{"id":69,"date":"2012-10-09T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2013-02-04T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:40:58","slug":"chip-shots-does-grass-type-matter-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/chip-shots-does-grass-type-matter-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Chip Shots: Does Grass Type Matter in Golf?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/grass3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"123\" width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/grass2.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span>I have a question: Do you know what type of grass your playing golf on? Does it even matter? 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