Physics of the Golf Swing

Swinging a golf club properly is crucial to every game. When you read Physics books, they usually make golf as an example of an angular motion. Every twisting move a golf swing makes would produce a rotation; an angular velocity.

Properly swinging a golf club makes a huge difference to your game. Physics is written all over the golf swing, with a good example of angular motion. The twisting action of the golf swing produces torque on the golf club. The torque gives the club angular velocity, producing rotation.

What you didn't know, that every club head weighs the same. In order to control the weigh from the swing, swing it faster from the bottom to the top. The faster you swing, the faster your head club goes.

Most club heads weighs about the same; to hit a long ball club head, velocity is the key. When you start at the bottom of the swing, the faster the club head goes, the more kinetic energy will be transport towards the ball. Kinetic energy as you know; must be proportioned to the heaviness of the club head and the square of its velocity. When you see those pro golfers, majority of them can achieve 100 mph of a club head speed at the bottom of swing. If you look closely, pro golfers such as Tiger Woods can do a 12 mph speed.

A physicist at Malaspina Univerisity-College in British Columbia made a research on the speed and power of a swing. According to Raymond Penner, he said that the angle between the club shaft and the club face of the driver depends on the club speed with a specific lie angle. 7.5 degrees of angle lie would make Wood's drive faster. On the other hand, if golfers have a slower golf swing, they cannot achieve the faster swing. People will try and hit closer to 20 degrees of lie, and hit the ball harder by a snap of their wrists at the bottom of their swing.

Meanwhile, Theodore Joresen, a golf expert and a publisher of golf-related matters, said that snapping of the wrists can actually slow down the club head velocity. He asks how can Tiger Woods, who stands 6'1" and weighs 158 pounds, can manage the longest drives of a swing. Joresen commented that Woods conserves energy and focuses on swinging the club carefully with the proper methods.

Learn about the key elements of Tiger Wood's swing:

Wood makes use of his advantage by flexing his muscles to reach at the back of his swing, and extends his range of motion, all the while, making sure his torso is directly over his right leg.

When he starts to swing, he builds a full force of velocity from his club head by turning his torso and pressing his right leg forward. By maintaining his position above the ball, he only exerts little energy from his swing.

As he drives through the ball, he takes full advantage of his hips, shoulders, and wrists to gather force as he speeds up with a very high initial ball speed. . Within 2 feet off the tee the ball is travelling at around 180 mph - 20 mph faster than the average tour pro.

To allow s club head's momentum, he extends his follow-through with a back swing, and completes a long and smooth club head rotation.

Keep in mind that the club should maintain at a traveling speed of 100 mph. This will create a ball leaving the tee about 140 mph with 50-60 rotations of back spin per second. If this happens, this can build up anyone's maximum speed and distance of the drive.

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