Hickory golf

There are also quite active groups in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan that conduct national tournaments.

A small niche of golfers in the U.S. have begun experimenting with feather-ball golf and reproduction clubs.

The pre-1900 group play a replicated gutta-percha style ball, and clubs are limited to those produced before 1900 or approved reproductions.

Many of the early "NHC" tournaments were conducted in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia at Oakhurst Links, as restored by Lewis Keller, and identified by the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest golf course in the United States.

In Europe, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, France, the Czech Republic, and Finland have held national championships.

A list of regional and national playing societies and associations may be found at the Resources page of the SoHG.