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A Comparative Study on The Spin Rates of Golf Balls
Location
Room 232, Schewel Hall
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Entry Number
82
Start Date
4-8-2020 4:45 PM
End Date
4-8-2020 5:00 PM
Department
Physics
Abstract
My research is an in depth look at the spin rates of high-performance golf balls. These balls come from five of the top ball manufactures in the world: Titleist, Taylormade, Srixon, Callaway and Bridgestone. Of these five companies I chose two balls from each. One ball is rated for high spin and the other is rated for low spin. I split the high spin balls into a category and tested them, and then tested the low spin balls separately. The purpose of this experiment is to show which of the top performing balls do what they promise, and which balls use gimmicks to boost sales. Along with my research I will show how a slight deviation of the center of mass of the golf ball will correlate to the velocity and the spin rate of the golf ball compared to a normal ball.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Eric Goff Dr. Kevin Peterson
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A Comparative Study on The Spin Rates of Golf Balls
Room 232, Schewel Hall
My research is an in depth look at the spin rates of high-performance golf balls. These balls come from five of the top ball manufactures in the world: Titleist, Taylormade, Srixon, Callaway and Bridgestone. Of these five companies I chose two balls from each. One ball is rated for high spin and the other is rated for low spin. I split the high spin balls into a category and tested them, and then tested the low spin balls separately. The purpose of this experiment is to show which of the top performing balls do what they promise, and which balls use gimmicks to boost sales. Along with my research I will show how a slight deviation of the center of mass of the golf ball will correlate to the velocity and the spin rate of the golf ball compared to a normal ball.