Fun to watch and instructive, too. Thanks, Javier!
Lee comes in to the golfsmith here in dallas where I'm the clubmaker and over a period of time has warmed up to me a little...he's not near as animated when it's one on one and no cameras He had brought a reshafted cally driver in to show me the new metal hosel and i started laughing when i saw all of his epoxied forever fingerprints all over the crown...he told about the ugliest club he ever owned...a Helen Hicks Wilson wedge that he used to win two British Opens...it was circa 1940's so it was old even in the 1970's...At Firestone one year, he had set it up against his car in the parking lot and then forgot and left it behind...when he went back it was gone...later on the range, J.Nicklaus walks up with his HH..Jack said he saw it sticking out of a trash can behind the clubhouse when he short cutted to the range and Recognized it 'cause nobody had a wedge that ugly..evidently a car lot attendant had seen it and tossed it ...Lee said he loved it because it had a dot/punch face rather than scoring lines and no matter how you laid the face, you always got a very predictable action..he said he designed and had built a wedge with the scoring lines at a slant so when opened the face, the lines would be more square to the target...his Helen Hicks wedge was later declared illegal because the there were too many dots per square inch...he also said he likes his wedges with a little more offset than usual and will take a 58* and bend it to 56* which increases the offset while reducing bounce...Lee is really really very interesting to talk to...he has great insight and knowledge and it didn't come from a book
Lee comes in to the golfsmith here in dallas where I'm the clubmaker and over a period of time has warmed up to me a little...he's not near as animated when it's one on one and no cameras He had brought a reshafted cally driver in to show me the new metal hosel and i started laughing when i saw all of his epoxied forever fingerprints all over the crown...he told about the ugliest club he ever owned...a Helen Hicks Wilson wedge that he used to win two British Opens...it was circa 1940's so it was old even in the 1970's...At Firestone one year, he had set it up against his car in the parking lot and then forgot and left it behind...when he went back it was gone...later on the range, J.Nicklaus walks up with his HH..Jack said he saw it sticking out of a trash can behind the clubhouse when he short cutted to the range and Recognized it 'cause nobody had a wedge that ugly..evidently a car lot attendant had seen it and tossed it ...Lee said he loved it because it had a dot/punch face rather than scoring lines and no matter how you laid the face, you always got a very predictable action..he said he designed and had built a wedge with the scoring lines at a slant so when opened the face, the lines would be more square to the target...his Helen Hicks wedge was later declared illegal because the there were too many dots per square inch...he also said he likes his wedges with a little more offset than usual and will take a 58* and bend it to 56* which increases the offset while reducing bounce...Lee is really really very interesting to talk to...he has great insight and knowledge and it didn't come from a book
What a great post, Hardpan. And a great story about the Helen Hicks wedge.
Book or no book, Lee's the real deal. Thank you for your insights!
hmmm.....sounds like a slash down hard on the ball, i'm a little confused with the bounce though....i thought we are taught to use it, he seems to say not too. can i get a clearer pic from someone please? thanks
hmmm.....sounds like a slash down hard on the ball, i'm a little confused with the bounce though....i thought we are taught to use it, he seems to say not too. can i get a clearer pic from someone please? thanks
I am not the most qualified to answer, but I'll give it a try. I try to expose more bounce (open the face) in bunkers with deep, soft sand to prevent digging too deep . Conversely, in thin or very firm sand I setup with the face more square and minimize the exposed bounce. This lets you cut into the sand a little more. I also play all standard bunker shots with vertical hinging. IMO, you must read the sand (just like reading a green) properly to make the most effective use of bounce in a bunker.
The thing I found most intriguing was playing the ball back a little in the stance which seems to go counter to all the standard advice. I am definitely going to try that my next foray on the golf course.
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He had brought a reshafted cally driver in to show me the new metal hosel and i started laughing when i saw all of his epoxied forever fingerprints all over the crown...he told about the ugliest club he ever owned...a Helen Hicks Wilson wedge that he used to win two British Opens...it was circa 1940's so it was old even in the 1970's...At Firestone one year, he had set it up against his car in the parking lot and then forgot and left it behind...when he went back it was gone...later on the range, J.Nicklaus walks up with his HH..Jack said he saw it sticking out of a trash can behind the clubhouse when he short cutted to the range and Recognized it 'cause nobody had a wedge that ugly..evidently a car lot attendant had seen it and tossed it 
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