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

Yaya Touré turned a foot into a niblick that dinked the ball up and into David Silva's path.

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013

All the way to the third tee Waddles expounded the theory of the niblick shot out of grass, pausing only to spat another perfect ball down the course.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van