TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For consistency, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: GOLF 
Clue: In golfing slang, to use a "Texas wedge" is to use this club when not on the green

SOLUTION: a putter

PROBLEM: Category: PRESIDENTIAL PETS 
Clue: Charlie, one of the Kennedys' dogs, was a distant offspring of the dog that played this role in "The Thin Man"

SOLUTION: asta

PROBLEM: Category: INVENTIONS 
Clue: In the 1880s John McTammany, Jr. received several patents for this type of piano

SOLUTION:
player piano