Nine iron's bagged before Woods finally holes (5)

'holes' is the definition.
('fix' can be a synonym of 'hole')

'nine iron's bagged before woods finally' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'nine' could be 'ix' (roman numeral) and 'ix' is found within the answer.
'iron's' could be 'fes' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron) and 'fes' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?