How math can improve your Golf game?
Golf and math are correlated in every way possible and there is no question about it; Golf is a game of calculations and angles, the best players in the world do the calculations right and rest follows. Ask Tiger Woods and any of the best golfers in the world, they all have learned not just to pick the right club for the right shot, but how to take into account such factors as wind, temperature, air density, and the unique lie of any given fairway or green. Every aspect of the game is a one more factor and some have even studied the effects of plaid pants and striped shirts on their bunker play. (Their findings: it only affects other people's bunker play.)
The mind of a pro golfer acts like a super computer, running complicated mathematical programs to determine the optimum trajectory for each shot and shot it with just the right amount of force.
What do you think happens when you actually swing a golf club. If you skipped your High school science class and never paid attention in match, here is the answer “force equals mass times acceleration”. In golf, this means that the force applied to the ball is equal to the mass of the club-head multiplied by the speed it is traveling when it hits the ball. In other words, the faster the swing, the longer the drive.
It’s not just the speed of the swing but a really fast swing must also be efficient. The ideal swing is one that moves the club-head in a perfect circular arc. Energy spent trying to get the club into the proper position to hit the ball is wasted and will slow the club-head down, decreasing the distance of the shot. Some people believe they can just hit the ball as hard as they can to get it to travel far but soon learn it’s not just the strength but the entire formula must work properly to gain the right results.
Furthermore the shaft of the club affects energy, too. If you've ever seen a slow-motion shot of Tiger Woods's swing, then you've seen how much the shaft bends. That's stored energy. If your timing is right, that stored energy is released in a whip motion as it hits the ball. That's why there are flex ratings on shafts. A golfer with a very fast swing wants a stiff shaft—it stores the energy of the swing better than a very flexible one would. Beginners will have more success with clubs with flexible shafts.
Making Contact In Golf
Now you've got your speeding clubhead—but that's only part of the program. That speeding head has to hit the ball correctly if the ball is going to go where you want it to go. This brings out the essential difference between striking the ball with a wood (especially the driver) and an iron.
Think of the golf swing as drawing a U-shape with the club-head. When you swing a driver correctly, the bottom of the U comes before the ball. That means the clubhead makes contact with the ball just after it's reached its lowest point and is on the rise. When you swing an iron correctly, the bottom of the U comes after the ball, meaning the clubhead makes contact with the ball before it hits its lowest point and is still descending. That's why when you see a good golfer swing an iron, you see him take a divot—this is the ground in front of the ball. With a driver, there is no divot taken because the ball is generally sitting on a tee. These two different types of contact affect the most important part of what happens next: the spin of the ball.
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