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  • McIlroy, if he can get to that point, seems like just the kind of player to hit a flush five-iron into 16 and skate on home.

    Masters of Wisdom, Masters of Youth John Paul Newport 2011

  • I don't think the police would advocate me dusting off the old five-iron and dispensing a little street justice, not that I'm inclined to do so.

    Whatcha gotta do to make them come to you? Tyler 2009

  • Except that, when I won in 1977, and there had been big pressure all during the round, when I was tied with Jack Nicklaus, on the 16th hole, that par three, I hit a five-iron dead flush right at the hole.

    Masters of Wisdom, Masters of Youth John Paul Newport 2011

  • Mickelson has never seemed completely in control of his game – or at least not sufficiently in control to combat the peculiar challenges of links golf, where the ability to hit 120-yard shots with a five-iron and, more especially, extreme patience, are an absolute necessity.

    Family man Phil Mickelson on course to be more than a fans' favourite 2010

  • Reception was bad in this part of the county, and the mayor wondered if holding his five-iron above his head would help him make sense of what was being said.

    The Taste of Coins from Treasure Troves 2010

  • He was the one hitting one perfect five-iron shot after another.

    Hi-Ya! Jason Henry McCormick 2010

  • His caddie, a high-school friend, advised pitching back to the fairway, but Mr. Palmer chose instead to drill a five-iron over a gap in the trees to the green, and pulled it off.

    Palmer's Go-for-It Greatness 2009

  • While we all go to sleep dreaming of firing a five-iron at a tucked pin to make a birdie on the 18th hole, our waking rounds usually turn on a quadruple bogey on the 14th, caused by a drive out of bounds and an approach shot skulled into a pond.

    David Murray: Miracle at Indian Boundary 2009

  • Maybe Casey Martin is just too good with a five-iron, a 30-foot putt or a delicate chip just off the edge.

    A Question Of Fair Play 2008

  • Try this mental experiment: Imagine that you give Tiger Woods an old five-iron and a putter, while you get to use the best set of clubs on the market.

    MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY SPORTS ALONE DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 2006

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