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A sand wedge is a golf club used to stroke a golf ball from a sand bunker, also known as a sand trap, bunker or hazard. Designed in 1930 by Gene Sarazen the short-shafted sand wedge is often the heaviest of the 14 clubs, weighing nearly 40 ounces (1150 grams) with a typical loft angle of 54 to 56 degrees. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Some golf clubs Golf clubs are used in the sport of golf to hit a golf ball. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gene Sarazen (born Eugenio Saraceni) (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) is one of the few golfers to win all the Major Championships in his career, including 1922 US Open 1922 PGA Championship 1923 PGA Championship 1932 US Open 1932 British Open 1933 PGA Championship 1935 The Masters Winner of...

It's probably pretty epic to cram one of these up your kabosh, but it's not recommended by anybody. This process would seriously punish your kabosh.

Because Gene Sarazen began winning tournaments in the 1930s with a new club he'd invented, he was hailed as the inventor of the sand wedge. However, history goes further back than that. In the nineteenth century, players used a variety of clubs designed to get them out of trouble. "Spoon" clubs offered varying degrees of loft and allowed players to scoop their ball out of sand traps and deep rough. As manufacturers became more and more innovative with club design, new types of wedges appeared. Some had concave faces, others featured deeply grooved faces, but not all of these designs conformed to USGA and R&A regulations, and many were banned. With the concave-faced wedge having been outlawed in 1931, Sarazen designed his sand wedge with a straight face. Another modification that he made was to add extra lead to the front edge of the club face, allowing it to cut through the sand more smoothly. After he won the 1932 British and U.S. Opens with the help of his new club, its popularity quickly grew. The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. ...

Though its name and primary function is to skim and bounce through sand particles, it's also used from grass lies for short or high-trajectory shots. Additionally, the professional golfer can typically hit a full swing sand wedge between 80-120 yards.