mashie
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Old Morris passed on his mashie niblick — an early term for a seven iron — to his equally talented son, Young Tom Morris, who won the British Open four times from 1868 to 1872.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2025
Besides, the hardy defenders of the Alamo discovered that a mashie niblick came in rather handy for close infighting and drawing lines in the dirt.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 29, 2016
But forget about carrying the golf clubs unless your collection is limited to a single niblick or mashie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016
And then there are the nicknames for this inner society’s tools: big dog, flat stick, belly putter, cavity back, hosel, kickpoint, camber, off-set, niblick, mashie, brassie, bounce, flange.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2010
She took her mashie, and made a gallant but unsuccessful effort to jump her ball over Pip's.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Hay, Ian
The others are from days of mashies and niblicks: Harry Cooper and Macdonald Smith.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 26, 2020
Also performing well were the "patent clubs," all those weird specialty clubs from the turn of the century -- water mashies, rake irons, mammoth-headed niblicks, roller-sole putters and adjustable-head irons.
From Golf Digest ● May 31, 2012
Girl champions appeared played for a few years, then got married and forgot their mashies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, while other golfers with such abominable luck might be smashing their mashies and pulverizing their putters, Norman's confidence remains unshaken.
From Time Magazine Archive
One is often told that "all mashies should be played with the wrist."
From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry
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