Winter distance

[pokerlife]

Sup guys

Only been playing golf 6 months or so.
So this is my first winter playing golf.

Just curious if the cold weather effects how far the ball goes?
I was hitting my driver 280 this summer and now im down to 230

I also lost 20 pounds from playing so much golf. Could the weight loss be the reason for my shorter drives or is it the cold weather?

 

[Lindsey Newman]

Sup guys

Only been playing golf 6 months or so.
So this is my first winter playing golf.

Just curious if the cold weather effects how far the ball goes?
I was hitting my driver 280 this summer and now im down to 230

I also lost 20 pounds from playing so much golf. Could the weight loss be the reason for my shorter drives or is it the cold weather?

Without question. Plus adding a few layers always slows you down.

 

[BIGBALL]

Sup guys

Only been playing golf 6 months or so.
So this is my first winter playing golf.

Just curious if the cold weather effects how far the ball goes?
I was hitting my driver 280 this summer and now im down to 230

I also lost 20 pounds from playing so much golf. Could the weight loss be the reason for my shorter drives or is it the cold weather?

Cold weather will always cost quite a few yards. 50 yards may be a bit much, but depends alot on how cold is cold! Ball doesn't carry nearly as well, plus more layers slow the swing down, etc. I also change to a low compression ball - even to a ladies ball on very cool ( 40 - 45 deg. ) days. Otherwise, it feels like I'm hitting a rock

 

[cagenicolus]

Cold weather always effect the golf distance and it lies near about 30 to 50 yards.

 

[mgranato]

IIRC, Faldo mentioned that once the temps dip below 70*, the yards start falling off. He gave a yard-per-temp that he went by, but I don't remember what it was. Curious to know if the TM guys or Ping guys have done any research to produce a "rule of thumb". I would imagine the ball makers have some testing.

'Tis the season.

 

[pokerlife]

Nice info .
Thanks guys.

 

[dbl]

Here's some info I picked up:

Rule of thumb is one yard for every 3 degrees below 70.

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The change in density with temperature is fairly linear for the range of temperatures that we experience playing golf. So it's not like you lose distance going from 60 to 40 but won't lose distance going from 100 to 80. All those temperature drops will cause approximately equal distance loss due to changes in air density. So the forumula would be 1 foot for every degree below 140! Of course, there are other (human) factors involved like how the player feels or what clothes the player wears at different temperatures that will alter the above equation.

 

[suns11111]

Couple points
1) trick keep a couple balls in your pocket - keeps em warm rotate everyother hole
2) how dry the air is......if its dry and cool out. Prob wont notice a difference
- cool and wet - two clubs
3) Use layers, even oversized clothes
4) no formulas adjust grab a extra club or 2 hitting shots over the green and fall back instead of short and swinging harder..........

 

[leon]

Cold balls

Here's some info I picked up:

Rule of thumb is one yard for every 3 degrees below 70.

..

The change in density with temperature is fairly linear for the range of temperatures that we experience playing golf. So it's not like you lose distance going from 60 to 40 but won't lose distance going from 100 to 80. All those temperature drops will cause approximately equal distance loss due to changes in air density. So the forumula would be 1 foot for every degree below 140! Of course, there are other (human) factors involved like how the player feels or what clothes the player wears at different temperatures that will alter the above equation.

Cool, now if only I could remember how to convert from farenheit to celcius this would be really useful.

I'd also add that its not just air density. If your golf ball gets cold it will compress less at impact and so ball speed off the club will be lower.

In fact, I'd be interested to know how much distance loss is due to the ball, and how much to the air (I guess its pretty dependant on the exact conditions though).