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Here's Adley Rutschman, whacking a golf ball.


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9 hours ago, El_Duderino said:

The classic baseball player golf swing. Very steep, tons of speed and athleticism to square it up. Lot of slices in his future. 

Yea looks a little over the top there

 

 

8 hours ago, scOtt said:

On a golf ball??? 130-140 or even a little more. ;)

 

I would bet his ball speed is probably closer to 170 

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Just now, Orioles0615 said:

I would bet his ball speed is probably closer to 170 

I'm not sure about that. In my prime I could hit 90-95. Couple long hitters I played with touched 105. A decent PGA player hits 120 ish. John Daly in his prime hit 130-140.

I'm not sure 170 is even humanly possible. Maybe with a machine.

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30 minutes ago, scOtt said:

I'm not sure about that. In my prime I could hit 90-95. Couple long hitters I played with touched 105. A decent PGA player hits 120 ish. John Daly in his prime hit 130-140.

I'm not sure 170 is even humanly possible. Maybe with a machine.

Are you talking ball speed or swing speed?   From what I read, ball speed tends to be about 1.5 times swing speed.    https://golftips.golfweek.usatoday.com/golf-tips-swing-speed-2325.html

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44 minutes ago, scOtt said:

I'm not sure about that. In my prime I could hit 90-95. Couple long hitters I played with touched 105. A decent PGA player hits 120 ish. John Daly in his prime hit 130-140.

I'm not sure 170 is even humanly possible. Maybe with a machine.

I was talking about ball speed not club head speed. Bryson Deschambu  is always trying to reach 200 ball speed. 

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20 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Are you talking ball speed or swing speed?   From what I read, ball speed tends to be about 1.5 times swing speed.    https://golftips.golfweek.usatoday.com/golf-tips-swing-speed-2325.html

There are golf ball trajectory simulators like this one. We know people can hit golf balls 350+ yards, but with the simulator the only way you can get there is a ball velocity in excess of 200 mph.

You can also do the math on an idealized projectile, and if a 80 mph object launched at 25 degrees will go 330 feet, you have to launch the same thing 140 mph to go the 1000 feet of a long hitter's golf ball.

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