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Steamroller vs golf balls - who wins this battle?

nevets88

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I thought I would see some flattened golf balls. Deformed. Spoilers - steamroller no better than a DJ walloped driver.

 

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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Makes me wonder if that's how all golf balls would hold up or just two piece ones like those dunlops.

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Thats pretty neat.  I would not have thought they would hold up that well.

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6 minutes ago, Aflighter said:

Didnt see what brand they were but those are some damn durable balls.

I'm pretty sure I heard them say "good job, Dunlop"

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On 9/15/2016 at 6:31 PM, Papa Steve 55 said:

I'm sure we have all seen a version of this photo.

golf_club_880-300x240.jpg

That's not a real golf ball. That's a piece of soft rubber or something.

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Valleygolfer Super Member

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Thanks @nevets88 I narrowly escaped watching 2 two hours of stuff getting crushed...

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Papa Steve 55 Great Member

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Harold Edgerton is famous for his high speed strobe photography.  These two are from the 30's. That's Bobby Jones swinging. While I have no proof that the first photo is a genuine golf ball, there are thousands of photos on the internet showing much more distortion than that. I have no doubt its a real golf ball.

Google a golf ball hitting a steel plate at 150 MPH, it looks like a pancake. I tried to post it but for some reason the image was tiny.

Drive.jpg

Bobby Jones.jpg

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