Spalding discovered that mild steel banishes finger fatigue

So the heads of the world’s most accurately matched golf “irons “are made of this superior metal

A STEEL clubhead hits a golf ball with a terrific impact. Where does the shock of the blow go? Spalding has discovered that it depends largely upon the kind of steel used.

Brittle steel resists the blow—transmitting the shock to your fingers. A succession of such blows often causes finger fatigue— that barely perceptible tiring of the finger muscles, which, by the end of a round, can affect the accuracy of your short game.

Mild steel absorbs the shock of the blow. Your fingers are relieved of the strain—a desirable condition in all your golf, a vitally important one in tournament play.

That is why the heads of all Spalding “Irons” arc made of mild steel. You notice the difference in the sweeter feel of the impact as the mild-steel clubhead hits the ball.

Mild steel makes the “Sweet Spot” sweeter still.

The “Sweet Spot” is the one spot on the club face that gives greatest distance to the ball, and the sweetest feel to the shot. Every golf club has a “Sweet Spot.” But it was Spalding who found that by planning the distribution of metal, it could be located in the same position on every club face. And Spalding has marked it there for you to see.

It was Spalding also who originated the idea of having golf clubs match each other. Spalding clubs are so perfectly related in balance and weight that they all feel exactly alike. You can time your swing the same for all of them. If you have analyzed the play of champions, you know that such uniformity is the secret of great golf. Spalding has put this uniformity into the clubs themselves.

These clubs have an exact relation of lie to lie. An exact graduation in the pitches of the blades. Even the torsion and resilience of the shafts is matched.

Your wood clubs should match too. You can buy Spalding wood clubs which are as accurately related as the Spalding irons. It is important that this relation exist, too!

Own a matched set. Buy it complete .. or one club at a time.

YOU can now build up a perfectly related set of golf clubs, one by one if you wish. Spalding’s new Kro-Flite Related Irons are sold one at a time.

There are three groups, or swinging weights, to choose from—indexed by one (.) two (. .) and three ( . . .) dots. The irons in each group are accurately related in pitch, lie, balance and feel. Buy one or two clubs in the swinging weight that suits you best. Add to them at any time by selecting additional clubs of the same index.

Each group includes a No. 1 iron (driving iron). No. 2 (mid-iron). No. 3 (mid mashie). No. 4 (mashie iron). No. 5 (mashie), and No. 6 (mashie niblick). The Kro-Flite Re-lated Irons are $6.50 each. Kro-Flite Related Woods— Driver, Brassie and Spoon—are $12.50 each.

Spalding also offers the famous Registered Sets. These are the sets which first brought the matched club idea to golfers.

Eight perfectly matched irons comprise the Registered Kro-Flite Set, at $65. The Kro-Flite Registered Wood Set consists of twin driver and brassie, at $30. Spoon to match, made to order, is $15. Registered Sets must be bought complete.

Ask your professional to outfit you—cither one at a time with Kro-Flite Related Clubs, or all at once with a Registered Set. Spalding dealers also carry these clubs, and of course all Spalding Stores.

SPALDING advertisement in The Literary Digest for May 21, 1927

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