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  2. Golf swing - Wikipedia

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    A "pitch shot" is a shot played with a high lofted club, a lob wedge, sand wedge, gap wedge, or pitching wedge, with lofts ranging from 49° to 62°. These high lofted clubs are designed to hit the ball high from short distances, usually from 30–70 yards (30–60 m) and closer.

  3. Long drive - Wikipedia

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    Long drive clubs, which are always drivers, differ in several ways from consumer clubs. Until the recent club length limitation rules, the shafts were much longer than a normal 45 in (114.3 cm) shaft, sometimes exceeding 55 in (139.7 cm). In 2005, a 50 in (127.0 cm) limitation was introduced (measured vertically).

  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. 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 ...

  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. How do athletes avoid wedgies? And more Olympic questions you ...

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    Q: How do gymnasts avoid wedgies? A: Believe it or not, there’s a spray for that. Gymnast Nastia Liukin, the all-around gold medalist at the 2008 Olympics, told People.com in 2016 that some ...

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...