niblick
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Without the commitment of golf to saving archaic and banal objects, the “niblick” and “mashie” would be truly endangered.
From Washington Post
He then had the humiliation of exchanging his putter for his niblick, and, we may assume without being unkind, that was the last seriously competitive round he ever played.
From Golf Digest
The others are from days of mashies and niblicks: Harry Cooper and Macdonald Smith.
From Golf Digest
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.
From Golf Digest
Everyone has to use the same persimmon niblicks and mashies and brassies, or whatever.
From Golf Digest
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