Tired of People Hating on the 3-iron

[scooterguitar]

I wish I could hit a 3i, but can't. When I do it goes about the same distance as my 5i. Just got a few hybrids I hope I can hit. I am awaiting a good enough swing to put a 3i in the bag though!

[williethekid]

Love my 3 iron, long Irons are your friend. Sometimes depending on the course I also play a 1 iron, especially if its is link style or there are a lot of run ups, or if theres a lot of wind.

[jerkeejoe]

I love having a 3 iron in my bag. I'll hit it from the tee, the fairway, the rough and even from a fairway bunker (if it has a low lip). When I strike it well I can carry it around 230 and have it land fairly soft making it a very useful tool.

[wolverine318]

So its been a while now since I put the 3i back into the bag instead of the hybrid and im so glad I did. Its just so much more versatile than the hybrid.

[Matthew77]

To start I wish I could hit my 3 iron the distance that some on here can. It is about 205-210 for me. If I could get it out close to the 220-230 mark in the fairway I would be in perfect shape on most courses here in the city. (Most dogleg about that distance.)

With that said, I just purchased a Cleveland LDI 18* last night. I am hoping that this club will be that 210-225 type club. Something that stay will low in the Oklahoma wind, and yet some control.

[bthroneburg]

I use a hybrid, I consider it more of a 2 iron than a 3 iron. It is 19*. My 3 iron is 20.5 degrees. I carry both. So stop hate'n on the 3 iron and put it back in your bags. The hybrid is great and has a lot of uses, but so dose the 3 iron.

[-Mini-]

not a big fan for it off the tee... but I do enjoy hitting it off the fairway... was a difficult club to learn and took a vast amount of balls at the driving range but I did eventually get the hand of it to wear I can use it, I also carry a hybrid in my bag

[GaijinGolfer]

Not only is there a 3-iron in my bag, theres a 1-iron and a 2-iron too. I like long irons. I like the lower trajectory that isnt effected by the wind as much and I find that Im more accurate with irons. Besides, theres nothing more macho that when the people you are playing with pull out their 5-woods or 7-woods and miss the green and you pull out your 1 or 2-iron and with a mighty swing knock it onto the green.

[maschoemaker]

I also have a 3 iron in the bag, but I really use it rarely. I'm not good enough with it yet, still need to practice a lot. Now I only use it when there is a gale force wind in the face, so the ball has to go low in order to go far.

[bthroneburg]

  BASHERBAKER69 said:

Look, if you don't carry a 3 iron then in my view, you are not a proper golfer. Hybrids are for the ladies and men in their 70s! You will never be a precision player using hybrids.

???????.....Laadies and men in their 70s.....???? I guess thats why a lot of pros are hitting them??? ....and they are in good shape and in their 20s and 30s...with negitive handicaps...hummmmmm? I use my 3 iron and a hybrid, it is just a useful utility wood as I see it. I like both clubs. Remember, Cobra came out with what could be called the 1st hybrid, the Baffler.

[cwcaesar]

I carry a hybrid 3 iron, but I pull out the old three occasionally.

[Dub]

I use my 3 iron every single round I've played in the last two months.

One course in particular has some tight but short par 4's that a flush 3 iron from the tee is perfect for me.

It's a very useful club that I'll not give up.

I'm adding a hybrid, but it'll be more of a 4-5 wood replacement than anything else.