niblick
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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
It was also an impressive feat, given that Terry and his teammates were hitting rubberlike gutta percha balls with handmade wooden-shafted clubs that, instead of numbers, bore names like brassie, niblick, spoon and cleek.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
My 83 was a sorry thing, but I did hit a niblick to remember.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 29, 2017
At free-kicks from the edge of the box he could affect a niblick chip into the top corner or a driven three-wood with draw or fade.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012
He puts his red coat on, And he roams on the sandy hill; But oh! for the touch of that golfer's hand, That the "niblick" wields with a will.
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
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