MAD MAC'S HICKORY STICKS
We get a lot of queries here at Past Masters about
how the old names of wooden shafted clubs ('hickory sticks') stack
up alongside modern day weapons ('spanners' to old timers like Mac). We
think the old names are great and give much more sense of what the game is all
about than the more clinical numbers. What do you think
HICKORY STICKS
SPANNERS
Play Club or driver 1
Wood
Brassie 2
Wood
Spoon 3 Wood
Baffy
4/5 Wood
Cleek Iron
Mid-iron
2/3
Iron
Mashie Iron or just 'Iron' or
'Tweenie' 4 Iron
Mashie 5 Iron
Spade Mashie 6
Iron
Mashie Niblick or Lofter 7
Iron
Niblick 8
Iron
Other interesting
names exist for which there is no modern equivalent, more's the pity!
Jigger
The original
low-profile, bottom-weighted club for tight-lies and nurdles around the green!
Sammy, Push Iron
For all low-flighted shots
under the wind and for running approach shots
Putting Cleek
A lofted blade putter for
rough greens
