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By Steve Silverman. An approach wedge is used by golfers when a pitching wedge is too much club on the golfer's approach to the green. Less than 20 years ago, golfers had a pitching wedge and a sand wedge in their golf bags.
The pitching wedge has a bounce of angle of between 0-5 degrees. The gap wedge has a bounce angle between 5-12 degrees. The sand wedge has a bounce angle between 10-16 degrees, and the loft wedge has a bounce angle between 0-10 degrees.Wedges are used for a wide variety of shots close to the green. Most players carry three wedges: the pitching wedge, the sand wedge, and either the gap wedge or the loft wedge.nd the loft wedge has 58-60 degrees of loft. The lob wedge has about 64 degrees of loft. Gene Sarazen invented the sand wedge over 70 years ago. Bounce angle is another difference between wedges.