Re: [Phys-l] amazing golf shot

[Mike Viotti <mike.viotti@gmail.com>]

Possible?  Maybe...someone might do some envelope calculations and compare
crowd vibrations to a 5mph wind to see a relative impact.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Anthony Lapinski
<Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>wrote:

> 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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