2016 December Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/11/2016
Hand Forged Deep Groove MacGegor Bakspin Mashie Niblick - Left-Handed
In the years prior to it being illegal, MacGregor produced over 20 models of the famous Bakspin iron with its deep grooved scoring. One of the great controversies of the 1921 Open Championship at St. Andrews was the deep grooved irons used by the winner Jock Hutchison. These extreme ridges were used to impart maximum backspin to the ball. The Rules of Golf Committee had banned them in May 1921 with the ban to come into effect on July 1. The Open was played on June 23-25, so they had one final opportunity to decide matches. They were very much an American thing and MacGregor were the major manufacturers. This club, in their Bakspin range, is stamped "Mashie Niblick on the flange and on the reverse of the head, The reverse also has "Guaranteed Hand Forged". A fine example of the deep groove model in the scarcer left-hand model.
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