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Re: Cross wind with the driver

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Fri, Sep 5 2014 9:45 AM (4 replies)
  • Safdar1
    454 Posts
    Thu, Sep 4 2014 4:30 PM

    I have an idea how to adjust for cross wind and it works OK for my shots. However I recently got a new driver which really whacks the ball, and I have seen a few times, with very strong cross wind, the cross wind has much less impact (as in less than 50% of what I expect) but only for the driver.

    I did not notice the same issue when I had a driver with less yardage, that always seemed to behave in cross wind as the other clubs did.

    Does that make sense to you guys? Or are these just random things?

     

    Thanks in advance.

  • JFidanza
    1,676 Posts
    Thu, Sep 4 2014 6:04 PM

    I'm guessing that it has a lot to do w/ how long the ball is in the air per yard of travel.

    The driver of longer distance is moving the ball faster, I'm guessing, than the weaker, shorter distance driver.(like a sling shot can toss a rock 20 feet, a bullet goes almost a mile, the bullet is going faster = more feet traveled per second)

    Since the driver usually is hitting out, and fast, and like a line-drive, it's spending less time in the air per yard traveled,

    Compared to an iron like a 8 i that is lofting up and at a slower speed per foot so its arc makes it stays in the air longer, therefore, more time getting blown by the wind per distance calculation, and the total yardage spent rolling on the green or FW (no longer in the air) is short, and a small amount of its calculated total yardage 

    A Drive will touch the ground, have less air affecting it as it rolls on the ground for a bigger percentage of the total yardage & power hit.

    This may be why a punch shot, which has lower trajectory, is sometimes chosen in a windy condition to keep the ball out of the air longer per distance traveled.

    The punch (like the drive) in comparison to a full shot of the same distance may spend less time in the air, move faster than the higher, lofted full shot, and spend more time  rolling on the ground rather than in the air being affected by the wind.

    But I'm just guessing.

  • Jimbog1964
    8,378 Posts
    Thu, Sep 4 2014 10:50 PM

    Think air time.

    Trajectory affects this as does elevation.

    Higher trajectory will be caused by more BS on good balls / clubs rated value.  Higher trajectory = more air time = more time to get moved over:)  

  • fatdan
    3,379 Posts
    Thu, Sep 4 2014 11:48 PM

    The R1 lvl 48 is a med-high trajectory...wind doesn't affect it as much as higher traj. drivers...long and 1 heck of a driver...lot of forgiveness and accurate too.

  • Safdar1
    454 Posts
    Fri, Sep 5 2014 9:45 AM
    Thanks guys, I think you are right. It is about air time and trajectory. I have adjusted the amount I correct for side wind with the driver, ie less, and it seems to be working much better now.
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