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  2. Golf club - Wikipedia

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    A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf.Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety of shots; hybrids that combine design elements of woods and irons are becoming increasingly popular; putters are used mainly on the green to roll the ...

  3. Gap wedge - Wikipedia

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    Gap wedges are loosely defined, but typically have the loft between that of a pitching wedge and sand wedge, between 50 and 54 degrees. [2] At the extremes there is redundancy with either the pitching wedge (typically 48°) or the sand wedge (typically 56°), however some players will "fine-tune" the lofts of these other wedges to their play style, leading to alternate loft choices for a gap ...

  4. Wedge (golf) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Lob wedge - Wikipedia

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    Lob wedges are part of the iron family of golf clubs and are designed for short, high arc shots. [1] Lob wedges and ultra lob wedges are designed with the shortest shafts and the highest loft of all golf clubs. [2] Regular lob wedges may come in a variety of lofts, usually starting around 56 degrees and approaching 60.

  6. Golf - Wikipedia

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    Golf clubs are used to hit a golf ball. Each club is composed of a shaft with a lance (or "grip") on the top end and a club head on the bottom. Long clubs, which have a lower amount of degree loft, are those meant to propel the ball a comparatively longer distance, and short clubs a higher degree of loft and a comparatively shorter distance.

  7. Wood (golf) - Wikipedia

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    An Adams Golf Insight BUL 5000 460 cm 3 9.5° (left), an early 1980s Pinnacle Persimmon driver (right).. A wood is a type of club used in the sport of golf.Woods have longer shafts and larger, rounder heads than other club types, and are used to hit the ball longer distances than other types.

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