Definition: The putter, when it is used to putt from off the green. The term was popularized by Ben Hogan. Texas golf courses had a reputation, back in the days of Hogan and earlier, for very hard fairways. A player might have to land a ball short of a green to allow it bounce up onto the green. And when a player's ball stopped short of the green, the putter might be a better choice for the shot because of the hardness of the fairway and collar and the shortness of the grass. So a putter would be used rather than a wedge.
Texas' golf courses have come a long way since then, but the term stuck. A Texas wedge is the putter when used from off the green, or the shot that results.
