It is properly classified as a mashie shot, but there are golfers who do it with an iron. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Open is about history and using cool words such as mashie and niblick. From Wordnik.com. [Selection of Valhalla a mistake] Reference
The driver and hockey stick were hopeless for mashie shots, but. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04] Reference
One feels so much at sea when talk turns to mashie-niblicks, cleeks, and mid-irons. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Having never read Pride and Prejudice I probably should attempt the original before the mashie. From Wordnik.com. [Needs more zombie? « Write Anything] Reference
That mashie would have been about the right length for me if I could have stood on a chair while making my stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917] Reference
The history is this: In 1921, some members of the City Club, a private club in the District, wanted a place to swing their mashie niblicks. From Wordnik.com. [Old Beaver Dam golf course couldn't hold back development] Reference
The real golfers play over with a good mashie shot that lands them dead on the green, but dubs, like Paisley, play around with two easy mid-iron shots. From Wordnik.com. [32 Caliber] Reference
This mashie will also have plenty of loft upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Evidently Trevanion realised this as he took his mashie. From Wordnik.com. [All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War] Reference
"This mashie is too heavy for me," he muttered to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Penguin Persons & Peppermints] Reference
Generally all mashie shots may be separated into three groups. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
However, I will suppose that it is to be attempted with the mashie. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
The face of the mashie will not be straight at the moment of impact. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
In the same way I prefer a half iron shot to a full one with the mashie. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Much better, I say, is a flick with the iron than a thump with the mashie. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
I have included the driving mashie, of which I have said nothing in this chapter. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
As an alternative to the cleek the driving mashie has achieved considerable popularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
The driving mashie usually demands a good lie if it is to be played with any amount of success. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
If it had been a mashie I might have faced them, but a brassie-spoon out of a lie like that -- no. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914] Reference
If a jigger must be carried in the bag, it should be merely as an auxiliary to the ordinary mashie. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
The prospect of being able to exercise this useful economy is greatest when the mashie is taken in hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Moreover, gentle as is much of its work, even the mashie at times has some very rough jobs to accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Golf and housebuilding have gone together since the days when Bertie Wooster was swinging a mashie niblick. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
With these off my mind I could really concentrate on my work, or my short mashie shots, or whatever was of importance. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914] Reference
In this question of the choice of mashie it is necessary that taste and style should be allowed to have their own way. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Plenty of roofs in sight, from five to ten stories lower than the Corrugated buildin ', but no mashie maniac in evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy As A Pa] Reference
They call it the jigger, and, having a longer blade than the ordinary mashie, its users argue that it is easier to play with. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
On the other hand, being a little nearer to the hole, the average player deserts his iron for the mashie much sooner than I care to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Five years ago I myself had my day with the driving mashie, and I played so well with it that at that time I did not even carry a cleek. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
"Don't you remember havin 'a debate not long ago with someone who claimed he could pull some wonderful stunt with a mashie-niblick?" says. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy As A Pa] Reference
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