Playing windy Open Championship-like golf? Consider a driving iron
At Royal St George’s, Scottie Scheffler employed wind tactics to give himself a great chance to win his first major. With two more rounds to go, he was similarly dominant on Friday, setting up approaches from the fairway while his rivals hit irons off the tee. Scheffler wasn’t the only one using a driving iron: Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland and Rory McIlroy all reached for their driving irons at some point during the round. Patrick Reed, meanwhile, used a driving iron on every hole.Adri Arnaus, who closed with a 66, said: “My favorite club this week is my driving iron, my 2-iron. I’m able to hit it pretty high and pretty long, and It gets me in good positions.”
