None require more than an easy mid-iron, many are idiosyncratic and all but one have views of the Pacific surf. ❋ John Paul Newport (2011)
An alternative is to drive with a mid-iron short of those bunkers. ❋ Unknown (2010)
His mid-iron into the seventh green, for instance, appeared perfect but backed up just enough to trickle partway down the front side slope. ❋ Unknown (2008)
An iron off the tee is the safe shot, but that only sets up one of the most difficult approach shots at The Belfry — a mid-iron over a stream that must avoid two enlarged bunkers. ❋ Unknown (2002)
That leaves a mid-iron over a wide stream to a green that slopes to the back. ❋ Unknown (2002)
He bashed a mid-iron into a pine tree after topping a shot out of the straw. ... ❋ Unknown (2001)
No. 10, 466 yards, par 4: A switch in wind direction can change this hole from a simple drive and mid-iron into a monster demanding two full woods. ❋ Unknown (1999)
After hitting a mid-iron on his second shot to within a yard of the flag, Nicklaus doffed his cap to two minutes of applause as he reached the green. ❋ Unknown (1997)
The real golfers play over with a good mashie shot that lands them dead on the green, but dubs, like Paisley, play around with two easy mid-iron shots. ❋ Donald McGibeny (N/A)
John rides whenever I ask him, but it's cruel to separate him from the new mid-iron that Jimmie made for him. ❋ Gouverneur Morris (1914)
I heard such expressions as "And the new mid-iron" ... ❋ Gouverneur Morris (1914)
It was a shame to have it all spilled for the benefit of Matthew Dowd, who can only think of one thing these days -- 250-yard tee shots and marvelous mid-iron pokes that always sail toward the pin. ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)
But this time, with a carry of some 160 yards ahead of me, I picked my mid-iron from the bag, took a three-quarter swing, bit a small divot from the turf as I went through, and landed the ball fairly on the green with a back-spin that held it as though I'd had a string tied to it. ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)
Merle's warning that he would need a mid-iron to reach it. ❋ Harry Leon Wilson (1903)
He'd expect you to do the same, or tee up a little bit for a mid-iron shot. ❋ Harry Leon Wilson (1903)
I left him out in the courtyard trying your brassie and mid-iron, sir, endeavouring to loft potatoes over the south wall. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)
He held up to view a headless mid-iron and brassie, and triumphantly waved a splendid cleek. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)
Here's a hole that's 500 yards where I do think we need to do something with the drive zone because I think that that one, the kids were just bombing it down the left side and you were watching them hit at most a mid-iron into the green. ❋ LORNE RUBENSTEIN (2011)
Even with a successful tee ball, a mid-iron will remain to cover the desert wash to reach the very undulating and difficult green. ❋ Unknown (2010)
