Golf Definition and 170 Threads

A golfer imparts a speed of 30.3 m/s to a ball, and it travels the maximum possible distance before landing on the green. The tee and the green are at the same elevation. (a) how much time does the ball spend in the air? (b) What is the longest "hole in one" that the golfer can make, if the ball...

Homework Statement y = -15.2m Vox = 11.2 m/s Voy = 0 ay = -9.8 m/s^2 The Attempt at a Solution a) y = Voy t + 1/2 ay t^2 -15.2 = 0 + 1/2(-9.8) t^2 t^2 = 3.10 t = 1.76 s need help working out part b

Homework Statement A golfer, putting on a green, requires three strokes to "hole the ball." During the first putt, the ball rolls 4.0 m due east. For the second putt, the ball travels 3.0 m at an angle 20° north of east. The third putt is 0.50 m due north. What displacement (magnitude and...

Homework Statement In putting, the force with which a golfer strikes a ball is planned so that the ball will stop within some small distance of the cup,say,1m long or short, in case the putt is missed. Acomplishing this from an uphill lie is more difficult than from adownhill lie . to see why...

Homework Statement I know this is a basic question but this is my first physics course ever and I am having big time trouble, any help is appreciated! Chipping from the rough, a golfer sends the ball over a 3.00 m high tree that is 14.0 m away. The ball lands at the same level from which...

Can someone please help me out! I'm having a lot of trouble getting started in my physics course, and it would be great if I could have the steps of a questions laid out for me. It would make my life so my easier! Homework Statement A golfer gives a golf ball a velocity of 48 m/s at an angle...

a golf ball passes on its course exactly over the top of a tree standing 20m high and 40m away from the tee, the ball eventually lands 100m past the tree. what is the original velocity, speed and direction, of the stroke? this is a question in kinematics and the only force to take into...

Homework Statement While investigating the contact times between a golf club and a golf ball, a student wanted to measure the contact times between metal objects – looking at how various factors (such as the material from which they were made, their mass, their speed on impact) affected the...

Homework Statement i hit a golf ball of mass 0.045kg with an avg. Force of 2.5x10^3 N over a short time interval of 1.0 x 10^-3 s at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the horizontal. neglect air resistance and assume a level course. What is the speed of the ball immediately after...

ok so i saw a vid on youtube of a golf ball being hit by a club in slow mo. it was quite interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y57pw_iWlk&feature=related somethings i noticed: >the ball deformed quite a bit! >as it began to deform the far edge seemed to remain stationary. >the ball...

we have a physics project and the goal is to make a device that will play a variant of golf. we have to design a device to strike a ball into a hole using as few strokes as possible. there are going to be three holes we need to "play" with our machine- 1st 40yard straight 2nd a "dog leg" 30...

Hello to all. I am a golf course designer and am researching information on the slope and the roll of a golf ball on different greens speed. I am attempting to determine a golf ball rolling on "X" slope will not stop on "Y" surfaces(friction coefficient) My interest is in a golf ball...

Homework Statement A golf ball with a mass of 43.80 g can be blasted from rest to a speed of 64.60 m/s during impact with a club head. Assume that the impact lasts only about 0.980 ms. Calculate the change in momentum of the ball. Homework Equations P = mv Change in P = Pf - Pi J =...

Homework Statement After a golf ball is hit it takes off with an initial speed of 19.1 m/s and at an angle of 42.0° with respect to the horizontal. The golf field is flat and horizontal. Neglecting air resistance how far will the golf ball fly? Homework Equations How high will the golf...

Golf problem... Ben is out at the practice range hitting golf balls. How much further will a golf ball with an initial speed of 75.0 m/s go when projected at 45.0 degree than when projected at 30.0 degree?

hey guys, my classmate and i have to design a device that will launch a golf ball 15m, using either a spring (which is what we're going to use) or elastic we need to find the value of the spring constant(we can do that), an expression to determine the initial velocity of the ball, an equation...

A golf ball leaves an 8 iron at an angle of 35.0 degrees at a velocity of 86.4 m/s. Determine the horizontal [x] and vertical [y] components of the velocity. There really were no equations for this, I attempted to use my protractor and ruler for this problem and ended up with a triangle...

Calculate golf ball backspin?? Hi, Just wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to calculate the approx backspin (rpm) a golf ball given ball speed and launch angle figures? Or just how to go about getting average backspin measurements of balls hit at different angles and speed...

I don't understand the normal force and how to calculate it. If I have a question about a golfer putting a ball with a speed and a force that s slowing it down to get to the hole, it has normal force but it would equal 0 because there is no movement in the y direction right?

A golf ball released from a height of 1.76 m above a concrete floor, bounces back to a height of 0.80 m. If the ball is in contact with the floor for 4.62 ms, what is the magnitude of the average acceleration a of the ball while it is in contact with the floor? 4.9x^2-1.76 I used this...

A golf ball released from a height of 1.76 m above a concrete floor, bounces back to a height of 0.80 m. If the ball is in contact with the floor for 4.62 ms, what is the magnitude of the average acceleration a of the ball while it is in contact with the floor? I'm not sure how to start this...

i'm really stuck on this problem, i need help desperately! a golfer hits a golf ball across ground level at an angle of 15 degrees. what is the range and maximum height of the golfball? i wasn't given any initial velocity so is this question doable?

http://www.rit.edu/~jaa5898/Projectile%20Motion%20%20Results_files/image002.gif Question: A golfer strikes a golf ball at an an angle of 17 degree above the horizontal. With what velocity must the ball be struck in order to reach the green, which is a horizontal distance of 250 from...

