I am a higher handicapper (20-21) and even though I have a slower swing speed and tend to hit it shorter than others, I always felt that my short game needed work. There is some low-hanging fruit there to save a few strokes.

I have been carrying some wedges made by a company named after a city in Ohio :-) and they've been just "ok." Nothing particularly wrong with them, but I never felt like they did much to help, if you know what I mean.

So anyway, I decided to replace them with Vokey SM9s -- a 52.08F and a 56.10S -- and I played those wedges for the first time this past weekend. All I can say is wow. I am not the best ball-striker even in my chipping and pitching, but this weekend, I was making good clean contact with the ball and those wedges sent the ball where I wanted it to go and the ball (testing both Pro V1X and Tour Speed) would check up and stop, cool as a cucumber. Nothing ran off the green except one or two where I made a very poor strike. But when I made that good contact, the Vokeys felt great. Never really thought about the feel of a wedge before, but I do now.

Even with my absolute least-favorite shot in golf -- the 50-60 yarder -- I felt more in control and more comfortable. I'm a convert!