sand wedge

noun

golf a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear

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Yang holed out with a sand wedge, giving her the lead for the first time in the final round.

He took a full swing with a sand wedge, opened the face and watched it float high and land soft, 12 feet for a birdie.

When his bunker shot ran some 25 feet by the hole, he whacked the rake with his sand wedge.

His short game failed him too, as he sent a short sand wedge over the back of the green on No. 3.

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