I just answered a post at TheSandTrap, which prompted:
You can only use five clubs to play your next round. Quick! What do you pick?
My response:
The five clubs I would take are:
1) Putter
2) 56* sand wedge
3) 8 iron
4) 3 iron
5) DriverWost case scenario, I’m left with a 120 – 135 yard carry over something and the 8 iron flies too far and the wedge too short. But, I suppose I would do a good bit of positioning during the round to avoid that yardage / situation.
Taking a putter seems to be a given for many people. I’m not convinced I would need it. I do pretty well using the blade of my sand wedge. The driver is somewhat irrelevant, too. I could drive with a three-iron and be sufficiently long to score well. On most courses, with the five clubs above I would probably be using the three-iron off of the tee to position for the eight-iron.