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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:43 pm
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This morning, Sunday, after church I went out golfing. The
temperature was 39 degrees. My brother had told me that you shouldn't
leave your balls in the car overnight and it takes them 24 hours to
get up to room temperature.

He said that cold balls don't go as far as warm balls. I would have
thought that cold balls would go further than warm balls. So who knows
the answer? Should I keep my balls on the kitchen table or in the
freezer?

(It probably doesn't matter. It's probably only a matter of a few
feet.)


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Dave Lee...
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:42 pm
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This morning, Sunday, after church I went out golfing. The
temperature was 39 degrees. My brother had told me that you shouldn't
leave your balls in the car overnight and it takes them 24 hours to
get up to room temperature.

He said that cold balls don't go as far as warm balls. I would have
thought that cold balls would go further than warm balls. So who knows
the answer? Should I keep my balls on the kitchen table or in the
freezer?

(It probably doesn't matter. It's probably only a matter of a few
feet.)
SNIP

There are two things going on in cold weather

1) Cold golf balls do not travel as far as warm ones, independent of the
temperature of the air

2) Golf balls (independent of their temperature) do not travel as far in
cold air vs. warmer air (the viscosity of cold air is higher than warm air)

From what I understand #2 is the more significant factor.

dave
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Howard Brazee...
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:33 pm
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On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:58:09 -0700 (PDT), annika1980
<annika1980 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

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What I want to know is why whenever I find a ball deep in the woods it
will invariably say something like SUPER STRAIGHT on it.

They're cheaper. Most people who don't expect balls to last long
vote to save money. Not all though - and I find a fair share of
ProV1 balls in the crap. But I have adequate experience looking for
balls there.

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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

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Dave Lee...
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:40 pm
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<Horvath at (no spam) net.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:53:14 -0400, "Dave Lee"
DaveLeeNC at (no spam) ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote this crap:



There are two things going on in cold weather

1) Cold golf balls do not travel as far as warm ones, independent of the
temperature of the air

2) Golf balls (independent of their temperature) do not travel as far in
cold air vs. warmer air (the viscosity of cold air is higher than warm
air)

Very interesting. Do you have some sources to back up your
explanations?

I would think that cold balls would contract, making them smaller and
harder, thus flying further.

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http://www.franklygolf.com/Q_A/balls.asp is one link that discusses this -
lots more available through Google, or your search engine of choice.


Sorry. That link goes to some dumbass named "Frankly Golf."

Hardly a serious source. Try posting some serious data from MIT or
someplace well known. That would be real leadership.


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Frank Thomas is the former head of equipment conformance for the USGA. He
has "professional knowledge" (either through his own work or the work of
professionals on his staff) of the effects of temperature on golf
equipment/performance.

If you don't like my sources then do your own damn search.

dave
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crapyking...
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:37 pm
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On Oct 27, 9:40 pm, "Dave Lee" <DaveLe... at (no spam) ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote:


I WAS NOT PICKING ON YOU dAVID. I thought horvath said he was the
engineer. I actually respect David Lee's post more so than most other
knuckle heads in here. I still don't believe the original post.
DAAAAA...... cold balls don't fly for shit. Cold
and hard are different things. Top rocks used to fly a ton, more so
than a noodle.
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:19 pm
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:05:15 -0400, "Dave Lee"
<DaveLeeNC at (no spam) ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote this crap:

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Can I read some of his research papers? He did do testing in a lab,
didn't he?

If you don't like my sources then do your own damn search.

I couldn't find anything.


Look - you made one of the absolutely stupidest statements (cold golf balls
shrink enough in a 40'ish degree F temperature change to affect their wind
resistance) ever made on RSG (which is REALLY saying something). I ignored
that and tried to answer your question as best as I could. And I did this a
couple of times.

Obviously you missed the whole point. Considering your previous post
showing your lack of intelligence this does not suprise me. I don't
give a rat's ass about wind resistance, and I never mentioned wind
resistance. I said that a cold ball would be harder, and when struck
with a club it might tend to fly further. Of course you can't
comprehend hardness and that is why your wife left you, dumbass.


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