Sand Wedge - Usage

Usage

As its name suggests, a sand wedge is used most often to extract the ball from a sand bunker. However, the features which make it useful for this purpose are advantageous in other soft lies such as thick rough, soggy ground or mud. It's also used from firmer grass lies for lobs or chips, generally onto the green. It can also be used as any other short iron would; with a full swing, a skilled golfer can typically hit a sand wedge between 80–100 yards (70–90 m). Tour players often use a lob wedge (60° wedge) to get out of sand traps with controlled trajectory and lots of spin.

Golf clubs
Types of club
  • Woods
  • Hybrids
  • Irons
  • Wedges
  • Putters
Types of wedge
  • Pitching wedge
  • Gap wedge
  • Sand wedge
  • Lob wedge
See also
  • Obsolete golf clubs

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