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Originally Posted by JPsuff
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You know, for all of the years in which I played my best golf, the only wedges I ever carried were a Pitching Wedge and a Sand Wedge. But then I started carrying multiple wedges and that's when everything went all screwy in the short-pitch area of my game. I think that I'm going to go back to my old setup; take the 55 and the 60 out of the bag, put the 2-iron back in and leave it at that.
I mean, the rest of my game is pretty much the same as it was "back-in-the-day", and at what point did it become mandatory to carry a whole squadron of wedges anyway? I guess I got "marketed" like everyone else, but I think the drugs have finally worn off and I can see the essential silliness of all of this. Maybe the pro's have found a valid reason for carrying all this extra iron but for the life of me, I can't figure out why I need all these extra wedges.
This game was much simpler and much easier with just two wedges and I want it to be simple and easy again.
-JP
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I'm going out and a limb and agreeing with JP for a change. I'm just carrying 9 clubs at the moment, and only 2 wedges, my 45° PW and 56° SW (with 14° bounce). Like JP, my short game is starting to look more like it did before I got the gap wedge, and before I starting messing around with the 60°. I've found that when my game goes in the toilet, the quickest way form me to refocus is to start taking excess clubs out of my bag.
I get 2 benefits from it... my bag is lighter to carry, and I find that I start thinking more about the shot than I do about the club. I also find that I commit to a shot more when I don't have any choice as to what club to use. Example: Today I had an approach shot on the 18th hole from 180 out. That would normally put me in the range of a strong 5h or a weak 4h
. Now I'm only carrying the 5h, so I could choose the club without any indecision
, and my only focus was on the shot I needed to make. It was easy to commit myself to the shot, and I made one of my best swings of the day, putting the ball just 8 feet from the hole. (Unfortunately I misread the putt and missed 2" on the high side, but that's another story.
Par is always a good score on that hole.
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