SOS Returns to Sandpiper Golf Club
Players call it the “poor man’s Pebble Beach”. The Society of Seniors calls it one of our favorite spots for a tournament. The 2021 Founders Cup was played on the famous seaside links, returning after a ten-year hiatus. On February 23, 1942, an Imperial Japanese Navy sub fired on the...
Dale Morey Championship
The newly re-defined Dale Morey Championship returned to the famous Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. The 2021 edition, specifically tooled as a senior event, was a huge success with more than 72 of the SOS’s best players in the field. The Copperhead Course, where the...
Simson Exacts Revenge at National Super Senior Championship
The newly renovated Columbus Country Club was a perfect setting for the second edition of the National Super Senior Championship. The 84-man star studded field included 20 of the top 20 Society of Seniors super seniors, 16 of the top 20 Golfweek super seniors and five of the top ten...
The Doctor Is Definitely In
Doug Hanzel, Savannah, GA, came to the Hesler with three 2021 victories, the Jones Cup Senior, the Gasparilla Senior, and the Timuquana Senior. Hanzel also had nine Society of Senior wins under his belt. The 2021 edition of the Jack Hesler Tournament was the 13th time SOS members have...
Woulfe Devours The Field
General John Kline acted as the personal sentry for any perspective member for Society of Seniors. You had to get by the General to join. In 2001, the Board of the Society decided to honor Kline with a namesake tournament. For more than 20 years, super seniors gathered to play,...
Derrick Wins at Indian Wells
John Derrick, Waco, TX is carving a solid senior amateur career. Notching two wins in 2019: the Texas Senior Amateur and the Sunnehanna Senior, Derrick added his first Society of Seniors win to the list with a three shot victory at Indian Wells. The 2021 Society of Seniors Senior Masters...
Spring Classic Recap
The Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge was the site for record 140 contestants in the 2021 SOS Spring Classic. Originally designed as a 96-man event, more than 150 SOS members entered in the hopes of grabbing a spot in the annual spring get-together. An eleventh hour agreement with...
The 2020 SOS Player of the Year
The Society of Seniors announces the 2020 Players Of The Year. SOS Members earn POY Points throughout the year; in 2020 six events were played. Starting in February with the Spring Classic played in Jupiter, Florida at the Abacoa Golf Club and ending in early December with the Ralph Bogart,...
2020 Ends On A Typical 2020 Note At The Bogey
The annual Ralph Bogart Tournament, held each year in South Florida took an unusual twist at the end of an unusual year. Prior to the field of 96 being filled, social restrictions forced a reduction of players, and a mad scramble to find an accommodating second golf course began. With...
Hurlbert Tacks On Fourth Win Of 2020
The Spanish word “pasatiempo” is translated as “hobby” or “pastime” or a “relaxed passage of time.” Over the years, golfers have argued that there are few places more breathtaking and challenging than the course named Pasatiempo built by Marion Hollins and Dr. Alister MacKenzie. After four days of golf on...
