PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HOW TO PLAY GOLF
- Golf is played on a golf course, which usually has 18 separate holes to play. One game of golf is normally 9 or 18 holes.
- Each hole consists of a tee, where you hit the ball from, a hole, where you are trying to get the ball, and distance and obstacles like trees and water in between to make it harder.
- Each hole starts at the tee, from where you hit the golf ball with one of your clubs. Once the golf ball stops moving, you will hit it again from where it lands, unless it goes into water or out of bounds.
HOW TO PLAY (CONTINUED)
- The goal of each round is to get the golf ball in the hole in the least amount of shots. Your score from each hole, which is the number of shots you made, will be recorded, and at the end of the game, your score from each hole will be added, and at the end, you want the least score.
EQUIPMENT AND MAJOR PLAYERS
- The equipment for the game is a golf ball, which is a small ball with small dimples all over, and some golf clubs, which are a small section at the bottom for hitting the ball and a long handle.
- The exact specifications of each club vary based on what the club is used for.
- Some major players in golf are Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, and Arnold Palmer
Friction is the force that acts between objects to resist motion. In golf, there is fluid friction when the golf ball is in the air. The golf ball has dimples to reduce fluid friction. This makes the ball fly farther when it is in the sky. This is beneficial as the ball will go farther and it will take less shots to get the ball in the hole. There is also rolling friction when the golf ball is on the ground. This will make the ball slow down on the ground, which will help stop the ball where you want it.
Gravity is a force that pulls all things together. The force of gravity is stronger between objects with more mass. It is also stronger between objects that are closer together. Gravity keeps the golf ball from floating off into the sky and never coming down. Without gravity, golf would not be possible, as the ball would float away and never come down. However, because the golf ball has little mass, it does not have much gravity, which allows it to fly through the air for longer periods of time than any larger ball.
Newton’s First Law in Golf
Newton’s first law of motion says that all objects have inertia. That means that all objects have a tendency to keep doing what they are doing. Objects with more mass have more inertia.
In golf, the golf club has something called a moment of inertia (MOI). It is a measurement of how resistant a golf club’s head is to twisting when it hits the golf ball. The more mass the head of a golf club has, the more inertia it has, and the more resistant to change in motion that golf club head is. That will make it less likely to twist when it hits the golf ball.
Newton’s Second Law In Golf
Newton’s second law says that the acceleration of an object is equal to the force applied to it divided by its mass. In golf, the golf ball does not have much mass, so it will have a greater acceleration with the same force. A larger ball, like a basketball, would not travel as far because it would have more force. Also, applying more force will result in a larger acceleration.
Newton’s Third Law In Golf
Newton’s third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that if you apply a force to an object, that object will apply an equal force back.
In golf, this is seen when the club hits the golf ball. The golf ball will apply the same force on the club as the club applied on the ball. This also ties in to the MOI, as when the club hits the ball harder, it is more likely to twist from the greater force.
