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Old Sat Mar 11, 2006, 09:02pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally posted by NIump50
When I see a golf ball on a line drive 20 yds off the ground for 100 yds and then rise to 40 yds before gently landing 280 yds away, notice I saw it I didn't hit it, is that just a function of the demples?
I'm not sure of the "just" part, but, yes, it's a function of the dimples and the spin rate. In "early physics" we learn that the path of a projectile is a parabola. Because of the dimples and spin, the golf ball moves in a "upward arc", then falls more directly.