A shot-by-shot hickory golf course vlog featuring Connecticut hickory golfer Christian Williams playing a variety of banned, patent, and specialty hickory golf clubs on the front 9 at East Hartford Golf Club in East Hartford, CT.
The front nine holes at East Hartford were designed in 1960 by Al Zikorus with Orrin E. Smith, who designed the original nine holes at the course in 1931. What remains of those original holes is now the back nine – watch that course vlog here:
This video is the first in my Outlaws and Oddballs series where I’ll be playing with banned, patent, and specialty clubs from the hickory golf era.
What’s in the bag for this round:
– William Burke metal-faced driver,11 degrees, C9 swing weight, 44 inches – Circa 1920s, patent applied for
– Spalding Model C “Spring-Face”, 15 degrees, C9 swing weight, 40 inches – Circa 1910, patented in 1897
– George Smith Model “Anti-Shank” mid-iron made by Gibson, 24 degrees, D1 swing weight, 38 inches – Circa 1920s, never patented
– “Dedstop” deep-groove mashie made by Spalding, 37 degrees, D3 swing weight, 37-1/2 inches – Circa 1921, banned by USGA and R&A in 1925
– Kroydon “waffle face” spade mashie, 46 degrees, D7 swing weight, 36-3/4 inches – Circa 1920s
– Walter Hagen concave sand wedge, loft unknown, F9 swing weight, 36-3/4 inches – Circa 1929, banned in 1930
– Donald Ross Pinehurst Run-Up approach club, 21 degrees – Circa 1920s
– Schenectady putter, E0 swing weight, 35 inches – Circa 1915, banned by R&A following Walter Travis’ win at 1904 British Amateur
Note: Apologies for the soft audio on the narration; this video was edited on the road away from my home studio. HH
