#GOLF CLASH WIND CHART EXPLAINED DRIVER#
For every yard of fall, the Driver ball travelsįarther. Impact is the steepest and the Driver's impact is the least steep.īecause of this, a Driver's range is more greatly affected by elevationĬhanges than a 5-iron and the 5-iron's is more greatly affected Well, that the trajectory of each is different at impact. This is due to the lift created by the spin of the ball. In the first part of each trajectory, the path of the ball steepens. Below is a graphic of the trajectory of a It depends onīall velocity, trajectory, and spin as well as on air temperature, Trajectory of a golf ball is now well understood. The effect of elevation changes alone (without wind, rain, cold,Įtc) so that you can improve your club selection and lower your Need to hit more club and when hitting downhill, you need to hit Not always obvious to golfers that when hitting uphill, you Thus, the distance would be:Įven if there was no roll, due to very damp fairways, the downhill drive would be longer. The roll would be less, due to the steeper angle of approach.
On a downhill shot, a 40 yd drop would result in an additional carry of 30-40 yd, depending on the launch angle of the trajectory. Let's assume 10%.Ģ40 yd carry + 24 yd roll = 264 yd. On a horizontal hole, roll is about 10 to 15% of carry. In most cases, the downhill drop increases the carry by the greater amount than the steep angle of attack decreases roll after impact. My response, "I would agree with your engineer friend. He said, "My position is that the downhill drive hurt my distance, because the angle of approach to the fairway was much steeper hence I get less roll and less total distance despite more ball flight time.Īron (my attorney) takes the opposite position, that in fact the extra 40 yards in the air more than compensates for the distance lost because of the angle. I received one from a Lawyer who had an Engineering friend debating him over distance gained or lost hitting a 240 yd downhill Drive. I often receive questions from golfers wanting to settle bets about something they have experienced on the golf course.
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