Being able to drive from afar is useless when you re no good at the short game. Golf wedges are called scoring clubs because most of the time they determine whether you get a par or a birdie.
Golf wedges are actually irons, only a bit more specialized because they are higher lofted than the 9-iron. Considered as the scoring clubs, there are three types of golf wedges the sand wedge golf club, gap wedge and the lob wedge golf club.