CURVED BALL FLIGHT golf science

Curved ball flight has just a single cause, and that is a tilt from the horizontal of the ball spin axis. This, in turn, has only one majo...

THE EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND BALL WEIGHT and THE EFFECTS OF HEAD- AND TAILWINDS

The effects of lift and drag described in the previous section may be surprising to anyone unfamiliar with aerodynamic forces. To put thes...

THE GOLF BALL TAKES FLIGHT Part 2 ball drag and speed

Figure 2F Relative drag of a golf ball and same-diameter smooth ball. drag data on a single curve. This is illustrated in Figur...

THE GOLF BALL TAKES FLIGHT : Relative lift of a golf ball and Rotating golf ball acting

The term “ ball flight”  was deliberately omitted in the last section. In this section, we see that the golf ball, struck by a lofted club,...

THE GAME WITHOUT DIMPLES and THE GOLF BALL AS A PROJECTILE

THE GAME WITHOUT DIMPLES Figure 2A shows a side elevation view of the average trajectory of PGA Tour players. The initial ball speed is ...

Chapter 2: The Aerodynamics Of Golf Ball Flight

Chapter 2 is devoted to the aerodynamics of a golf ball flight. However, it is fitting to provide a short historical introduction to this ...

The History Of Golf Equipment : The Carbon-Fiber Shafts and drivers

The carbon fiber, reinforced, the light-weight shaft was developed in 1969 by the Shakespeare Sporting Goods Company, for whom Frank Thoma...

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN GOLF EQUIPMENT OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS

A primary source for understanding the fundamental aspects of golf is still the superlative study, titled Search for the Perfect Swing, b...

INTRODUCTION Part 2 of The Science behind the golf swing

then we have   Figure 1B Average force from the club face impact for the ball to accelerate from 0 to 150 mph in ...