Funeral

[Chieflongtee]

The 1 iron just about passed away although Jack says his most memorable shots came from his trusty 1 iron.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Golf/News/...014300-ap.html

[Kilroy]

Never had one. Not gonna miss it

[NoBack]

Have one down in the basement as we speak (write) and 2 iron in the bag!!

[Shivas Irons]

My 1-iron has been in palliative care for several years

[LobWedge]

I remember when John Daly was playing Wilson clubs and they made him a 0-iron. It had about 10º of loft. Now that's crazy...

[davevandyk]

Just for a little update, because of the windy conditions, Joey Sindelar put the 1 iron back in the bag this week, so there is still one guy using one!!!

[BC MIST]

The 1 iron just about passed away although Jack says his most memorable shots came from his trusty 1 iron.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Golf/News/...014300-ap.html

Let's not get carried away here. The best round of my life occured when I used my 1 iron off the tee on all par 4's and 5's, back in the mid 1980's. The emotional bond that I have with this club is so strong that I keep it locked in a special case, hermetically sealed so that the shaft does not rust from the inside and when I take it out of the case annually on the anniversary of this spectacular round, I actually shed a tear or two.

Long live the 1 iron!!!

[LobWedge]

Olazabal used his almost exclusively off the tee when he won the World Series of Golf at Firestone back in the early 90's. He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with his woods that week, and at the time Firestone was one of the longest courses on tour.

[Sphere Hunter]

Long live the 1 iron!!!

My wife and I had a garage sale today. As I was leaving to go and play golf, I saw some clubs that my wife put out for sale and there was my old 1 iron. Although I am sure I will never use it, I could not bare to sell it. I grabbed it and hid it in the basement.

Nothing more satisfying than a great long iron shot!
SH

[GarthM]

Sounds more like your wife had the garage sale.... are you sure the 1 iron is still in the basement????

[Chieflongtee]

Let's not get carried away here. The best round of my life occured when I used my 1 iron off the tee on all par 4's and 5's, back in the mid 1980's. The emotional bond that I have with this club is so strong that I keep it locked in a special case, hermetically sealed so that the shaft does not rust from the inside and when I take it out of the case annually on the anniversary of this spectacular round, I actually shed a tear or two.

Long live the 1 iron!!!

Now now now. If the best round of your life occured when you used your 1 iron why in the heck did you take it out of the bag?

[mpare]

I've got a Titleist Tour Blade 1iron as well as a Wilson Staff Tour Blade 1 iron. I simply cannot part with either one of them. BC Mist, I understand your sentimental attachment to them. But it's only the "old guys" who really ever used them. Maybe our affection for them says more about our own ages and an age gone by than anything else.

[BC MIST]

Now now now. If the best round of your life occured when you used your 1 iron why in the heck did you take it out of the bag?

I didn't, at that time. The next game that I played I actually scored the second best game of my life.

While I let on that it was the 1 iron that was principally responsible for the good score, and yes, it helped me keep the ball in play, the truth is that the 12 one putts that I had that day were the reason for the record score.

Using a 1 iron is like going to the casino - sometimes you win; most of the time, you lose. I just happen to hit the jackpot that day.

I agree with SH, that perhaps other than watching a 40 foot putt dive into the hole, (which SH actually did to me on 15 in the 2001 Club Championship ) there is no greater sensation in golf than hitting a low screaming long iron (1 iron) off the centre of the club face. Of course, with the demise of the 1 iron, most posters here will never experience this moment of pure ecstasy.

[HiG4s]

wow, that is the store I often shop at,,, I have a one iron,, a Mizuno. I hardly ever use it, but I won't get rid of it.

[oldmaninblack]

I built a 2-iron for a guy last week. I tried to talk him into a hybrid instead but he insisted. He loves it.

I used to carry a 1 iron and a 2 iron but I've even given up my 3-iron so I can carry 4 wedges and a hybrid. I just found that the number of times I needed the long irons didn't justify carrying them. I can hit the H3 220 yards, dead straight, from almost any lie.