Flight lessons helped inspire sand wedge

This photo from the Bettman Archives shows Sarazen hitting from a bunker during an exhibition at Shorehaven CC.

This Golf Digest story revisits the legend of Gene Sarazen and his work on a weapon to extricate himself from the sand. Millions of us are indebted to him for this simple idea. But it appears the idea was inspired by flight lessons. Click here to read the story.