Comments on: Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/why-golfers-might-need-earplugs/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Mon, 20 May 2013 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Athletic Alley Blog Carnival - January 14, 2009 | Athletic Alley http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/why-golfers-might-need-earplugs/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Athletic Alley Blog Carnival - January 14, 2009 | Athletic Alley Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:17:09 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=461#comment-196 [...] Zielinski presents Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs posted at Surprising [...] [...] Zielinski presents Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs posted at Surprising [...]

]]> By: Sandy Lee http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/why-golfers-might-need-earplugs/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Sandy Lee Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:19:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=461#comment-189 This I can attest to. I had a chance to swing a 460cc titanium driver (can't quite remember the make) indoors in a golf simulator. Basically, you smack a ball into a mat which interpolates the trajectory and force of your shot, translating it into distance. I hit it as perfectly as I've ever hit a golf ball and boy, did it resonate. I don't think I got high score on the yardage, but I was in the top 3. Even more curious is the "sparking" effect you get when you really nail it. I wonder how loud a hockey puck hitting plexiglass is.... This I can attest to. I had a chance to swing a 460cc titanium driver (can’t quite remember the make) indoors in a golf simulator. Basically, you smack a ball into a mat which interpolates the trajectory and force of your shot, translating it into distance. I hit it as perfectly as I’ve ever hit a golf ball and boy, did it resonate. I don’t think I got high score on the yardage, but I was in the top 3. Even more curious is the “sparking” effect you get when you really nail it.

I wonder how loud a hockey puck hitting plexiglass is….

]]> By: Does Rugby Predict Pope's Doom? | Surprising Science http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/why-golfers-might-need-earplugs/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Does Rugby Predict Pope's Doom? | Surprising Science Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:06:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=461#comment-187 [...] Sport section in a December issue of the British Medical Journal (the source of Tuesday’s post on noisy golf clubs), two words caught my eye: papal [...] [...] Sport section in a December issue of the British Medical Journal (the source of Tuesday’s post on noisy golf clubs), two words caught my eye: papal [...]

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