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re: Looking for some new wedges

Posted by Phate on 8/16/26 at 1:05 pm to
My next iron is PW at 42. I hit that around 145-150. Typically my irons around are around a 15 yard gap.

re: Looking for some new wedges

Posted by Phate on 8/16/26 at 11:22 am to
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The first mistake you're making, IMO, is trying to do full swings with a 60. Even a 56 can get dicey.

I play 48, 54, 58, with a lightly heavier shaft in the 58.

My approach is anything greater than a 3/4 58* shot, and I go to the 54.

The other thing to look at is the sole on those two wedges. If one is a different grind than the other, that may be contributing to your struggles. Just something to consider.


Never thought about this. Full swing with the 56 and 60 are really the only two I consistently hit poorly. When I need less distance I prefer choking down on a club and taking an easier full swing that doing a 1/2 or 3/4 swing. With my approach wedge and above it normally works out fine. Never really occurred to me to do that instead of full swing shots with the 56 and 60.

Without the 56 and 60 my highest lofted club is my approach wedge at 47. Full swing with that goes 130-135. I'm looking to add two wedges below that to replace the 56 and 60.

re: Looking for some new wedges

Posted by Phate on 8/14/26 at 11:57 am to
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Kirkland Signature wedge set is the best value in golf for 95% of golfers. They are solid wedges. I am a 7 hcp and they are just as good as big name wedges. You get a 52,56,60 for the price of 1 titleist, callaway, taylormade wedge.


I came across these yesterday and looked at reviews. Most people seem to love them. Only issue is they are sold out for right handed. They just released the gen 3's so I assume at some point they would get them back in stock.

re: Looking for some new wedges

Posted by Phate on 8/13/26 at 10:09 am to
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Check out Edison. Fantastic return policy.
I could not hit a 60 until I got my Edison wedge.
The multi-tiered sole makes it so easy to get through grass and sand ... especial hard-pan - tight lies.
I have 59, 55, and 51.
Love them.


Nice I'll look into them as well.

re: Looking for some new wedges

Posted by Phate on 8/13/26 at 9:10 am to
Thanks for all the recommendations. I'll look into the Cleveland wedges. I played Cleveland for my 56 before the Vokey and from what I remember I hit it pretty well. Also need to search around for a possible demo or fitting day.

Looking for some new wedges

Posted by Phate on 8/12/26 at 6:42 pm
My 56 and 60 are by far the worse clubs in my bag. For the life of me I can't hit a decent full swing shot with either club. They are old Vokey's. I bought them used and I've probably had them for at least 15 years. The club face and grooves are pretty worn out also the shafts are original to the club. Two years ago I got fitted and bought Callaway Paradym irons. I hit them really well. The shafts are True Temper x100 x-stiff.

When the course is wet I tend to hit them really fat but my normal miss is blading the shite out of the ball and sending it well over the green. My approach wedge is 47 degrees. I hit it around 130 yards. Then there's a large gap to my 56 which I hit 100 yards. I'm thinking of getting a 52 and a 56 and just dropping the 60. Is it crazy to spend the money for a fitting for just wedges? For my wedges I've never paid attention to loft angle, bounce, grind, etc but I want to improve my game from 120 or so and in. Maybe a fitting would help.

re: Crime Scene Cleaner

Posted by Phate on 8/11/26 at 8:07 am to
I'll play it at some point. Years ago I played a similar game called Serial Cleaner. It was a 2D top down game where you cleaned up crime scenes while avoiding cops. It was a lot of fun.
My gains (mostly unrealized) so far in 2026 are a bit more than my gross salary through July. Still have a couple decades of work ahead of me but hopefully there will be a comfortable retirement in my future.
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Did Louisiana win play in game



Texas West won 2-0
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Nah. They probably ate 3/5th of their plate.


Well done sir

Never played any of the following Red Dead, Zelda, Half-life, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, or Uncharted.
Mt grandparents lived there for a long time before my grandfather passed away. The biggest thing I took from them living there was listening to how much he hated the annoying harpies from the HOA. My grandmother moved years ago so no clue if that has changed. Other than that it is a nice looking neighborhood,

re: Cartbag

Posted by Phate on 7/16/26 at 10:45 pm to
I use an Ask Echo T-LOCK and I love it. A slot for each club and the irons aren't banging against each other.
I have my roth and rollover traditional IRA in VTSAX. It seems like over time VIGAX outperforms VTSAX. Would it be a good idea to change to VIGAX? I'm 43 so I'll likely have another 20 years of work and contributions to the roth.
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From an intelligence level, Kagan is aight.


I was going to say this. It's a bit disrespectful to compare her intelligence to the other two.
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His lip was quivering because he wanted to hit her, but knew that big black dude would destroy him.



That pussy couldn't throw a punch hard enough to hurt my 8 year old daughter. His lip was quivering because it took everything for him to not run away to his safe space crying.
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I remember laying in my hooch in Iraq at 2am watching his introduction press conference..... Great times!!



Thank you for your service. :usa: :usa:



To be on topic my first season as a season ticket holder was Jay's first season. I have two programs from his first game that I want to get signed.
Are away tickets determined by lifetime ranking and LSU season tickets are determined by philanthropic ranking?

Why are there two rankings anyway and why are they so different? Lifetime has 4k more in the rankings than philanthropic.

Isn't the pic below miscalculating the points that would be added? Doesn't it need to be a donation of at least $100k?

Is it a large corporate dental office? My wife is a dental hygienist and she has worked for a few huge practices. Every time she was expected to upsell additional services and products. Now she works for a small local practice with one doctor. No upselling on anything just simply doing what the patient actually needs. Find a different dentist.
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I'm surprised they allow that. I'm staying 4 days, so I will just book it as 2 2 day stays.


I haven't booked back to back stays with FHR or The Edit but from what I've seen online most of the time if the hotel sees the same name on back to back reservations they will consider it a single stay and you won't get double benefits. One possible way around that is to actually check out after the first reservation and then check back in for the second. Not guaranteed to work but staying in the room for both reservations very likely won't get you double benefits.