So last season, I was playing nine holes after work one evening with a co-worker.  Last hole of the round and I’m taking my approach shot with the old pitching wedge.  I swing, then watch in horror as the head of my club sails down the fairway.  Are you kidding?  These clubs are only three years old and one of them snapped already?  They cost four times as much as my original set that lasted me twelve years and have since been passed down to my kids!  Tip: You don’t always get what you pay for.

Maybe I was just angry and being irrational, but I refused to spend the money on a new wedge.  I borrowed one from another stinky golfer, but I just couldn’t hit it right.  I tried going back and forth between my nine iron and another wedge, but quickly realized that was also not going to work.  However, it was late enough in the year that the season was winding down and I could just wait until the off season to pick one up.  Well, it’s the off-season.

Now, as I prepare to bring myself out to a golf shop to pickup a new wedge, I wonder how I should decide to buy one.  What I mean is, do I look for one from the same brand as I currently have?  Do I get more specific and look for not just the same manufacturer, but also from the same line?  Or do I ignore that entirely and just buy the one that feels best to me after trying them out?

In my own opinion, the latter option makes the most sense – just buy the one that feels best.  However, is that the right thing to do?  Would it make more sense to buy the one that matches the rest of the set and therefore feels the same as all of the other clubs in your bag?  Would I rather hit a club that feels better, but at the same time feels different than all of my other clubs?  Would I mess up every time I hit it because I’m trying to compensate in some way?  But in the same sense, do I purchase the one I may like less simply because there will be no difference between all of my clubs and, therefore, no compensation necessary?

You know what…this is way too much to comprehend and consider in order to purchase just one club.  I plan on doing this after the new year, but honestly, I’m getting such a headache just thinking about it!  Maybe I can just make the nine iron work…

Swing ’til you’re happy!