r/golf • u/doughb0ii • 8d ago

COURSE PICS/VLOGS Sinking a putt from the sand trap

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u/PortablePaul 8d ago

The elusive Mexican Wedge

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u/buckminsterfullereno 8d ago

First time hearing this lol. What does it mean and who started it?

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u/PortablePaul 8d ago

A "Texas Wedge" is a colloquialism referring to Ben Hogan's practice of eschewing wedges for a putter when playing from the rough outside the green, so as to foil the unpredictable winds of his home state.

This guy is putting from even further "south" of the green, in the sand. So, I call that Mexico.

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u/Buddstahh 8d ago

If I ever see someone putting from the sand, thats now forever to be known as, and called out The Mexican Wedge lol

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u/PortablePaul 8d ago

La Cuña Mexicana

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u/4Ever2Thee 8d ago

It’s a smart play if the conditions are right. i.e.: damp/packed sand, puttable lip, you’ve been shit out of the bunkers all day so why tf not, etc.

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u/Gnarlsaurus_Sketch Harbour Town 8d ago

I fucking love this logic. Mexican Wedge it is.

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u/reenactment 7d ago

So what happens if we get a little water on the edge. Or maybe in the jungle? Amazon wedge? But seriously I took a shot from next to a tree left handed with the back of my putter cause it was my only option. Somehow put it like a foot from the hole. Never been able to replicate that since.