Rut Niblick Hickory Golf Iron c1830
An early 19th-century specialist hickory golf iron club
A trouble club used to play the ball ‘as it lies’ from difficult spots
Designed to hit the ball out from ruts (track marks) left from the wheels of horse-pulled carts
With an early listing grip covered with leather and fixed with whipping
Originals are rare and expensive collectors clubs
You have additional options to add a horizontal presentation mount, add an engraved brass plaque onto the mount, or have the shaft engraved with your name, number or special message.
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A trouble club used to play the ball ‘as it lies’ from difficult spots
Designed to hit the ball out from ruts (track marks) left from the wheels of horse-pulled carts
With an early listing grip covered with Leather and fixed with whipping
Originals are rare and expensive collectors clubs
Playing the ball as it lies was one of the original 13 rules of golf. Early 19th-century golf was played on common land where the golfer had to contend with other users, possibly playing football or archery. Wagons carrying seaweed and sand would also leave their wheel track marks, hence the track marks (ruts) from which this Rut Iron was designed to extract the ball. Irons were basically used for hitting from trouble until about 1870, and a golfer might only carry one. Around 1890 the number of irons exceeded the number of woods in players set. The Rut Iron was the early version of the Niblick. The round sole of this club made it easier for the golfer to hit a ball from a “cuppy” lie.
This model is a right-handed club only