the Golf Gods of Pelican Hills<\/a>, abandoned on the side of the 18th geen as I desperately tried to finish the round. Ouch. Both were legacy clubs from my grandfather, including the Ping pitching wedge.<\/p>\nAnyway, I ran out Sunday afternoon to a local golf shop that does a lot of used club sales. I picked up a Fuzzy Zoeller pitching wedge and a massively heavy no-name sand wedge for $12. I also picked up a 6-iron for Doyce, who had been pining for one for some time; since it was missing a label, it was free, hot damn.<\/p>\n
Let’s just say that Doyce was a lot happier with the 6 than I was with the P. Not that it’s the club’s fault (in my case), just bad play.<\/p>\n
My putting and my short fairway woods were pretty good, though.<\/p>\n
Got to play more …<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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