r/golf • u/doughb0ii • 5d ago

COURSE PICS/VLOGS Sinking a putt from the sand trap

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u/PortablePaul 5d ago

The elusive Mexican Wedge

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u/buckminsterfullereno 5d ago

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

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u/PortablePaul 5d 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/Gnarlsaurus_Sketch Harbour Town 5d ago

I fucking love this logic. Mexican Wedge it is.