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Conference 7.286::golf

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45.0. "Ancient names of clubs" by OCKER::REGGLER () Mon Sep 29 1986 03:40

                        -< Ancient names for clubs >-
    
    Can anyone help me. For a while now I've been trying to find out
    the names of the range of clubs available for use before they were
    called a 3 wood or a 1 iron etc..
    
    i.e. I believe a 3 wood is equivalent to a 'spoon'
    
    ..... no doubt these terms are the original Scotish ones.
    
    Thanx in advance ... and what about that eagle with a wedge on the
    14th by Sandy Lyle at St. Andrews in the Dunhill Cup !!!!
    
    Peter
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45.1did you know a 7 iron is a PitcherSMLONE::SPT_BRINKLEYMon Sep 29 1986 14:4518
    Woods:
    	1	Driver
    	2	Brassie
    	3	Spoon
    	4	Cleek
    Irons:
    	1	Driving Iron
    	2	Midiron
    	3	Mid Mashie
    	4	Mashie Iron
    	5	Mashie
    	6	Mashie Niblick
    	7	Pitcher
    	8	Pitching niblick
    	9	Niblick
    
    Source: Webster's Third New International Dictionary
45.2"A LATE,ACCURATE RESPONSE"OURVAX::GLASSSat Feb 27 1988 18:0311
    Hi,
    This is a late response,but just saw it and am a collector of clubs.
    Names go as follows:
    1 WOOD    DRIVER                        3 IRON   MID MASHIE
    2 WOOD    BRASSIE                       4 IRON   MASHIE IRON
    3 WOOD    SPOON                         5 IRON   MASHIE
    1 IRON    DRIVING CLEEK OR DRIVING IRON 6 IRON   SPADE MASHIE
    2 IRON    MID IRON                      7 IRON   MASHIE NIBLICK
                                      8 AND 9 IRON   NIBLICK
    
    Tom