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Golf Club

RetailerSold by G. Fox and Co. (American, founded 1847)

Date1900-1940

MediumHickory wood, leather, forged steel

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 36 x 3 1/2in. (91.4 x 8.9cm)

ClassificationsEquipment

Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman

Object number2007.24.56

DescriptionWooden-shafted golf club made of hickory with a leather grip and forged steel head and hozel and known as a Mashie. The hozel is marked by both the retailer (G. Fox & Co., Hartford, CT) and the manufacturer and with the name of the club, "Mashie".

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G. Fox & Co.

NotesHistorical Note: Of all the classic golf clubs, the mashie is perhaps the best recognized, at least by name. The name comes from the old golf-club naming convention according to which the short-irons or "approach clubs" were known as "Mashies." It is most equivalent to today’s seven iron and was used most predominately as an approach club. The hickory shafted Mashie, first introduced in the 1880’s, is no longer in use.

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