A golf club with an iron or steel head.
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When it is considered how the first instructions a player receives become fixed in his mind it is no wonder that one of the most useful mid-iron shots in the entire list is neglected. That shot is the "running-up" approach.
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You can prevent hooks and slices with a short golf club iron. How?
Pay attention to your grip technique
Take a square stand to address the ball - in other wordsparallel to the direction of your goal
Put another club parallel to your toes ...
Try these tips and see your iron play improve.
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Iron
Any one of a number of clubs with a head made of iron or steel See definitions for individual clubs two iron etc
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Iron: A club made of iron or steel. Irons are of different sizes and degrees of loft on their head faces to get different heights on differing shots.
Iron - A golf club that is made of metal and has a flattened head. There are different lofts given by numbers for each type of Iron club. The higher the number the more loft.
iron-- A type of golf club with a head made from metal, or a composite material. Typically numbered from 1-9. Other club types are Woods (or metals), wedges and putters.
Iron: A metal golf club numbered 1-9, with a flat, thin, angled face. The lower the number, the less steep the loft. Lower numbered irons are intended to be used for longer shots.
Iron
A club with a flat-faced solid metal head generally numbered from 1 to 9 indicating increasing loft.
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Iron: the metal clubs in your bag (but not your woods or putter). These are numbered two to nine and generally the lower the number, the longer the distance the ball will travel.
Iron
Club with a thin grooved face used to hit balls on the fairway.
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Irons are metal-headed clubs used for most shots between tee and green. Sometimes you can use them from the tee at holes where accuracy is more important than distance. The sand and pitching wedges are also irons.
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Iron: A club with a both a shorter shaft and clubhead than a wood. Irons are used for closer shots from the fairway and sometimes from the tee on shorter par three holes.
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Iron Byron: A testing device modeled after Byron Nelson's swing. It is used to test clubs and balls. (After tests using Iron Byron, the new balls were measured to be longer.)
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Iron : A club with a head made of steel or iron and a relatively narrow sole (usually somewhere between 16 and 65 degrees) and numbered 1 through a nine and including a variety of Wedges (sand wedge, lob wedge, pitching wedge).
Iron Game Tip
A very important factor in striking the ball solidly and consistently with your irons is getting the "bottom" of your swing in front of the ball (i.e.
Mid-Iron: Old term for a 2-iron.
Miniature Course: Putting course.
Misclub: To use the wrong club for the distance.
One Iron
An iron bladed low lofted club (less loft than a 2 iron), that is used for long distance shots and is not commonly included in most club sets.
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Rut Iron: Ancient club used to play a ball out or ruts caused by cartwheels or other holes and trenches.
Five-iron
An iron club used for distances between yards for men's clubs Also known as a mashie
Five-wood ...
FIVE IRON - mid-range iron golf club. Traditional name is mashie.
FLIP SHOT - a golf shot hit with a high lofted wedge for high trajectory and a soft landing for the golf ball. Usually hit from around the putting green.
Eight-iron
An iron club giving distance of between yards Also called a pitching niblick
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mashie iron
An iron club no longer in use, somewhat less lofted than a mashie, that was used for driving and for full shots through the green.
The alternative name for the number four iron.
Driving Iron: A 1 or 2 iron which gives distance rather than height.
Driving Range: An area set aside for practice.
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.
5 Iron
7 Iron
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Iron heads die cast from an alloy of zinc. These heads typically are considered less expensive and less durable than their stainless counterparts and thus are designated primarily for beginner sets.
Iron Irons are typically the thinnest club heads in your bag. A typical player's bag may have numerous irons numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and/or P.
IRON (submitted by: tiger101)
A golf club used for fairway or bunker shots. Check the Golf Club section.
LIE
The position in which the ball lies on the course after a stroke ...
iron
A club made of iron or steel, have varying sizes and degrees of loft on their club faces to achieve different heights, depending upon the type of control shot.
IRON - a club with a metal head which is not a wood!
