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    Tavel distances during winter

    Hi All,

    whats your thoughts on the amount of distance lost winter as opposed to summer.

    Like to hear what your'e experiences are with Woods & Irons.

    Personally I feel I need a extra couple of irons in winter. 8 normally 150yrd, now 7 iron on a good day but more often than not a 6 iron. My Driver travels the distance my 3 wood would normally carry in the summer. thus losing around 20/30yrds to my drive.

    I can see why the Pros follow the sun. Lucky Devils

    Killer
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    Re: Tavel distances during winter

    I played on Monday in near freezing tempertures and my drives were only going about 210 yards. I was hitting the ball great as well. I reckon you lose 10% in carry and maybe another 10% in roll along the fairways. In summer my drives were going about 250 yards.

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      Last edited by golfinguy28; 02-14-2009, 06:10 AM.

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        Re: Tavel distances during winter

        hi
        i think of some of the links courses with the cold wind keeping the top of the grass near freezing you often get more distance as the ball shoots forward on the first bounce, but the frost on the grass does seemed to slow the ball more when it starts to run on the grass.
        i do thing it all comes down to that first bounce. if it hits a hard patch and shoots forward then you can gain 30 yards. i had hit one drive 320 yards due to the frost on the ground and the windchill of -2. and i only drive the ball 260 yds normally.
        i do find that putting the frost slows the ball a lot and the ball tuns more too.
        cheers
        bill

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        • #5
          Re: Tavel distances during winter

          Here is some technical information I have copied from one of my old technical research books.

          "For solid core balls, like baseballs, golf balls etc… temperature has a similar effect to that of an inflated ball but the mechanics are a bit different. Here the characteristics of the material inside the ball are responsible for the bounciness of the ball.

          A ball’s bounciness is dependent on the elasticity of its constructed materials. The property of elasticity allows the ball to retain kinetic energy during a collision by having the ability to flex without breaking and then return to its original shape. This measure of a material’s elasticity is called its coefficient of restitution.

          An object with a low coefficient of restitution will lose a great deal of its kinetic energy in a collision through breaking or deforming, or through the generation of sound or heat. Compare the kinetic energy transmission through steel balls suspended on strings as they bounce back and forth in an example of a high coefficient of restitution. Now consider a lump of clay or a piece of glass in a collision, both materials having very low restitutional values – they simply do not transfer energy well because they are not as elastic.

          How does all this tie back into the temperature of materials? Temperature can also affect elasticity – the colder a material gets, the less elastic it can be. Under cold conditions, the material can actually become more of an 'energy sink' – absorbing energy rather than transferring it.

          Both inflated and solid core balls rely on the principle of coefficient of restitution. A warmed, (over inflated) ball is more elastic than a cold, (under inflated) ball just as a solid core ball that is warm has more elasticity than an identical ball that is cold."

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          • #6
            Re: Tavel distances during winter

            I replace my long irons with fairway woods in the winter. The longer clubs make up for some of the distance loss. I still lose some distance, but where the fairway woods come in handy are being able to "slide" over the wet grass, and the wet, firm, mud underneath it. Most courses in the winter time are still watered on a schedule, and never really get a chance to dry out like they do in warmer weather. I never learned to use a long iron out of firm wet fairways. I have heard this scenario called the "dew point" factor. Of course having to wear extra clothing to stay warm, and/or dry will take it's toll on distance. Another thing I do is go to 50 compression ball which seems to reduce distance loss. All in all, I am probably losing 1/2 a club during the winter months. GJS

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              • #8
                Re: Tavel distances during winter

                The course I play on is so muddy and waterlogged from November to April that the ball plugs on the fairway everytime. The ball doesn't move an inch, even with a full blooded drive. So obviously your losing quite a few yards because of that reason !

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                • #9
                  Re: Tavel distances during winter

                  Treated myself to a new Taylormade Tour Burner Driver & 3 wood to match.
                  Iam glad I did. used it today and paced out the distance.
                  it finished consistantly avg 245 yrds. a improvement of 15 yrds on my Taylormade TP 460. so with a bit luck should be seeing distances in summer of around 260 ish. xx
                  It was b....y cold though. cant wait for the Spring.


                  http://http://www.direct-golf.co.uk/..._drivers/p7707

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