Longest hitter you have ever played with???

[Foddz]

No you can't.

You need to bone up on your physics. Golf balls go as far as they do because the backspin creates lift. In other words, a back-spinning ball is like a wing.

If you hit a ball with top spin it would actually dive.

A ball with no-spin would travel on a ballistic trajectory.

Sure, you *can* hit a ball with topspin; I've done it more than I care to admit to. But in practice, for the exact reasons you mentioned, it doesn't go all that far

[sillywilly]

No you can't.

You need to bone up on your physics. Golf balls go as far as they do because the backspin creates lift. In other words, a back-spinning ball is like a wing.

If you hit a ball with top spin it would actually dive.

A ball with no-spin would travel on a ballistic trajectory.

one world... putter, delofted upward stroke (more than one word)

[The Saint]

No you can't.

You need to bone up on your physics. Golf balls go as far as they do because the backspin creates lift. In other words, a back-spinning ball is like a wing.

If you hit a ball with top spin it would actually dive.

A ball with no-spin would travel on a ballistic trajectory.

John.. I love it when you talk physics.

[big mac]

So; what we are saying here is "the faster the ball spins-the farther it goes?" Now I just have to figure out how to make it spin faster without having to hit it harder I love these threads

[hoolio]

John.. I love it when you talk physics.

Better get in line, his future mistress is already lined up and she's got more "Personality" than you.

[LobWedge]

All golf shots have backspin.

That's correct. If you were watching a ball spin, a draw/hook (for a right handed player) would have underspin with a path from slightly right of centre at the bottom horizon to slightly left of centre at the top horizon. The action would be the opposite for a fade/slice.

The main reasons that a draw/hook will travel further than a fade/slice, with the same club, are a) the toe of the club is rotating faster around the shaft axis, and b) there is less dynamic loft at impact.

[sillywilly]

so in theory if someone made a club with a sweet spot in the toe and you could toe the ball every time... BUT have the toe square to your target line at impact... you could get more yardage out of a driver without going over the COR and CC restirctions...... PATENT PENDING!

[dbleber]

lol! I feel your pain, played with both Hoolio and bouche at the same time, thank god Chris was with us to keep me company.

[DavidY]

Slightly off topic, in last week's local newspaper, a former local golf pro noted that one of his teammates in a best ball tournament typically hits 375 yard drives. Not sure what his iron shots are like though.

Dave

[jvincent]

I guess that's true.

I should have said a "properly hit" golf ball can't have top spin.

[Bouche]

so a duck hook has top spin then?