Baffy
a short, wooden club with a steep-sloped face, for lofting the ball.
Historical Examples
As Ambrose often tells us, the baffy is a sweet little club to have in the bag—provided, of course, you have the nerve to use it.
Fore! Charles Emmett Van Loan
There is a man who calls his baffy Jumbo, and it does not seem a nice name.
The Spirit of the Links Henry Leach
“I fear he doesn’t know a bulger from a baffy,” he added sorrowfully.
The Half-Back Ralph Henry Barbour
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- Baffin bay
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- Baffing
to strike the ground with a club in making a stroke. a stroke with a club that unduly lofts the ball.
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