pitching wedge

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pitching wedge

n
(Golf) golf a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
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Noun1.pitching wedge - a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstaclespitching wedge - a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles
wedge - (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
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He can swap the pitching wedge for a driver too, launching the Blues forward.
"But I had left my pitching wedge beside the first green.
Crotty aced the 118-yard 17th hole using a pitching wedge while playing with Joe Forest, Ron Reed and Craig Stanovich.
For lower-trajectory chips use a lower-lofted club like a 6 iron; for higher-lofted chips use a pitching wedge or 9-iron.
A round of 72 left the 2013 US Open champion six shots off the pace, but a second round of 70 in tough conditions kept his dreams of a second major title very much alive, thanks largely to chipping in twice in succession with the same pitching wedge.
Pitching wedge in hand, I wandered away from a brief period of putting practice intent on chipping a few balls towards the hole at the far end of the putting green.
Supported by flawless catching and brilliant outfielding, England's bowlers skittled New Zealand for just 185 on a flat deck and in a rugby stadium where the straight boundaries were nearer a pitching wedge than a tee shot away.
The hole is a 105-yard par 3 and he used a pitching wedge.
Tovey joked: "I managed to put it over with a pitching wedge! No, not really!
The 56 degree club is designed as a pitching wedge, and the 60 degree club is a lob wedge.
In that event, Mike Schlinke holed out on the seventh hole while 11-year-old rising star Deanna Ngo holed her tee shot on the tricky ninth hole with a pitching wedge.
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