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Though technically a wedge, pitching wedges are generally treated as if they were numbered irons.This is for a number of reasons: first, before the term "wedge" became common for high-loft short irons, the pitching wedge was actually numbered as the "10-iron" of a matched set, and to this day it follows the normal loft progression of the numbered irons.
The class of wedges grew out of the need for a better club for playing soft lies and short shots. Prior to the 1930s, the best club for short "approach" shots was the "niblick", roughly equivalent to today's 9-iron or pitching wedge in loft; however the design of this club, with a flat, angled face and virtually no "sole", made it difficult to use in sand and other soft lies as it was prone to ...
Niblick or Rut Niblick – a trouble club and pitching iron and generally the most lofted of the 19th century irons, with a very small rounded head and a loft equivalent to a modern nine iron or wedge. [5] [better source needed] The traditional set of irons was invented by Archibald Barrie, and was used from 1903 until about the 1940s.
Pitching wedge. Rory McIlroy had let tournaments get away in the majors (U.S. Open), at home (Irish Open) and in the European flagship event (Wentworth). He closed out the year in the DP World ...
The pitching wedges and gap wedges (45-53 degrees) have grooves that are deep and narrow to mimic the grooves found in irons. The grooves in the sand wedges and lob wedges (54 to 62 degrees) are ...
Those nerves didn’t show up in his shot, as he gripped his pitching wedge and once again landed his shot on the green. This time, however, it was about 20 feet short of the hole and funneled its ...
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