Who uses a 1 or 2 iron?

BrianD3

Does anyone here carry and use a 1 or 2 iron or both. I have a 1 and love it, it's a cavity backed club. I've heard a lot of stories about long irons over the years eg the "Even God can't hit a 1 iron" quote attributed to Lee Trevino. Based on my own experience this is rubbish although perhaps a blade 1 iron would be much harder to hit well than a cavity back.

IMO the plus points of the club are
-great club when playing into the wind on a links course.
-goes almost as long as a 3 wood but more accurate
-the feeling of nailing a 1 iron is one of the best in golf
-can be a great recovery club eg recently I was 200 yards from the green in a forest having hooked my drive. I had a view of the green through a small gap in the trees but getting through required keeping the ball below about 8 feet for at least the first 20 yards. I punched a 1 iron and the ball finished about 2 yards off the green which I thought was a great result and I don't think I could have done it with any other club

pwee

May i ask wot is your handicap and exactly wot type of 1 iron u are using?

Personally i would not use a 1 iron as i cant hit one properly but its been maybe five years since i tried and maybe technology has moved on.

BrianD3

I'm off 12 and it's a Wilson Deep Red 1 Iron with a steel shaft. No idea how old it is as I picked up it 2nd hand and it doesn't match the rest of my irons. It goes *significantly* further than my 3 iron though.

OK It's not the easiest club in the bag to hit. TBH it's tough off a hard, tight lie in the fairway, then again I find all clubs pretty tough from this type of lie. But off the tee or from the rough where the ball is sitting up a little the 1 iron is great.

J.R.HARTLEY

BrianD3 wrote:

It goes *significantly* further than my 3 iron though.

:eek: it'd bloody want to.

RuggieBear

i use a 2 iron...blade. Tis an awesome club. I much prefer it to fairway woods.

BrianD3

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

:eek: it'd bloody want to.

Yeah it would, however I've read before about people hitting all their long irons roughly the same distance. This is then given as a reason why long irons are not suitable for amateur players etc.

swingking

I have a Mp 37 2iron but I will only use when I know it is windy. If if is not windy then the 5wood is my only man

My handicap is 6 BTW

BrianD3

Just an update, I decided to experiment with the 1 iron and see how easy/hard it is to hit from various fairway lies. I hit around 50 balls on the practice ground from a variety of lies (fluffy, soft, bare etc.) and most of the shots were good or very good. Found it no harder to hit than a 5 or 6 iron really. However one shot that I couldn't manage with it is hitting the ball out of a divot hole but I don't mind about that.

So overall, this idea that "not even God can hit a 1 iron" is probably the biggest myth in golf. IMO the reason people don't hit their long irons is mainly becasue they're afraid of them and have a mental block about them due to all the negative publicity

J.R.HARTLEY

to be honest the amount of devlopment gone into clubs in the last 20 years they are bound to be easier to hit now. it's probably just a case of the woods remaining more popular as they are easier for mid to high handicappers like myself to hit.

css

I recently ditched my 1 iron for a 22 degree hybrid, I found the same as you Brian about the wind play. But for normal day to day use, I find the hybrid way more useful and if i need a low wind shot, i can use other clubs! Low irons are all about confidence, it's 99% in your head as with most things!!!

Dman_15

My old Pings went from 2-LW, but i recently changed them. I now carry a 16* rescue then 3-LW. The old 2 was a great club but you really needed to be on your game to use it.
The rescue goes about 230 off the deck, slightly longer than the 2 iron would have. I get much more use from the rescue and can hit it on a wider selectoin of lies so my vote goes to the rescue.

Playing off 7.

RuggieBear

damn all you bastids with your single figure handicaps.:D

Just had my first round since christmas on Monday and i was on song with my driving (280-300...if the markers were accurate) and my 2 iron play was good. In fact, beacause of this thread i used it much more often just to experiment.

My putting and short game has gone to crap tho. I'd get to most greens in regulation and ****ing three putt everytime. Got 5 on all the par 5's and ****ing 5 on all the par 3's!!!!!:rolleyes:

jobonar

i have a 2-iron and a 5-wood and alternate depending on weather conditions, the course and how i've been hittin the balls on the range. playing off 10 btw.

i like them both but i do tend to side with the 5-wood more often than not