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Ridiculous hole-in-one

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Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
I just really can't imagine the physics behind it.

It's in the fringe, so that's tall grass part...if there was so much spin as to make it move that much 10 seconds later...how would it not deform the grass and move within a second or two

arg!

How could the ball continue to spin for 10 seconds laying *still* and still come out of the fringe with that much force.
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Haha
 
Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
I just really can't imagine the physics behind it.

It's in the fringe, so that's tall grass part...if there was so much spin as to make it move that much 10 seconds later...how would it not deform the grass and move within a second or two

arg!

How could the ball continue to spin for 10 seconds laying *still* and still come out of the fringe with that much force.
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Spin? No.

Release of potential energy coupled with any number of environmental stimuli (wind, geomagnetic fluctuations, etc)? Certainly.

Not likely to happen often, but certainly plausible.
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Simple.

There was only a few blades of grass to the hard green, the weight of the ball laid those blades over and away it went.

I've had many delays like that.
 
Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
I just really can't imagine the physics behind it.

It's in the fringe, so that's tall grass part...if there was so much spin as to make it move that much 10 seconds later...how would it not deform the grass and move within a second or two

arg!

How could the ball continue to spin for 10 seconds laying *still* and still come out of the fringe with that much force.
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😕

awesome shot 😀
 
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
maybe there was a breeze
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i dont think so
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maybe there was though
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maybe there wasnt
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i think so
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you thought wrong
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maybe YOU thought wrong
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maybe YOU posted that twice
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
I just really can't imagine the physics behind it.

It's in the fringe, so that's tall grass part...if there was so much spin as to make it move that much 10 seconds later...how would it not deform the grass and move within a second or two

arg!

How could the ball continue to spin for 10 seconds laying *still* and still come out of the fringe with that much force.
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Spin? No.

Release of potential energy coupled with any number of environmental stimuli (wind, geomagnetic fluctuations, etc)? Certainly.

Not likely to happen often, but certainly plausible.
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Simple.

There was only a few blades of grass to the hard green, the weight of the ball laid those blades over and away it went.

I've had many delays like that.
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actually if you look at the video, he is on the outer fringe, quite a ways from the green proper. And as a golfer, I can tell you that the wind has to blow EXTREMELY hard to move a stationary ball even on the short nap of a green, let alone in the deep fringe
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
maybe there was a breeze
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i dont think so
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maybe there was though
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maybe there wasnt
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i think so
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you thought wrong
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maybe YOU thought wrong
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maybe YOU posted that twice
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I don't think so
 
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: JDrake
maybe there was a breeze
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i dont think so
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maybe there was though
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maybe there wasnt
Click to expand...
i think so
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you thought wrong
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maybe YOU thought wrong
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maybe YOU BOTH thought wrong 😕
 
Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Thats not real!
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I agree...mujst be a pause in the video edit....itn is a physical impossibility for that ball to begin moving like that fater being at a dead stop in the fringe.
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Allianz Championship - Saturday, Jun 3, 2006 7:04 pm EDT:
  • "Fuzzy Zoeller stole the show with a hole-in-one on the 170-yard 16th hole, an ace he never saw. Zoeller's drive landed in the rough on the fringe of the green and to the left of the pin. Thinking he had a chip shot in front of him, Zoeller stepped off to the side and asked his caddie for his sandwich.

    But after laying still for almost 10 seconds, the ball slowly trickled down the green and into the cup. Zoeller, who finished with a 68 to reach 7 under, gave the crowd a wry grin and a sarcastic thumbs-up after one of the most improbable of his 16 career aces.

    "It was a lucky shot," Zoeller said. "It's a crazy game. I'm just glad I don't have to do it for a living."
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LOL at using the wrong word. He was sooooo far in the rough that he decided to have lunch!
 
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