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Golf · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.5

Iron Play

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Striking irons: shaft lean and compression, distances through the set, aiming approaches, and long irons and hybrids.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Ball-then-turf contactTake a test

  1. It reduces the loft the face presents.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Hence 'compressing' the ball.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  3. The sound and flight are solid and penetrating.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Flipping the wrists adds loft and costs strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Loft and the downward strike get the ball airborne.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Slightly further forward than at address.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. The face closes and loft is added.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Hands ahead means a crisp, descending strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. The lead comes from the body.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. It takes loft off and compresses the ball.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2Distances through the setTake a test

  1. Shafts also shorten by about half an inch each.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  2. Gaps shrink at the long end for slower swings.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. Guessing leaves many shots short.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Club up, as average strikes go shorter.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Two clubs going the same distance waste a slot in the bag.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  6. Cold air is denser and the ball is less lively.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  7. For wind, cold or an uphill shot.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Less loft, more distance.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  9. Each iron is about half an inch shorter than the one before.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  10. Even gaps are what a well-matched set gives.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

Test 3Approach shotsTake a test

  1. Little green is left to stop a chip, so saving par is hard.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. The safe play is away from it.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. Front, middle and back numbers help choose the club.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  4. Distance control is never perfect.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Play the shot you have, not a new one.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Some misses are far cheaper than others.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. The distance was right, the line was off.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  8. Bring the risk in only when the shot allows.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Club choice comes after the target.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. The middle leaves a putt even after a small miss.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 4Long irons and hybridsTake a test

  1. A wide sole and low weight get the ball up.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  2. Slower swings cannot launch it high enough.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. A low, deep centre of gravity raises launch.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  4. A thin iron head gets snagged more easily.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  5. Players use it for control off the tee in wind.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  6. Hybrids and fairway woods fill that gap.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. It sits between the two in ball position too.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Low, deep weight helps the hybrid.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

  9. A 3-wood is about 15 degrees, a 7-iron above 30.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  10. Hybrids join a wood's shape to an iron's length.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material on ball flight, named books where a phrase is theirs, and the Equipment Rules and Rules of Golf where a number is set there; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)20
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)17
  • Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane)3