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| Proceedings |
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| Material Type: | Chapter |
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| Author(s): | Haake, S. J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | University of Sheffield, UK |
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| Title: | Golf ball impacts, greens and the golfer |
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| Volume Editors: | Cochran, A. J. and Farrally, M. R. |
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| Meeting Info.: | Proceedings of the 1994 World Scientific Congress of Golf, St. Andrews, Scotland; 4 - 8th July, 1994 |
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| Monographic Source: | Science and Golf II, 1994, p. 431-436. |
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| Publishing Information: | London: E. & F. N. Spon |
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| # of Pages: | 6 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf; Impact tests; Playability; Ball rebound resilience test; Poa annua
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| Abstract/Contents: | "This paper gives a brief overview of the results of a 3 year project to study the relationship between the characteristics of golf greens and the impact of golf shots on them. To this end, an apparatus was developed to project spinning golf balls directly onto golf greens with the resulting impacts recorded on film. The apparatus was used on eighteen golf courses resulting in 721 useful photographs of impacts. Two types of green emerged from analysis of the photograph; on the first, the ball tended to rebound with topspin, while on the second, the ball retained backspin if the initial backspin was large enough. Eleven tests were used to determine the chatacteristics of greens and the relationships between the characteristics were linked to the impact study. It was found that it was easier to retain backspin on the rebounding ball on a green that was freely drained and had a low amount of Poa annua in its sward. A mathmatical model was developed to simulate the impact of the ball with the turf. The model gave sensible results for oblique impacts with backspin. |
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| ISBN: | 0-419-18790-1 |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 8 |
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| See Also: | For more information about the book this record is from, or to see other records from this work R=239660 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Haake, S. J. 1994. Golf ball impacts, greens and the golfer. In Cochran, A. J. and Farrally, M. R. (eds.) Science and Golf II. London: E. & F. N. Spon. |
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