What are irons in golf and whats the difference in golf clubs 1 – 9?

Within a full golf set, irons are one of the 3 viz., putter, woods and irons. Wedges are considered to be the 4th subset by some people. But basically, wedges are irons even if they are segregated. Irons are the clubs that are generally used from the fairway. In some cases, irons are often hit from the tee also. Irons have thin, ridged faces with varying lofts. In a set of golf clubs the most common range of irons carried is, 3-iron through pitching wedge.

Generally you can use irons, when you are less than 200 yards away from the green. The more you get closer to the green, the frequency of using the iron gets higher. As per standard norms a set of irons have 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 irons plus the Pitching Wedge (PW). It is difficult to hit the 3 and 4 irons than the higher number irons. As the popularity of playing golf is increasing day by day, ladies, senior golfers and handicap golfers are shifting to a modified standard golf set in which the 3 and 4 irons are replaced with higher lofted woods especially 7 and 9 woods. This is because, higher lofted woods, like the 7 and 9 woods are easier to hit than to hit a 3 or 4 iron.