2 Iron

[hero419]

I love it.
It is my favorite club in the bag.
I have been thinking about picking up a 1.

Anybody else use a 2 or 1?

[sean_miller]

Occasionally I'll have the 2i in the bag (last time out actually), but personally I wouldn't consider a 1-iron. Not that I've even seen one in a long time.

[Jonnydanger81]

Couple of us played a 1i in high school, some 12 years ago or so. That's really the last time I've seen them used regularly.

[allin]

  Jonnydanger81 said:

Couple of us played a 1i in high school, some 12 years ago or so. That's really the last time I've seen them used regularly.

They don't really make one irons any longer. With the todays stronger lofts current 2irons are basically one irons with 1/2 inch shorter shaft. I believe there is maybe one or two guys on tour who have put a longer shaft and adjusted the lie to give themselves a one iron. Realisticly if you are hitting into a green and want the ball to stop a hybrid is a better choice. As a tee club you want to roll out, ok, but where else is it better?

[James_Black]

  allin said:

They don't really make one irons any longer. With the todays stronger lofts current 2irons are basically one irons with 1/2 inch shorter shaft. I believe there is maybe one or two guys on tour who have put a longer shaft and adjusted the lie to give themselves a one iron. Realisticly if you are hitting into a green and want the ball to stop a hybrid is a better choice. As a tee club you want to roll out, ok, but where else is it better?

Lay up club on long par 5's?

If you forget your putter you could use the 1i lol. If it's windy the 1i will be better. Try to copy jack's magic 1i shots. It's also a really good practice club for the range.

[Chief Broom]

I play with a guy in a league who has a set of Ping Zings that has a 1 iron (very unusual to see an oversized cavity back head with very little loft!) and a set of Taylor Made RAC MB's with a 1 iron (much more traditional looking). He plays with those sets occassionaly and will hit the 1i on 200+
yd par 3's or on long fairway shots where he doesn't need a fairway wood. He hits them pretty well too.

[saevel25]

Play in a league with a guy who uses a 1i, uses it off the tee

[rebby]

My brother still games a 1-iron. It's about 1-2* flat for him and has a driver shaft in it, plays to about 43". The club is awesome! A low spin, low launch bullet.

I've never gamed a 1-iron myself but I love 2-irons. If I didn't love my 3-wood so much I wouldn't hesitate to put one back in my bag.

[Deryck Griffith]

  rebby said:

My brother still games a 1-iron. It's about 1-2* flat for him and has a driver shaft in it, plays to about 43". The club is awesome! A low spin, low launch bullet.

Driver shaft in a 1i. Wow that is interesting! I would love to see a picture of it.

[rebby]

  Deryck Griffith said:

Driver shaft in a 1i. Wow that is interesting! I would love to see a picture of it.

Just a copper PING Eye-2 with a black driver shaft (don't remember what brand, likely Aldila). Nothing special. It's a monster of a driving iron though if you've got the timing and swing speed to hit it.

[WUTiger]

Lots of people still carry a 2 iron. It's just that since the year 2000, most of them have a "3" engraved in the clubhead. Viva loft deflation!

[cougar978]

I've carried a 2I for 17 years (same one too) - I can still blister that thing 250-260 and it holds the line better than my fairway woods.

[Lionsloser07]

I owned a taylormade 2 iron for sometime but then realized that thy have hybrids now, and have stuck with that since.

[SeanMcFarlin]

Only god can hit a 1i as they say so you guys must be gods. Whos Posiedon? Haha. Well a lot of pros carry 2is such as Tom Watson, Tiger, Phil Mickelsons longest iron might be a 3.

[sean_miller]

  SeanMcFarlin said:

Only god can hit a 1i as they say so you guys must be gods. Whos Posiedon? Haha. Well a lot of pros carry 2is such as Tom Watson, Tiger, Phil Mickelsons longest iron might be a 3.

The thing is, a lot of young guys hit their 4 iron farther than old guys like me can hit a 2-iron anyway.

[mck]

  SeanMcFarlin said:

Only god can hit a 1i as they say so you guys must be gods. Whos Posiedon? Haha. Well a lot of pros carry 2is such as Tom Watson, Tiger, Phil Mickelsons longest iron might be a 3.

Tiger doesn't carry a 2 iron anymore, he replaced it with a 5 wood. He said he can carry a 5w 250 wheras a 2 iron only about 240 if he was lucky--(not even the longest on this thread)