long iron

American  

noun

Golf.

1. a club, as a driving iron, midiron, or mid-mashie, with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has little slope, for hitting long, low shots.

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Etymology

Origin of long iron

First recorded in 1930–35

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long iron

Wearing wooden clogs, Naresh Paswan uses a long iron bar to push fuel through dozens of fire holes that feed the kiln.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11 encouraged McIlroy before a stunning eagle on the par-five 13th - having knocked a risk-reward long iron out of the pinestraw on to the green - accelerated his recovery.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025

Wallace was 202 yards away in the fairway on the par-5 18th, but fanned his long iron into a bunker.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

On the 380-yard 12th hole, Thomas and Fowler each hit a long iron into the fairway, leaving a wedge or short iron.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

I imagined Nancy descending a long iron staircase into the netherworld, and a man who waited for her at the bottom.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver