Only if he was trying to make the putt from the first tee to the flag on
the 18th! <g>
Seriously, the ball does experience a coriolis force, but it is
vanishingly small compared to the forces it experiences from thousands
of individual grass blades. The effect on the ball in the air on a long
shot is probably measurable, but certainly smaller than the degree of
control even the best golfer can achieve.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: golf shot
Hi all,
I was watching golf on TV today. A commercial came on that portrayed
Tiger Woods missing a putt. He complained, in the commercial, that he
forgot to consider the rotation of the planet when he made that shot.
I wonder if anything so miniscule as a golf shot could be affected by
planetary motion.
Bill
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