Neglecting air resistance, calculate the position (in meters) and velocity (in m/s) of a golf ball that is dropped from the empire state building after 1.0s, 2.0s, and 3.0 s with the release point.

Help Greatly Needed -- Physics Of Golf dear physicist, I have found myself in a predicament. With only two weeks of assignment time left, and a joke of a teacher for help, I desperately need some expert help. We are using LoggerPro to plot points on a sports-related video we have recorded...

"golf ball problem" (velocity, max height, hang time) Okay. I'm having a really hard time with this. I know how to start the problem, but after that I go nuts, and literally start pulling out my hair. There is no book I can look in for reference, as this part is teacher supplemented. The...

A golfer rides in a golf cart at a speed of 3.10 m/s for 21.0 s. She then gets out of the cart and starts walking at an average speed of 1.20 m/s. for how long (in sec) must she walk if her average speed for the entire trip, riding and walking, is 1.90 m/s? I know average speed = d/t I'm just...

A golfer rides in a golf cart at a speed of 3.10 m/s for 21.0 s. She then gets out of the cart and starts walking at an average speed of 1.20 m/s. for how long (in sec) must she walk if her average speed for the entire trip, riding and walking, is 1.90 m/s? I know average speed = d/t I'm...

A golf ball is released from rest from teh top of a very tall building. Choose a coordinate system whose origin is at the starting point of the ball, and whose y-axis points vertically upward. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2. Neglecting air resistance , calculate the velocity of the...

Do the "dimples" on golf ball really make any difference? If so, why isn't a baseball, hockey puck, or other high speed projectile "dimpled"

What does momentum and inpulse have to do with golf

Can anyone explain how centripetal force is involved in a golf swing, i understand that it is one force keeping the club from flying out of your hands, but what else. THis is not a homework question i am just curious. (Had to specify because of the thread above)

A golf ball is putted too fast and rolls past the hole in a straight line, coming at closest approach to a distance d from the hole. Ignore friction and assume that golf ball moves at constant velocity. What is the angular momentum of the golf ball about the hole? Is the angular momentum...

Hello everyone, I have a few questions relating to golf which i would like to understand further through physics. My first question is related to the shaft flex of the club. If the swing is perfect how would it be possible a shaft with to much flex for the player would cause the ball to...

Is there a technology available that would let me paint some small dots of a reflective coating on a golf ball, and then use a radar-type device to detect it? I know that a company called Radar Golf has developed a gps system that uses a chip inside a golf ball and a scanner to locate it, but...

Explain the inertia, friction and acceleration/velocity of Golf. Thank you

Can anyone design a golf schedule for 8 golfers, playing 30 rounds, with each golfer paired with every other golfer the same number of times, and playing against every other golfer the same number of times? Each team of 2 will play another team of 2 each time. If 30 doesn't compute, what number...

There is a question that is being a pain...Could sombody point me in the proper direction ..this is the question.. A golf ball is hit with an initial speed of 35m/s at an angle less the 45 degrees above the horizontal.(A)The horizontal velocity componentis (1) greater than,(2) equal to or (3)...

If the initial velocity of a golf ball is 30.3 m/s off the club face, and the tee box is at the same height as the green, what is the longest shot possible? (not inlcuding roll) i have no clue where to start please help? all that i know is initial velocity and accelration due to gravity, so...

how can negative angular velocity (back spin) be calculated when the ball is struck by a lofted club?

A golf ball of mass 46 g is struck a blow by a club... Hi, I've been going through some past exam papers for the physics paper I'm doing (I got my exam tomorrow), and I came across this question: A golf ball of mass 46 g is struck a blow by a club such that the impulse imparted to the ball...

Homework help. (Solved) A golf ball is hit at ground level. The ball is observed to reach its maximum height above ground level 4.3s after being hit. 1.2s after reaching this maximum height, the ball is observed to barely clear a fence taht is 309 ft from where it was hit. The accelerration...

I have a word problem and then a finite difference problem. You are playing golf on the 4th hole of your favorite course. The green on this hole is circular with a radius of 20 yards. If the hole is located at the exact center of the green, what is the probablility that the ball will...

The question is a 50g golf ball rolls horizontally to a stop in 30 cm of rough grass, as it just misses the green. The ball was moving at 10km/h [east] as it entered the rough grass. What is the frictional on the ball during the slowing down? Assume it was unifrom. Include an FBD and neglect...

Personally, I think golf is probably the most mental of the other sports played in the US. Who agrees or disagrees?

What properties/equations prove that a golf club that is longer in length (everything else constant, mass, torque at grip, etc.) will have more club head speed or more kinectic energy that one of shorter length? Thanks for the help.

will a golf ball of mass 45g and diamter 4.3cm reach terminal speed when dropped from a height of 25m? the drag coefficient is 0.35 and the density of air is 1.2kg/m^3. using the formula v_t = sqrt(\frac{2*mg}{CpA}) v_t = sqrt(\frac{2*(45g)(9.8m/s^2)}{(.35)(1.2kg/m^3)(0.043m)}) so...

A golf ball (m=46g) is struck a blow that makes an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal. The ball lands 200 m away on a flat fairway. If the golf club and ball are in contact for 7 milliseconds, what is the average force of impact neglecting air resistance. Here’s what I did...

Hey guys I am kinda new do this forum, but if anyone can help me one this IT would be great I have this homework problem I tryed many times but can't figure it out, Tiger Woods can routinely hit a gofl ball 350-yards(320m) assuming he hits at an angle that gives him maxium distance solve...

There was a heated argument at my workplace today on what could drive a golf ball farther, a baseball bat or a golf club. Is it mass x velocity = force...end of story... or is there more to it? I think we are going to have to take an aluminium bat and some golf balls to a driving range to settle...