Sand wedge

This article is about golf equipment. For a wedge as feature of periglacial environment, see ice wedge.
Not to be confused with Sandwich.
A golfer uses a sand wedge to hit the ball from a green-side bunker.

A sand wedge, or sand iron, is a type of golf club, an open-faced wedge primarily designed for getting out of sand bunkers.[1] It has the widest sole of any wedge, which provides the greatest amount of bounce, allowing the club head to glide through sand and avoid digging in. After Gene Sarazen had success in 1932 with a new club that he had invented for sand play, its popularity quickly grew. The club can be advantageous in other soft lies—such as thick rough, soggy ground, or mud—and is also used from firmer grass lies for lobs or chips.

  1. ^ HORII, Hirosuke; KOIZUMI, Takayuki; TSUJIUCHI, Nobutaka; MIKI, Mitsunori; HIDAKA, Jusuke; YAMAMOTO, Akio (2004). "Assessment of Sand Wedge Shape Properties by Particle Element Method". The Proceedings of Joint Symposium: Symposium on Sports Engineering, Symposium on Human Dynamics. 2004: 156–161. doi:10.1299/jsmesports.2004.0_156. ISSN 2433-1309.