THE PHYSICS OF GOLF. - Second edition

Improve your golf game by learning the underlying is of the swing in this acclaimed, unique contribution to the sport. Finally, you'll understand : why shortening your backswing doesn't substantially decrease clubhead velocity ; what components contribute to the optimal swing and what variations are acceptable ; how and why properly shifting your weight adds to distance ; why a golf ball behaves and spins as it does and much more. Written by a physicist after some twenty years of research, Physics of Golf the only book devoted exclusively to explaining the science behind a successful golf game. Technical appendices offer Mails for the so inclined. The revised and expended second edition now offers you : new material on high-tech club designs ; a complete new chapter on short putts ; additional applications of physics to the problems every player faces.