How to Hit Long Irons - The Lost Art of the Long Iron Shot

While I think that hybrids are great for theunder a tree and need to hit a low fade or slice in
average golfer, often times long irons can still playorder to get around the tree and on the green. It
a vital role in your golf game. There are manyis hard to keep a hybrid low, but with a 3 irons I
instances where having a 3 or 4 iron in your bagcan open my stance, play the ball opposite my
will serve you better than a hybrid club or fairwayright foot, and hit a low fade right around the
wood. I was recently talking with a gentlemantrees that never gets more than 5 feet off of
who used to play the PGA tour back in the daysthe ground. I cannot pull that shot off with a
of Nicklaus and Watson and he said what thosehybrid.
guys could do with longer irons was tremendous.Also the ability to hit long irons just makes you
Here I am going to tell you why you need longlook like a better player, and chances are if you
irons and how to hit long irons effectively.can learn how to hit long irons well then you are
First and foremost has is ever occurred to yougoing to be a really good player. My advice with
that many times you actually need to hit the balllong irons is just to swing easy and let the loft of
low? Sure hitting those high fairway wood andthe club do the work. A typical 3 iron has around
hybrid shots are nice, but I have found many21 degrees of loft which means that it can easily
situations where if I did not have my 3 iron Iget the ball airborne if you just let it!
would have been in big trouble. For instance if youHow to hit long irons seems to have become a
decide to really let a drive rip and you do notbit of a lost art, but if you can learn to master it
square the face at impact you may launch the ballyou will not only impress the people at your local
straight right.city course or country club, but you will become a
When you get to your golf ball you are rightbetter shot maker with the rest of your clubs.