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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Lafferty, Chip |
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| Author Affiliation: | Superintendent, Rye Golf Club, Rye, New York |
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| Title: | Are we outdistancing ourselves?: The powers that be work to put the brakes on golf equipment advances |
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| Column Name: | Mind snack
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| Source: | Tee to Green [NY]. November/December 2005, p. 8-9. |
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| Publishing Information: | Rye, New York: Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Equipment for play; Rules of golf; United States Golf Association; Golf industry; The R & A
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| Abstract/Contents: | Suggests that "more rigorous standards of golf course maintenance, along with advances in...equipment - both clubs and balls - have changed the way the game is played. It's become less a game of strategy and shot making and more a game of power with golfers able to take their high-tech clubs and drive their high-tech balls so far that many of the nation's best courses are becoming obsolete." Discusses potential ways to "ensure the game's integrity for years to come," including proposing "improved testing procedures, equipment, and guidelines for golf balls and clubs." Profiles the Pendulum Tester, "designed to measure the flexibility or springlike effect of a driver head." Describes "a new method for testing balls...It takes into account swing speed, equipment, and launch conditions used by...longer hitting [Professional Golfers' Association (PGA)] Tour players." Lists the changes that have been made to the standards: "swing speed has been increased to 120 [miles per hour (mph)] from 109 mph"; "a nonbranded titanium club head with a [Coeffiecient of Restitution (COR)] of .820 has replaced the laminated wooden head that was in use"; and "a modern, nonbranded setup ball has replaced the...setup ball that has been used. The new ball test maintains the...ball launch angle of 10 degrees, the...backspin at 42 revolutions per second, and a steel shaft in the test club." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Lafferty, C. 2005. Are we outdistancing ourselves?: The powers that be work to put the brakes on golf equipment advances. Tee Green. p. 8-9. |
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