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Driving iron
An iron that gives distance rather than height.
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DRIVING IRON - name for the one iron golf club. The one iron is not used much any more since hybrid golf clubs are more popular.

Driving Iron: Another name for the number one iron. Formerly one of various iron clubs used for shots through the green.
Driving Mashie: Obsolete club with less loft than a mashie iron and used for driving and long shots through the green.

driving iron-- An 1-iron or other low numbered iron with very little loft on the club face sometimes used to tee off.

driving iron Usually the 1 or 2 iron.
driving range An open area reserved for practicing golf shots.
drop The practice of dropping the ball from a set height after the ball has been deemed unplayable or lost.

Driving Iron: A 1 or 2 iron which gives distance rather than height.
Driving Mashie: An ancient driving iron.
Dub: A miss hit shot in such a way that the ball travels only a very small portion of its intended distance.

driving iron
Any of various iron clubs, no longer in use, that were used for various shots through the green.
The alternative would be the number one iron.

Driving Iron : An alternate name for a number 1 iron.
Driving Range : An area, separate from the golf course, designated for hitting practice balls.

Test-drive a driving iron
Let's face it. A driver simply isn't the club for everyone. It's the longest club in the bag and, therefore, the most difficult to control.

Musgrove restrained big Sandy to a driving iron and, with a putter so hot it was searing, he returned his best score in years.
Had Colin Montgomerie brought along a putting touch he would have reduced the Marquise to a mere peasant.

Mid iron - An iron club no longer is use, somewhat more lofted than a driving iron.
The alternative name would be the number two iron.
Mid mashie - The alternative name would be the number three iron.

An iron club, no longer in use, with more loft than a driving iron. Another name for a 2 or 3 iron.
mid-mashie
Another name for the number 4 iron.

Straight-Faced: The description of a club with very little loft, such as a driving iron, or a driver that lacks the standard bulge and roll. (Because of the strong winds, he often drove with a straight-faced iron).

I'm taking my own advice this year, I put a new "iron-wood" in my bag, because it gets the ball up more easily than the 2-iron I now mostly use as a driving iron.

"Drive" usually refers to shots hit with a driver, 3-wood or 1-iron or driving iron; shots hit with lesser clubs (a 3-iron, for example) might be called a "tee shot" rather than a drive. The two terms are practically interchangeable.

archaic term for a driving iron or 1 iron 2. fairway metal woods with shallow rake-like channels on the sole manufactured by the Taylor Made company in the 1980's
Example: 1 & 2. He frequently used his cleek off the tee on short par 4 holes.

Driving iron - Another name for the one iron Driving range - An area or indoor building used to hit practice shots.
Drop - To put the ball on the course after you have already had a ball in play, after it has been declared unplayable or lost.