Last year, on a 152-yard par 3, I took a drive with (I think) a 4-iron that landed on the fringe, about twenty feet away from the pin. At the time, a birdie wasn't on my mind, my goal was just to get it close. But I had recently heard a tip that, when you're in the fringe, use a 7-iron to chip. So I did. I watched as it hopped, then rolled. No break, nothing. Then it dropped. My brother and my cousin were the only witnesses to my first (and unfortunately, as of yet, only) birdie. I've been trying to get more all season, but I can't seem to do it.