THE SCIENCE OF GOLF

There are hundreds of books explaining how to play golf, and this book is not one of them. We are concerned here with the science, rather than the art, of playing golf. It is quite understandable when people ask—what is the science of golf?—because it is not immediately obvious. The reason is that much of what happens in golf is not seen directly by the players. For example, the impact of the club on the ball occurs in less than a thousandth of a second and this is so brief that a proper understanding of hits and mis-hits has to come from physics. Again, we cannot see the airfl ow...