Word: three-iron
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...with the trees on the left, but gently. Too much left and you're in the woods. The ideal tee shot is a low, running draw that goes slightly left of center in order to catch a steep slope tilting toward the green, leaving you a two-or three-iron home. If you fade your drive to the right, you've got an impossible downhill-sidehill shot that is at least two club numbers longer. From the right side you can't hit the green, even with a three-wood, and you may bury yourself...
...that round, Smallnick kept making incredibly lucky shots, but none was so amazing as a three-iron that he hit on the tenth hole. After hooking his drive on the 390-yard dogleg to the left. Smallnick could not even see the green for the trees. The smart Engineer then devised a plan which would propel his ball on a flight pattern like that of a boomerang. He would hook the ball around the trees...
...nationwide television audience got a close look at Palmer in his career's finest moment. With three holes to go, Palmer needed one birdie to tie and two to beat another young star, California's Ken Venturi, 28. Recalls Palmer: "When I came off the 15th green, everybody was cheering. I could hear them, but they weren't getting to me?if I didn't get the bird it was all meaningless to me. On 16, I hit a three-iron to get the ball up to the hole, but I eased off. I didn't want to go over...