JAIL - a golfers term for a ball hit into a lot of trees which makes it very difficult to hit your ball our of.."in jail" ...
A iron in which the trailing edge is lower than the leading edge. Visually, it may appear that the leading edge is off the ground at address in this type of iron.
Boundary ...
6-iron
Note: When practicing this drill, don't expect the ball to travel as it normally would. The inherent slope for this lie creates natural trajectories that are far from perfectly straight. Don't concern yourself with ballflight.
An iron used for short shots that has a high-loft - pitching wedge, sand wedge.
whiff
To swing and miss the ball completely.
An iron club designed to lift balls out of sand hazards.
Sandy
When a golfer still makes their par after escaping from a sand hazard.
An iron shot from within a few feet of the green that is often executed with a putting motion creating a low trajectory running ball that tracks to the hole.
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My iron accuacy is good but when I am teeing off 7 out of 10 drives I push to the right. No matter how far left I aim I'll end up ob, desert or the high rough. I constantly am working on this at the range. Help???
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For Iron shots Draw a line from the Ball between your feet where the line is about 2-3 inches from your Left heel { or try to imagine 2-3 golf balls inside your left heel } ...
d) 9 iron
e) pitching wedge
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Long iron - Club with minimum degree of loft designed to perform long and accurate shots from the fairway.
LP GA - Short for Ladies' Professional Golf Association.
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Using an 8-iron, make several practice swings and make very little contact with the sand. No deep divots, just brush the sand with the sole of the club.
I think my iron shafts are too weak for me. I feel my irons lagging too much behind in my swing. But I'm concerned a stiffer flex will force me to overswing. I've always heard play as weak flex shaft as you can.
your thoughts?
Using a mid-iron, grip the club so there is a gap between the hands. Take half swings, back and through. Allow the rotation of the right hand over the left. This is what is called the RELEASE. This action squares the clubface at impact.
By seeing the Iron Byron hit a ball, it made me clearly understand what the perfect golf swing was and how it worked. By incorporating the movement of Iron Byron into my swing, I immediately improved (when I say immediately, it really was).
With a 7- or 8-iron, the ball will land about a fourth of the way to the hole and roll the rest of the way. With a pitching wedge or sand wedge the ball will land about halfway to the hole.
Take your sand iron and set up to the ball as you would in any other shot. After addressing the ball, start your pivot by shifting back to your right foot.
Five-iron - An iron club. Also known as a Mashie.
Five-wood - A lofted wooden club.
Flat swing - club being swung closer to a horizontal plane ...
mid-iron: Modern term for a 6,7 or 8 iron.
misclub: To hit the correct strike, however choose the wrong club for the distance required.
misread: To choose the wrong line of putt.
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Clare cites her iron play as the strongest part of her game, and putting as the weakest. And when I spoke to her this week, she could hardly contain the excitement at having added a bundle of yards from the tee.
The design of an iron head in which the weight is distributed toward the perimeter of the head. Cavity backs are easily identified as having a recessed area on the back of the head.
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Old term for a 4-iron. Also a great little pub to the right of the
17th fairway at St. Andrews.
jungle
Slang for heavy rough, or an unprepared area of long grass.
sand wedge An iron with a heavy flange on the bottom that is used primarily to get out of sand traps.
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1. I love hitting 6 iron shots.
2. I can bring into my mind now a 6 iron championship winning shot.
Bladed Shot Often referred to as a "skulled" shot, it occurs when the top half of the ball is struck with the bottom portion of an iron, resulting a low-running shot.
term used to describe one type of iron made by forging the metal rather than from a cast mold. Also, describes a shot struck "thinly" with the bottom of an iron sriking high up on the golf ball, causing a low trajectory shot with a lack of control.
For example, if the hole requires a long iron or wood shot to the green, the hole should be located deeper in the green and further from its sides than should be the case if the hole requires a short pitch shot.
The choice of club should be whatever club you can accomplish this with, I recommend a 7 iron to start. ( NOTE:the hands lead the club at impact with no wrist-action!) You should forward - press your hands in front of the ball.
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