"The wind should have no affect on a properly struck golf ball"

[Carpfather1]

I used to be a member of a parkland course which ok on a few holes the wind could make it a little difficult but never really seemed to affect scoring that bad .i moved clubs and im now a member of a links course and wind is everything if the winds up and across you on a good few holes which it tends to do it makes the course a lot harder.one day you could be hitting a 9 iron on one of the par 3s the next a 3 wood that's what it's like I never realised how much wind affects play untill playing regular links golf. Ive found ive had to change my game to suit but when the winds are light it's a different ball game and you can really attack the course .

 

[golfcitydweller]

agreed ...well said

 

[louise_a]

I got told that by the starter of the Lancs ladies championship at Southport & Ainsdale last year when I commented about how strong the wind was.

 

[Smiffy]

If a wind is strong enough to affect the line of a putt, I'm pretty confident it will affect the flight of a ball in the air....

 

[Slab]

If a wind is strong enough to affect the line of a putt, I'm pretty confident it will affect the flight of a ball in the air....

Even more so, if snipers need to take wind into consideration for bullets which don't have some ejit putting errant side spin on it, then a golf ball can definitely be influenced by wind

 

[Fish]

That's what you get Andy for talking to car park attendants about your game, you'll talk to anyone you...:smirk:

 

[Junior]

That's what you get Andy for talking to car park attendants about your game, you'll talk to anyone you...:smirk:

What can I say mate....I'm just that kind of guy

 

[Hosel Fade]

Its one of those completely rubbish things people say, up there with "he hit that too well clive" on the football and "2 up with 5 to go never wins"

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I still contend that if a shot is selected that takes into account wind speed and direction - and you subsequently hit the shot exactly as you intended with a perfect strike - then you can say that wind will not have any (unexpected) affect on the shot. If you choose the shot but don't execute it perfectly - then sure - wind will have an effect and you are in the lap of the gods.

 

[Slab]

I still contend that if a shot is selected that takes into account wind speed and direction - and you subsequently hit the shot exactly as you intended with a perfect strike - then you can say that wind will not have any (unexpected) affect on the shot. If you choose the shot but don't execute it perfectly - then sure - wind will have an effect and you are in the lap of the gods.

You say the bold bit like you have a measure for wind speed and direction. Surely that's not the real world and cant be applied to the original question

You can guess (at varying degrees of experience) but you have absolutely no measure of wind speed/direction let alone what it is 50 meters above and 200 meters away from where you're standing such that the shot cannot ever be executed perfectly

 

[Tiger man]

Have heard this numerous times, what utter nonsense. May effect it less but will still effect.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You say the bold bit like you have a measure for wind speed and direction. Surely that's not the real world and cant be applied to the original question

You can guess (at varying degrees of experience) but you have absolutely no measure of wind speed/direction let alone what it is 50 meters above and 200 meters away from where you're standing such that the shot cannot ever be executed perfectly

I agree - if you have no idea or no experience of what the wind may be like 'up there' then you can't take it into account, but if you do then you can. But surely the better you hit your shot the less severely affected your ball flight will be by wind unknowns.

Just trying to understand why some might say the wind doesn't affect your shot if the ball is hit perfectly. Because very obviously wind does affect your shot. Upwind and downwind shots perhaps being the most blindingly obvious. So the guys making the statement can't be meaning it literally.

 

[garyinderry]

Honestly they are.

 

[delc]

I'm no scientist, so am just saying what appears to happen, but when a ball is coming down it seems to be more affected by the wind.

You are correct in that as the ball slows down near the end of its flight, the wind will have more effect on its trajectory. This is only due to relative velocities, in that a supersonic jet fighter is less affected by cross winds than a slow microlight aircraft.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Any other golfing misnomers to share ????????

The ball always breaks towards the water when putting

 

[Jimaroid]

This is only due to relative velocities, in that a supersonic jet fighter is less affected by cross winds than a slow microlight aircraft.

Err! What? That's quite a difference in mass and force that you're using for comparison.

Actually, no. I'm out.

 

[delc]

Err! What? That's quite a difference in mass and force that you're using for comparison.

Actually, no. I'm out.

From a piloting point of view, it makes no difference if you are flying a heavy slow aircraft or a light slow aircraft. The effect of the wind on your track and required heading will be the same at a constant speed. A golf ball setting off at, lets say, 150mph won't initially be greatly affected by a 20 knot cross wind, but as it slows down towards the end of its flight, it will be considerably effected, possibly going sideways if coming down almost vertically, like a well struck iron shot with lots of backspin.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I've heard this many times and always wondered, if it is true, why do the pros take any notice of the wind?