(credit: CBS) DENVER (CBS4) â Each year more than 3 million people visit Rocky Mountain National Park but it may soon cost more to get in. For the first time in 9 years thereâs a proposal to have park visitors pay $20 for a 1-day pass or $30 for a 7-day pass. Currently $20 will get visitors seven consecutive days at the park.
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 two wedges in their golf bags - a pitching wedge and a sand wedge. The technology has changed to the point that golfers use a pitching wedge, an approach wedge and a lob wedge on their trek to the green. The approach wedge is also called a gap wedge. The approach wedge has a loft of 50 to 54 degrees. It has more loft than a pitching wedge and less loft than a lob wedge. It is used on short shots to the green when the golfer wants to hit the ball high and land it softly.
A pitching wedge is the lowest-lofted of the named wedges, used to hit a variety of short-range shots. The modern pitching wedge has a loft of around 48Â° (exact lofts vary by clubmaker and player preference) and little or no bounce (angle of the sole to the ground).The pitching wedge is descended from the niblick, an obsolete blade-style club with a high loft.he modern sand wedge still uses the ideas of high mass, high loft, and bounce angle, but the modern sand wedge clubhead has much higher mass than earlier designs, up to 40oz (2.5 lb, 1.13 kg), to drive the clubhead through the firmer sand found in many courses.