Does anyone play a 3-iron anymore? – GolfWRXers discuss

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5 years ago

Dec 30, 2020

In our forums, our members have been discussing 3-irons and whether they are still prevalent in the bags of WRXers. ‘Mang-gustin’ has recently got his hands on a Titleist 716MB 3-PW set and has been impressed by the 3-iron, saying:

“I recently got a set of 716MB 3-PW. I was very reluctant to play the 3 iron, but I put it in the bag anyway. After a couple of so-so shots, I pured one on long par 4 Into the wind. I gotta say it’s staying in the bag, at least for now.”

‘Mang-gustin’ reaches out to fellow members for their thoughts and whether there are any WRXers who are in a similar boat – and they have been reacting in our forums.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

gripandrip: “Love my 3 iron. Tried to take it out of the bag a couple of times for a hybrid, because everyone said I should… not a fan in the hybrids. Playing Srixon Z745s.”
Steele47: “3 iron comes in handy when playing tight tree-lined courses. If a tee shot goes astray, nice to know I have the option to hit/curve low line drive out of trees. I cannot confidently hit low liners with a hybrid. Get me on a more open course though, and the 3 iron stays home.”
ddetts: “A 3i Mizuno MP18 Fli Hi, so technically probably closer to a 3h than a true 3i but I really like it. I can launch it pretty high when needed but can also hit lower bullets with it too.”
Hawkeye77: “Not since I played Ping Eye 2s.”

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Chris Field

Jan 1, 2021 at 6:00 am

Apart from a few players sets, most don’t even have a 3 iron now. When a modern 5 iron can have as little loft as 20 degrees, who’s capable of hitting a 16 degree iron? Virtually no one. Even the comments here talk about using it only to escape trees, things like that. Take it out the bag, it’ll only cost you shots in the long term, and get another wedge.

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Bob Pegram

Dec 31, 2020 at 3:12 am

I hadn’t used a 3 iron in several years, but then I bought another set of irons, Callaway RAZR X Forged, and the 3 iron is easy to hit, and straight. That agrees with the playability rating on http://ralphmaltby.com/mpf/callaway/page/5/. It is rated over 600 which is very high for a forged iron. I like the 3 iron better than the Callaway 815 Alpha hybrid I bought. My old 3 hybrid is a Nickent 3DX Ironwood DC which plays great when the toe doesn’t drag, but I can’t adjust the lie to be more upright. I need to get the Nickent bent just to have a 3 hybrid I like.

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Psarro

Dec 31, 2020 at 12:17 am

My 3 iron is actually my third wedge, it’s my go to club when I need to punch a low one back into play from the trees

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Tom E Newsted

Dec 30, 2020 at 7:26 am

I am sure there are tour pros and some lower handicap guys that use them but I think the vast majority of people have gone to the hybrid. Its a much easier club to hit and because of that I think players have more confidence in it. I am due for a new set of irons and my set will be 4-PW I never even thought about ordering a three iron.

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Putters that never made it: Check out some of the best tour builds that didn’t make the cut

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Alistair Cameron

Arguably, the best perk of being a professional golfer on the PGA Tour is the ability to request or even just be handed pretty much any club you could think of. It happens more often than you think, usually with putters around the practice green from one event to the next. Come Wednesday, the Tour bags lining the edge of the putting surface become resting places for fallen flatsticks that never made the cut.

So let’s take a look at some of the best we’ve seen out on Tour this year that never made it to the competition. (You may notice none of Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Scotty Cameron putters made this list. There are too many.)

Let’s start with this custom Damascus Milled Odyssey Rossie made for Ryo Hisatsune. Featuring a single line and the short-slant hossel, we’ve seen plenty of Number 7 and jailbird heads featuring the Damascus Milled insert, but this is the first and only one we’ve spotted in a Rossie. Hisatsune primarily putts with an Odyssey Black Series iX #9, but we have seen him recently with a TaylorMade TP Collection SOTO, so there could be potential that the Damascus Milled Rossie could end up in the bag.

Everyone wants to be Cameron Young right now. We’ve had Justin Thomas and Tom Hoge both game the Scotty Cameron 9.5R prototype. Well, for the PGA Championship, Brooks Koepka nearly joined that list after requesting the same style of putter, with the full-length alignment line. But the Scotty Cameron reps took the request a step further and made one specially for Koepka with a Teryllium insert, similar to one in his previous Newport 2 gamers. The reason why this one didn’t go into play, though? Because it was too heavy.

Harry Hall was the third-best putter on Tour last year, so when Bettinardi made him a custom proto, you know it was going to be good. The custom BB28 blade features VDF face milling, a custom-welded single-bend shaft, and the owner’s initials – HH – on the sole of the putter. Hall, who usually games an Odyssey O-Works #7 W, has dabbled with a TaylorMade Spider Tour X already this year. Maybe there’s a chance this Bettinardi might make his bag.

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Which of Tiger’s major winning irons are your favorite? – GolfWRXers discuss

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