Re: [Phys-l] amazing golf shot

[Bill Nettles <bnettles@uu.edu>]

Don't know about the ground shaking, but the SPL at the 16th can be 100+ dB, and on that shot probably closer to 110+. The greens are so smooth at Augusta, anything with p>.00001 is expected. It's an amazing place.

Hadn't seen that before? You need to get out of the classroom more. :)

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> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Lapinski
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 8:09 PM
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> Subject: [Phys-l] amazing golf shot
>
> A student sent me this clip of an incredible chip shot by Tiger Woods.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I55z-x6zc
>
> The huge crowd cheered as the ball approached the hole, and the student
> asked me if sound affected the ball near the cup. I had never seen this
> clip before and had to watch it several times. It appears that the ball
> always has momentum.
>
> I am now wondering -- as my student did: If the ball really did stop
> momentarily, could longitudinal sound vibrations from the nearby
> roaring
> crowd shake the ground enough to slightly move the ball into the hole?
>
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