sand wedge

Thân thiện

A golfer uses a sand wedge to escape a bunker.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A golf club designed for hitting a golf ball out of a sand trap (bunker): A "sand wedge" is a type of golf club with a heavy, angled head (loft) specifically engineered to lift a ball from soft surfaces like sand or deep grass.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • He selected his sand wedge to play the shot from the bunker.
  • A good sand wedge is essential for any golfer's short game.
  • She practiced her bunker shots with the sand wedge for an hour.

Advanced Usage

• "to use a sand wedge": To employ this specific club for a shot.
  • For this lie in the rough, you might want to use a sand wedge instead of a pitching wedge.

Variants and Related Words

• Wedge (n): A broader category of golf clubs with a high loft, including the pitching wedge, gap wedge, lob wedge, and sand wedge.
• Bunker (n): A hollow filled with sand on a golf course, often called a sand trap.
• Lob wedge (n): A golf club with even more loft than a sand wedge, used for very high, short shots.

Synonyms

• Sand iron (n): An older, less common term for a sand wedge.

Related Phrases

• "Open the face of the sand wedge": A technique where the clubface is angled to the right (for a right-handed player) to increase loft and bounce when hitting from sand.
  • To get the ball out softly, remember to open the face of the sand wedge at address.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a wedge used to get out of sand traps