Partial group of attendees during a break at the AGM held at the Royal Golf Club de Belgique. Mr & Mrs Georg Kittel, John Hanna, Dius Lennon, Patrick Massion & Virginie Lemaire, Olaf Dudzus, Sara & Geert Nijs, Teresia Medvejsek, Stéphan Filanovitch, Poul-Eric Jensen, JBK, Robin Bargmann, Boris Lietzow, Patrice Rajchenbach. Sara Nij s, Rose & Donald Cameron Teresia & Hans Medvejsek JBK, Huguette, Christiane Vanhems, Stéphan Filanovitch Dius , Patrice, Huguette, John, Virginie, Patrick, Mr & Mrs Kittel Michael, Huguette, Boris, X, Patrice, Olaf, Virginie, Britta, X, Iain, Gunar, Kuno, Perry, Ed, Christine, Philippe The European Association of Golf Historians & Collectors EAGHC Spring 2014 – N° 13 N° 13 Contents Page President’s words, Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak 4 Editor’s Corner, St éphan Filanovitch 6 Golf in Holland, Robin K. Bargmann 7 Dutch Golf Exhibition, Iain Forrester 14 A present with a long history, Geert & Sara Nijs 16 The Freemantles and the growth of golf in Europe, D. Cameron 18 Hans Samek – Germany first golfing hero, Olaf Dudzus 23 Writing to the editor 29 Quiz on cleek, Ed Leenders 32 A French translation of the 1888 Rules of Golf, Neil S. Millar 33 A tribute to Sacha Sosno, Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak 37 The front cover of Golfika Magazine n°13 is after a painting of one of our EAGHC fellow members, Viktor Cleve, Germany’s leading golf painter. It is depicting Harry Vardon at Prestwick in 1914 en route for his 6th victory in the British Open; winning three shots ahead of Taylor. A centenarian commemoration. Viktor Cleve is a former art director he kindly designed the title page and donated it to us. You can see more of his work on www.cleve-golfart.com Illustration credit : Authors, EAGHC. For Sasha Sosno, with courtesy of Junior / Bestimage and Galerie Pieters. Imprint and disclaimer golfika is the magazine of the European Association of Golf Historians & Collectors (EAGHC) The views and opinions printed within are those of the contributors and cannot intend to represent an official EAGHC viewpoint unless stated. We welcome new members – you will find all necessary The price of this magazine (two issues per year) is included in information on how to join our association on the EAGHC annual membership of €25.00 p .a. The magazine www.golfika.com can be sold to non-members of the EAGHC at €10.00 + postage & packing. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written The European Association of Golf Historians & Collectors consent of the editor. The copyright for articles on collecting (also: Association Européenne des Historiens et and/or history of the game to the authors of each article. No Collectionneurs de Golf) is a non profit, officially part of such article may be reproduced without the written registered association at Sous-Préfecture de Mantes la consent of the author. Jolie, France according to the French Law 1 st July, 1901. golfika – the magazine of the the European association of golf historian & collectors Page 3 President(s)’ words By JBK (Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak) Dear Fellow EAGHC Members, heard that Patrick Massion and Virgine Lemaire made it a fantastic event. It is a great pleasure and an honour to take the presidency of the EAGHC for the second time. Next AGM will be held in The Netherlands at Before sharing with you my personal thoughts, I The Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, would like to forward a letter which we another famous old Golf Club in the row of old received from our friend Leif, end December. clubs we have had the privilege to visit. Last week someone asked me: “When did the From Leif Einarsson: custom start to buy a drink/champagne to the My two years as your President have now come players or a round to all at the club house, to an end. It has been two very interesting when you made a Hole in One?” I couldn’t years. answer. Please let me know! The first remark I have found is from 1935 in Nash´s book The peak for me was the AGM 2012, held in my “Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club” old home town, Gothenburg. I am also proud to have been able to arrange the Inaugural Thank you dear fellow members — both of the European Hickory Championship with more Board and in the Association. Good luck JBK than 60 players participating from eleven for the next two years! countries. Many thanks to Claes Olsson and his Leif staff who made it a real success. Time is really flying fast! I still have in mind The re-erection of a beautiful stone on Massy’s the St-Cloud meeting in Paris, where the Board grave