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  1. 1. How do you define long iron vs. short iron?

    • 1I - 4I: long irons; 5I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 5I: long irons; 6I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 6I: long irons; 7I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 2I: long irons; 3-6: mid irons; 7I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 2I: long irons; 3-7: mid irons; 8I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 3I: long irons; 4-6: mid irons; 7I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 3I: long irons; 4-7: mid irons; 8I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 4I: long irons; 5-6: mid irons; 7I -9I short irons
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    • 1I - 4I: long irons; 5-7: mid irons; 8I -9I short irons
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I'm curious to see how the community goes about defining iron length because I'd guess the criteria people use to define those terms are different.

I'm also curious to see if people are more inclined to be general in their definitions or not.

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I voted the closest to my definitions: 1-4 long, 5-7 mid, 8-PW, UW, AW or whatever the manufacturer wants to call it, short. If it's a "wedge" that came with your iron set, it's most likely built like the rest of the irons in your set and less like true wedges, so I consider them short irons. I think most people play a PW that would really be considered more of a 10 iron.

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I voted the closest to my definitions: 1-4 long, 5-7 mid, 8-PW, UW, AW or whatever the manufacturer wants to call it, short.

If it's a "wedge" that came with your iron set, it's most likely built like the rest of the irons in your set and less like true wedges, so I consider them short irons.

I think most people play a PW that would really be considered more of a 10 iron.

I voted the same way.  Most sets today include a PW and some of the GI sets also include a gap wedge which I would consider short irons.

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I don't really worry about what they are called except when rehashing in the 19th hole after the round - an iron is an iron... unless it's a wedge. ;-)

I don't even carry what I call long irons any more, although I used to carry all the way up to the 2 iron.  Now my longest is the 5 iron, a mid iron in my book (2 hybrids have replaced my long irons).  The short irons start with the 8 iron.  Short irons only go through PW (because the modern PW is about the loft that a 9I used to be), then the rest are wedges.

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I don't get too caught up in it, but since you ask, I'd call my 4 and 5 long irons, 6-8 mid irons, and 9, pw, uw short irons.

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Ditto ...

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3,4 - long irons

5,6,7 mid irons

8,9 short irons

Wedges

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4,5,6 Long Irons 7,8,9 Mid Irons PW,AW,SW,LW Short Irons

This is not really a matter of personal opinion. You are way off. Are you seriously calling a 9 iron a mid iron? It's bad enough to call an 8 iron a mid iron. A 6 iron is not a long iron. Have we reached the point where traditional definitions are just ignored and people make stuff up like this kind of thing? Hearing the term "tee box" is bad enough. Now this? long - 1234 mid - 567 short - 89 and wedges

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This is not really a matter if personal opinion.

You are way off.

Are you seriously calling a 9 iron a mid iron?

It's bad enough to call an 8 iron a mid iron.

A 6 iron is not a long iron.

Short Richard, if I hit my 9 iron 140yds then yes FOR ME it is a mid iron. This IS a matter of personal opinion little rich. Now why don't you go lay down in the litter box with that Ugly ass cat.

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Short Richard, if I hit my 9 iron 140yds then yes FOR ME it is a mid iron. This IS a matter of personal opinion little rich. Now why don't you go lay down in the litter box with that Ugly ass cat.

I'll do that if you do a little research on golf terms, tradition and history. The terms relate to shaft length. They are not related to short, mid or long distances.

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I consider 5 and above to be long irons. 6-7 are my mid-irons. 8-PW are short irons.

I think of my PW as a 10 iron more than I think of it as a wedge.

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long - 1234

mid - 567

short - 89 and wedges

Shorty was the only one to mention the One & Two irons, which many players back in the day would play.

He is dead on with " The terms relate to shaft length."

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Originally Posted by Shorty

long - 1234

mid - 567

short - 89 and wedges

Shorty was the only one to mention the One & Two irons, which many players back in the day would play.

He is dead on with "The terms relate to shaft length."

Club Rat

Not so - I mentioned the 2 iron long before he came on the thread. ;-)

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Gentlemen, are we really resorting to calling each other names because we disagree on what to call your 9 iron?

I call my 5 iron Justin Bieber. Now, rail on me and get out your frustrations if you must!!!! :mad:

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I think of my PW as a 10 iron more than I think of it as a wedge.

Me too! :dance:

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