[meteorite-list] OT: golf shot

[Chris Peterson]

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
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <joseph_town at att.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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