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.
Gap wedges were designed to bridge the gap between the pitching wedge and the sand wedge and typically have a loft angle between 50 and 56 degrees. Theyâre the newest of the wedges, designed in response to casual golfersâ need for more range.