Golf balls are basically indestructible

[chspeed]

 

Credit to http://sploid.gizmodo.com/golf-balls-are-basically-indestructible-1787395384

[TN94z]

Until they are hit by the mowers...haha. That's a cool video

[nevets88]

6 minutes ago, chspeed said:

Credit to http://sploid.gizmodo.com/golf-balls-are-basically-indestructible-1787395384

This was making the rounds on reddit. Some wondered whether the rollers were filled with water/heavy enough.

I can't find the one with the Titleists being crushed by a hydraulic press, but there's this:

 

[Hacker James]

they don't fare well in a microwave either.

[p1n9183]

Broke 2 balls the past month :(, both with only 2 rounds. (nike PD Long)

Edited October 4, 2016 by p1n9183

[Ernest Jones]

Only a Sith deals in absolutes. 

 

 

Err...but I don't mean that in an absolute fashion....

[natureboy]

I don't think that roller was filled with water.

[Liko81]

On 10/4/2016 at 10:30 AM, chspeed said:

 

Credit to http://sploid.gizmodo.com/golf-balls-are-basically-indestructible-1787395384

Nice Vine. Only problem is, that ball's now so out of round it's unlikely to fly anywhere near straight. From an everyday definition of the term, golf balls are durable, but that's because they're designed to get hit at upwards of 100mph, fly through the air, land on whatever's underneath them, then be playable again for the next shot. However, the aerodynamics of the golf ball requires that ball to be pretty much perfect, so it actually doesn't take much to relegate a ball that's still round and in one piece to the shag bag.

[jamo]

Rubber is quite strong in compression.

[Brad W]

I've seen that video before and thought it was pretty impressive.

Filled with water or not, still a lot of weight coming from all that steel.  I suspect the PSI is quite a bit lower than the press.

Both video's are pretty cool though

[sirsteveo55]

On 10/4/2016 at 0:48 PM, Hacker James said:

they don't fare well in a microwave either.

This is kind of a cool video of a golf ball in the microwave. 

 

 

[RussUK]

Some cool vid's there. Should we not have had disclaimer at the start of the thread saying:

***********PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME************

In the garden is fine though 

[Groucho Valentine]

But yet if one lands on a cart path they explode into shreds...go figure..

[RussUK]

1 minute ago, Groucho Valentine said:

But yet if one lands on a cart path they explode into shreds...go figure..

Yes, but cart paths are made of the hardest substance known to man.

[Groucho Valentine]

Just now, RussUK said:

Yes, but cart paths are made of the hardest substance known to man.

Donald Trump's hair? 

[RussUK]

2 minutes ago, Groucho Valentine said:

Donald Trump's hair? 

Good call. Or what about dried on wheatabix?

[Groucho Valentine]

9 minutes ago, RussUK said:

Good call. Or what about dried on wheatabix?

Could stop a bullet.