| Spoons are a large family of clubs. Their very | | | | face, and is employed in similar predicaments when the |
| suggestive title is taken from the great slope in their | | | | distance required is not so great. Many players also |
| face, which distinctive characteristic is meant to enable | | | | call in its services when about a half-stroke from the |
| them to raise the "gutta" to almost any height required, | | | | hole, where others use the Driving Cleek. |
| even out of very difficult ground. They are very useful. | | | | * Baffing Spoon - It gets its name from the sound |
| Each has its own special duty. | | | | produced by it as it smites the ground in making the |
| * Long Spoon - Used when the ball is found in long | | | | stroke. Its use is to elevate a clear-lying ball over a |
| grass, in a hollow, or on a declivity; and likewise, when | | | | hazard at a very short distance from the hole. The |
| the distance to the hole is just such as this club will | | | | face is very much spooned out. |
| best accomplish. The Long Spoon handle is an inch | | | | * Wooden Niblick - It is about the same length and lie |
| shorter and considerably stiffer than that of the | | | | as the Long Spoon, but its head is exceedingly small |
| Grassed Driver, while the head is also heavier and | | | | and more scooped out. It has a brass sole and is used |
| more sloped in the face. | | | | to excavate the ball out of a rut or cup, into which the |
| * Middle Spoon - A very strong club, and is especially | | | | diminished head easily makes its way. The brass sole |
| useful in forcing a ball out of a grassy rut, and in playing | | | | is of great advantage for playing on hard and stony |
| a three-quarters stroke. It is shorter, stiffer, and heavier | | | | ground. |
| than its elder brother. | | | | Allan Hess is an amateur history buff who likes sports |
| * Short Spoon - As the name implies it is not so long | | | | history. |
| as either of the preceding. It is still more sloped in the | | | | |