What is a Gap and Lob wedge used for?

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Answer: TB28 is Wrong. A PW (Pitching Wedge) is usually 48 degrees of loft, or think of "loft" as the angle the club face makes in relation to the perpendicular plane of the ground. In other words, picture an "L", and the face of the club is inside the "L". A SW (Sand Wedge) is usually 54 or 56 degrees of loft, and has a much larger sole (or 'bounce') to help "glide" the club through the sand (remember, when hitting a sand shot, you are hitting the sand FIRST, not the ball, so the SW was designed by Sarazen in 1931 to help the ball pop up and out of the sand with more bounce) A LW (Lob Wedge) is usually 60 degrees of loft, and is the most common "last wedge" in a golfers bag--there aren't many 68 or 72 degree clubs out there that I know of. :) Now a GW (Gap Wedge) is excatly that--it fills the gap between either a PW and SW, or a SW and a LW. So it can be 52, 54, or 58, in theory. In my situation, I have a 48 PW, a 56 SW and a 60 LW. I had a HUGE gap between my PW and my SW, so I recently got a GW with 52 degrees of loft to cover this spread. I usually would hit my SW 100-110, and if I had a shot say 120, I would try to really crush a SW to get it there. Now, I just hit a smooth GW and I am good. Hope this helps.

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