pitching wedge
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- noun
- /ˈpɪtʃɪŋ wɛdʒ/
- Jargon
:
wedge de golf
- For short approach shots onto the green, I always choose my pitching wedge to get the ball closer to the hole.
- hit a pitching wedge
- use your pitching wedge
- pitching wedge from 100 yards
Examples
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I'm going to pound the pitching wedge the same way I pound that gap wedge last swings.
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Do you even know what a pitching wedge is?
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Princess, grab your pitching wedge.
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He waved his pitching wedge.
Fiction book (2001) -
The two old friends have lost everything except a golf club, a pitching wedge they both use on approach shots. Everything else is gone: houses, wives, kids, possessions, golf shoes, golf bag—poof! Since they have only one ball left, they take turns shooting.
Fiction book (1996) -
After his drive, he took out his pitching wedge to hit the ball over the bunkers toward the green.
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Using a pitching wedge effectively can help you navigate around obstacles on the course.
Synonyms
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5.7
A golf club with a high face used for short shots onto the green
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5.9
A golf club with a high loft used to hit short, high approach shots
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally a type of wedge used for ‘pitching’ (short, high-loft approach) shots, so if a learner knows ‘wedge’ in the golf sense and ‘pitching’ as a short golf shot they can derive the meaning. However, ‘pitching’ often evokes the baseball sense for learners and the term is domain-specific to golf, so the precise function (high loft, short approach shots) may not be fully predictable without some golf knowledge.
Etymology
Pitching wedge comes from pitching, meaning a 'short, high shot', and wedge, a club with a steep, wedge-shaped face that lifts the ball. So the club is made to 'pitch' the ball over obstacles and onto the green.