[Ads-l] Chicken stick

[Mark Peters]

Thanks, Garson! Excellent find.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 8:02 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: Chicken stick
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> Mark Peters  wrote:
> > Anyone ever come across any history on the term "chicken stick"? It's a
> > golf club used for playing it safe rather than going for glory--so
> > definitely not a driver.
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> I have not explored "chicken stick" before. Here are two citations.
> Golf commentator David Feherty used the slang expression in 1996.
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> Usenet Discussion System
> Date: 1996/04/25
> Newsgroup: rec.sport.golf
> From: Terry Pierce <pie... at admin.son.uab.edu>
> Subject: Re: Norman haters - Please explain
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.sport.golf/ob-ZIJvqCjI/ZHQ-S65iFz4J
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> [Begin excerpt]
> I like this quote.  Feherty has a great sense of humor.  I really
> liked him on the CBS coverage of the BellSouth the week prior to the
> Masters. In fact, the best line I've heard in a long time was when
> Tolles (I think) was teeing off with a 2 iron, and DF says, "He's
> going to hit the chicken stick".  Even McCord doesn't make me laugh
> like that.
> [End excerpt]
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> David Feherty was still using the expression in 1999.
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> Usenet Discussion System
> Date: 1999/02/18
> Newsgroup: rec.sport.golf
> From: Shawn Bannon <sb... at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: A goal accomplished!
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.sport.golf/VK2yAvmkBQ8/yfrERcnECQgJ
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> [Begin excerpt]
> On Sunday, at the Buick tournament, someone hit a 2 iron off the tee.
> David Feherty called it the Chicken Stick.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson O'Toole
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