supple-shafted

Updated: June 6, 2025

West knew Stony Bunker well by reason of former meetings, and he knew equally well what amount of swing was necessary to land just over the hazard, but well short of the bluff. Perhaps it was the brassie that was to blame for a full-length, supple-shafted, wooden driver would have been what you or I would have chosen for that stroke or perhaps West himself was to blame.

Ralph Henry Barbour - The Half-Back