mashie

Without the commitment of golf to saving archaic and banal objects, the “niblick” and “mashie” would be truly endangered.

The others are from days of mashies and niblicks: Harry Cooper and Macdonald Smith.

The first was by Ross Somerville in the tournament’s inaugural year of 1934 when he hit a mashie niblick from 145 yards into the cup.

Everyone has to use the same persimmon niblicks and mashies and brassies, or whatever.

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.