Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon, members of the Cartwright family in âBonanza.â Credit NBC.
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.
A gap wedge is usually lofted at 52 degrees, although can be some variation. Pitching wedges usually have a loft of about 48 degrees (although older pitching wedges sometimes have higher lofts), while sand wedges usually range from 55 to 58 degrees. This leaves a gap in loft that the gap wedge is designed to fill.