Hard to imagine this is what happens to a golf ball on impact.

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saw this via twitter this morning- quite unbelievable something so hard could react like this:eek:

[video=youtube_share;aMqM13EUSKw]http://youtu.be/aMqM13EUSKw[/video]
 
How fast is it going?
Super slow motion cameras of a driver shot show the ball deforming a lot, but not this much, this has to be a lot faster than even a very high club head speed.
 
Thats been around for a while now, it's a demo to show what can happen. I believe its a purpose made ball though. A real one does compact but not to that degree.
 
that must be a commando ball or possible a penfold

the video says 175 mph, not sure who has a club head speed that high?
 
[video=youtube;Uk_rZI9tOFc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Uk_rZI9tOFc[/video]


massive pressure involved here to bust this golf ball. I cant see anyone hitting a ball that hard to make it do that on impact without it failing!
 
The process tested in the video is not a realistic representation of a golf swing.

In the video a golf ball is fired at 175mph as a stationary steel plate, the steel plate hardly moves on impact.

In a golf swing a metal plate is swung into a stationary golf ball and the ball is accelerated away from it's position at over 100mph in most cases.

If this was a genuine ball (and it's a big IF) then a more realistic test would have been firing into a free standing plate - but then it wouldn't have been so visually impressive and gone viral on youtube and twitter!
 
Fabrication or not, it shows a golf ball hitting a stationary steel plate - which is definitely not what happens when you hit a golf ball with your driver!
 
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