champions of the era were often their own craftsmen, crafting custom sets tailored to their own playing style.