in Edinburgh is another highlight during offered the Presidency of the EAGHC to Leif. my presidency; all credit goes to JBK and This was already more than two years ago … Douglas Seaton and to our very generous donors. Looking back in the mirror, I measure what Leif achieved and in the name of all the members, I When I was elected I promised myself that our would like to thank him so heartily. You did a home page would come more alive although I great job Leif! have to confess I have failed. There is a light in the tunnel though. On our last Skype meeting As Leif just wrote, last September we had a we came to a solution, Stéphan Filanovitch has fantastic meeting in Brussels. Patrick Massion – promised to take care of this in 2014. Thank a Board Member, who would have deserved to You Stéphan! take the presidency of our Association if he does not preferred to help us in the shadow – I was very sad not being able to attend our and Virginie Massion both did an exceptional AGM in Brussels due to a broken ankle, but I work. Page 4 golfika – the magazine of the European association of golf historian & collectors It will be difficult in the future to approach the the so-called Ecole de Nice , recently passed same level of perfection. Not only the away. organisation was great, but the welcome was always very warm. And nobody will never As Sacha was a keen golfer, some of his work forget the informal dinner offered by Patrick (I was dedicated to the game. It was then an still wonder how such a royal dinner can be opportunity to pay him a tribute 1. called informal?) Here again, I would like to forward then the warm thanks from all the Next EAGHC meeting will be held in The members of our Association. Netherlands and Robin Bargmann is the key person for this organisation. Many thanks Robin During the Brussels meeting we also elected a for your help. And you know how difficult it is new member of the Board: Stéphan Filanovitch as you already organized the Kennemer meeting – our editor. Welcome on board Stéphan! Please a few years ago. I’m sure all members present help him in his difficult task by sending papers, will enjoy The Hague as much as they enjoyed notes, comments, sharing your ideas, your Kennemer. thoughts. It could be historical information, or talking about collection or discussing on how to Please note that the dates for The Hague are, improve the magazine, the Association … this year slightly earlier than usually. Due to the conjunction of two facts, we moved the dates. I always claimed that the EAGHC is more a First, this year we have the Ryder Cup and club made of friends who like sharing ideas, many members like to attend the competition knowledge, collectibles, but before all sharing or, at least, watch the matches live at the TV. friendship. This is why I always considered that the quality of our members is more important But the second reason is that we wanted to than the quantity. associate the European (EAGHC) Hickory Championship and the Dutch Hickory in order Exchanging and sharing is certainly one of the to attract more players. most critical points if we want to maintain our passion at the highest level. Not only to So please save the dates: In September 2014, discover new information, unearthing forgotten we shall start by an informal dinner-meeting on facts, building better collection … But also to Tuesday 16 th and have our main meeting on grow the interest in golf history and collection. Wednesday 17 th and Thursday 18 th . The hickory events (European and Dutch) will So, I think that one key word should be, to run over three and half days: Thursday paraphrase our dear friend Robin Bargmann, afternoon, Friday 19 th and the week-end “serendipity”, or in a more pragmatic way, to (Saturday 20 th and Sunday 21 st ). increase diversity. The details will come soon, but we would like On my side, I’ll try, during the few next issues to thank extremely heartily the President of the of Golfika-Magazine, to merge golf and various Koninklijke Haagsche and the Board of the club other topics. And, as one cannot be good for giving us the opportunity to organize our everywhere - and I do not pretend to know AGM in this very exceptional place. everything but just a few beloved topics –I beg your pardon in advance. I’ll try to explore – to discover – some other lands, which are often uncommon to me, trying to build some bridges between them and the game of golf. May be such an approach could generate additional interest among our readers. I hope that more knowledgeable members will jump into the discussion, correcting some points, specifying others or even creating new ways.