Summer vs Winter distances.

A golf ball is designed to work best at 70 degrees farenheit. Above that temperature there is no discernable improvement in performance.
For every 3 degrees below 70 you will lose 1 yard of carry purely down to temperature.
So at 32F (0C) you will lose 12.67 yards compared to exactly the same shot at 70F.

How do you know this stuff?? :rolleyes:

I've been playing for thirty years and all I know is get the ball in the hole in as few shots as possible.

As a whole, I'm very impressed with the knowledge levels on this forum. :D

A. Coz I'm a smartarse
B. Google's a wonderful thing Baby!!
 
I tend to hit a fairly high ball and as a result dont get as much run out as most other folks, in fact My ball usually stops within a foot or so of the landing mark it made. I just need to make more fairways and i'll be happy.
 
I played last week and even the drives I caught well were about 40yds down on what I'd expect in the summer.

My short irons were about half a club down. Can't say on the long irons because I didn't hit one well.
 
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