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  • If you miss a tee shot and end up in thick rough or a bad lie in the bunker, it becomes a driver and whatever it takes to get in position to hit a 3-iron into the green.

    Hazeltine's four par-5s to challenge golfers in PGA Championship 2009

  • I would probably need to apologize to her and hope she uses a driver next time instead of the 3-iron.

    Tiger, Tiger Tyler 2009

  • "I would substantially need to swallow ones pride to her - as well as goal she uses the driver subsequent time instead of the 3-iron."

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • "I would substantially need to swallow ones pride to her - as well as goal she uses the driver subsequent time instead of the 3-iron."

    Truth to Power: Professional Athlete Tiger Woods admin 2009

  • In the first episode, Korean golfer Sun Young Yoo works on her short game for 11 hours at the practice range, Juli Inkster talks to her caddy about the idiosyncracies of her 3-iron and Maria Hjorth says, "Who ate the rest of my expletive protein bar!"

    The NBA's Schedule (And Other Fantasies) Kevin Clark 2011

  • From there, he somehow threaded a low 3-iron through the trees, only to see his ball roll too far, stopping beneath a tree on the left of the fairway.

    Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

  • Woods, however, hit the most majestic 3-iron shot from 237 yards and watched the ball stop 4 feet beneath the hole.

    Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

  • Later, the Aussie would refuse to believe that Woods hit a 3-iron into the green, insisting that it had to have been a 5-iron, given its height and the softness with which the ball landed.

    Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

  • He hit a 3-iron up the hill on the par-4 fourth hole to four feet for eagle.

    Johnson Builds 3-Shot Lead, Woods 5 Behind 2010

  • Fisher had 160 yards to the 10th hole, hit a 3-iron that he normally hits 225 yards — and came up 15 yards short.

    Wind wreaks havoc on third round, players' minds at Open 2008

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