Can you hear the hiss of your own ball?

[Clambake]

....My guess is that it takes some time for ball to gather enough speed to generate the hiss. The ball doesn't go from 0-150mph at the impact. Exactly when it reaches the point where it's fast enough to makes noise will depend on a lot of things but the maximum speed is not at impact but some where down the line.

Safetrip, if you're an engineer you should understand that the ball cannot get faster as it travels. What physical effect would be causing it to accelerate? It doesn't have any propulsion inside. There is no additional atmospheric "boost". The spin induces lift through Bernoulli effect, but is not an accerating factor. The drag caused by the air is imparting a deceleration force onto the ball from the moment it leaves the club face, so actually the ball should be slowing down from the moment it is struck until it lands. Dimples may reduce the drag compared to a smooth surface, but there is still drag. Physics still holds, even in golf (although I could swear there are paranormal factors that sometimes prevent my ball from going into the hole!).

[youngskip40]

I can't hear the hiss, but I can hear the sonic boom a few seconds after impact.

You must use the HAMMER!

[sean_miller]

Safetrip, if you're an engineer you should understand that the ball cannot get faster as it travels. What physical effect would be causing it to accelerate? It doesn't have any propulsion inside. There is no additional atmospheric "boost". The spin induces lift through Bernoulli effect, but is not an accerating factor. The drag caused by the air is imparting a deceleration force onto the ball from the moment it leaves the club face, so actually the ball should be slowing down from the moment it is struck until it lands. Dimples may reduce the drag compared to a smooth surface, but there is still drag. Physics still holds, even in golf (although I could swear there are paranormal factors that sometimes prevent my ball from going into the hole!).

I was hinting at that (minus the science part) in my earlier sarcastic post - they're getting sarcasm in Milwaukee in 2010 - that's the Brewers' year!!