how fast does a golf ball travel?
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Most pros have an initial ball speed of around 150 mph
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An appendix to the "Rules of Golf" defines that a golf ball must not weigh more than 45.93 grams, that its diameter must not be less than 42.67 mm, and that its shape may not differ significantly from a symmetric sphere. Like golf clubs, golf balls are subject to testing and approval by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and the United States Golf Association, and those that do not conform with the regulations may not be used in competitions (Rule 5-1).
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On a 6200 yard course, that's about 3.5 miles.  Factor in walking between greens and tees and let's add another 60 yards a hole so that's about .6 miles, so we're up to 4.1 miles.  Now consider that courses are measured in a straight line from mid tee to front of green and consider I hit the damn ball all over the place, let's take that 4.1 miles and multiply it by a factor of 1.3, so we're up to 5.3 miles.  And consider that often balls are oddly hit in the woods or whatever danger lurks around the fairway and you need to tromp back and forth, back and forth, avoiding snakes and other hostile creatures and that's another .5 miles.  So we're up to 5.8 miles.  And finally imagine that since you have other obstacles like lakes and creeks that require you to veer from the straight and narrow and you have to wander around the green pretending you have a clue which way the putt will break, let's add another .3 miles.  So we're up to 6.1 miles.  And just for good measure, let's assume you have to walk to and from the car to the clubhouse then out to the first tee and let's call that .15 miles.  So I guess about 6.25 miles.  Since you ought to play that in about 4 hours, that's pretty good aerobic exercise.
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Although Shepard fired off those two golf balls in moon gravity which is about one-sixth of earth's (moon fact sheet), they did not go miles and miles and miles. Shepard later appended his estimate to drive distances in the 200 to 400 yard range. Still, not bad with one hand and encumbered by a suit that prevented a good pivot on the swing. See the golf ball hit by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, and the javelin tossed by Edgar D. Mitchell.
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I think you have left off part of the question. The speed of a ball is a vector. When you hit the ball, the vector points upward and forward. Gravity pulls the vector downward. Small forces (air friction, etc.) retard the total speed, but assume those can be ignored.\n\nAt some point, the pull of gravity will pull the vector to point down instead of up. That's the maximum height. The horizontal component of the speed vector should not change (given our assumptions). It still goes forward at the initial velocity. However, The vertical component is instantaenously at zero. In a moment, the ball will start to accelerate vertically and the vector will continue to pull down below the horizontal line becuase of the force of gravity.\n\nIf this were not true, the ball would reach maximum height and then just drop from the sky (0 overall velocity) which you know it does not do.\n\nSo of your choices, probably equal to initial or ever so slightly les than initial would be the best.\n\nThe same thing happens if you drop, say, a ball from 10 feet and fire a bullet from a height of 10 feet. The both hit the ground at the same time.The fact that the bullet is speeding horizontally doesn't affect gravity pulling on it vertically. (yeah small effects like curvature of the Earth, wind resistance, etc. being ignored).
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Again, it depende son the ball and the brand. Most balls have between 300 and 450. All but one brand of ball has an even number of dimples, the odd one being 333. The most dimples ever put on a golf ball was 1070. It had 414 larger dimples and the rest were pin head sized holes.
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It depends on conditions.  If it's very windy, which it can be, #7 can be almost impossible.  However, on a calm day, #7 is just a pitch and putt.\n\n  #8 is difficult because you need an accurate drive and the 2nd shot is long to mid-iron shot over the ocean, Nicklaus calls it the "most dramatic 2nd shot in golf."  \n\n#17 is difficult because it's a long-iron shot to a small, very protected green.  Also if you land on the wrong side of the green you have to putt over a large ridge.  Wind is a huge factor on this one as well.  \n\nThe most picturesque, in my opinion: the green on 6, holes 7 & 8, and 18 is always amazing.
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The dimples make the ball go further. \nThey appeared over a 100 years ago when people discovered that balls that had been in use (and had nicks and bumps in them) carried farther than brand-new ones.\n\nToday a golf ball has between about 300 to 500 dimples.
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Jesus. Can we not use something a bit simpler than these weird pounds, mph etc?\n\nOK, 6 pounds is 2.75 kg, let's call it 3 kg. 60 feet is about 20 metres. it does it in 1.7 seconds. That's 12m/s \n\nSo ball Kinetic Energy is .5mv^2. So .5*3*12*12 = 216 Joules\n\nA baseball weighs about .15 kg. Swapping the formula round:\n\nv= sqrt(2*216/.15)= 60 m/s for the same energy. About 216 kph, or 134mph\n\nI think....
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Draw a free-body diagram of the ball and examine it's accelerations - if you assume wind and air resistance are negligible and that the ball is accelerated straight up, then you're left with its initial acceleration (68.57 m/s^2) and gravity (9.8 m/s^2 if I remember correctly) \n\nThe ball will decelerate by 9.8 m/s every second, you can divide to find the amount of time the ball takes to reach its apogee (point of zero acceleration), then integrate the acceleration curve to find the velocity curve, which can be integrated again to find the distance traveled.  I'm not sure it can be done without the calculus.
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When the season is colder, the air is heavier and a golf ball want fly as far. Also you are probably not as "warmed up" in cold weather as you are in summer, therefore your club head speed is slightly slower> Also the ground in summer is usually drier and harder and the ball rolls farther. In Fall and Winter, the ground is usually wet and softer, thus little roll. Seasonal loss of distance happens to everyone.
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If you have two balls that are different sizes, say one is 2m in diameter and one is 5m in diameter, and both are traveling at 10m/s, they will travel at the same speed, but the smaller ball will have a greater number of revolutions per second than the larger ball. So, no, it does not affect speed, but it does affect revolutions per minute or rpm's.
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No, because golf is about hitting a ball in the fewest number of strokes to get it into a hole, not about walking the golf course.
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60mph is 88 ft/sec; (memorize that).\nSo, 90mph is 132 ft/sec.\n\nIgnoring air friction (which DOES have an effect!), it takes 90/132 of a second for the ball to travel that far - or about .682 seconds.\n\nHow far does something drop in about 2/33 of a second? Several feet.
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The golf ball has between on average 380 and 430 dimples.  The best selling balls are in that range
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Here's a good description of it's history and how it's done:\nhttp://www.taylor-hobson.com/dimpled-golf%20-ball.html
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More then One Try going golfing on the moon. There's way less gravity up there. In 1971, astronaut Alan Sheppard took his game to the moon. He wasn't a great golfer but he still managed to smoke a ball more than 200 yards, using just a six iron, while he wore a space suit. But unfortunately, the moon is still waiting for its first \n\n There are now golf balls on the Moon