Welcome to memory lane. In our new video series, called “Backspin,” GOLF.com’s equipment editors Jonathan Wall and Andrew Tursky (that’s me) take a look back at popular old videos on the internet.

For those who fear the blade, the chunk or the shot that hits the lip and returns to your feet, there is help to be found.

Wedge milestones are fairly easy to measure. Gene Sarazen gets credit for turning the common niblick into what we now call ...