Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, I put the PCF Micro WS lob wedge to the test at Golden Bear Golf Center. The day was heavily clouded and cool, with scarcely a trace of a breeze. I went to the short game area, where I ran the sand drill with the sand wedge, simulating chipping and then pitching. Next, I hit a few balls out the bunker to get warmed up. My first couple of shots out the bunker were well done, but left two in the bunker when I took too much sand. Still, I was pretty happy.

Next, I got out my new PCF Micro WS lob wedge. For the first test, I hit some short, up-hill chips off a tight lie (the bermuda grass is still largely dormant, but showing some green sprouts here and there). My first chip was a beauty: perfect trajectory and distance, the ball ended up 6 inches from the hole. I hit a few more chips at that hole and even got another ball closer. Next, I hit long chips at another hole on a tight, sidehill lie. Again, good control of trajectory and distance; I really had only one badly struck ball (hit thin). I moved on to hitting short and medium length pitches from an up-hill lie, and these shots were just magical. With seemingly little effort, the shots were very high with little roll after hitting the ground. I was very pleased.

Next, I got some balls and went to the range. I warmed up by hitting a few sand wedges, and then alternated clubs through the bag, hitting about 5 balls with each. The sand wedge shots were very good (except one fattie). I had a good warmup except for the longer clubs. I then hit a few full shots with the new lob wedge, and found that this club is more consistent in distance than my previous CX Micro lob wedge and definitely more forgiving on mishits. The new lob wedge has earned a place in my bag. I didn’t notice much difference in the PCF Micro sand wedge vs. my old CX Micro sand wedge, so the jury is still out on that club. Might need a playoff to decide…

Next, I got out the longer clubs and spent the rest of my available practice time alternating the hybrid, 7- and 4-woods and the driver. I struck the hybrid and 7-wood very well, but neither the 4-wood or the driver would cooperate today.

I’m really pleased with my new PCF Micro Wide Sole lob wedge. It’s kicked the CX Micro lob wedge out of my bag due to more forgiveness on chipping and pitching, and better distance control on full and partial swings. I’m really pleased with it. The new sand wedge hasn’t yet kicked the CX Micro from my bag, more testing will be required to determine the winner.