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Golf and Wind

The Physics of Playing Golf in Wind

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  1. Shantanu Malik

    1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

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  2. Sandeep Saha

    1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

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  • In-depth discussion of the effect of wind, a very significant factor in the game of golf
  • Case studies of actual golf courses which provides a real-life perspective to the discussion in text
  • Is useful for golf players and coaches, golf-course designers, as well as golf-ball manufacturers.

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha
    Pages 1-14

  3. Understanding the Motion and the Environment

    • Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha
    Pages 15-41

  4. Simulating the Motion in a Synthesised Environment

    • Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha
    Pages 43-62

  5. How Does Wind Impact Gameplay?

    • Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha
    Pages 63-86

  6. Gameplay, the Course and Wind

    • Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha
    Pages 87-111

  7. Concluding Thoughts

    • Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha
    Pages 113-114
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This book simulates the complete trajectories (flight and subsequent ground run) of golf shots using the aerodynamic and material properties of golf balls, and establish the significance of wind’s impact on gameplay. It also presents insight into how physical parameters like launch conditions (speed, angle and spin-rate) and wind conditions affect the trajectory of a golf ball. It discusses the specific effects of wind on the flight trajectory and explore the consequences of effect of wind direction; impact of golf club selection on the wind-induced deviation; strategies and their effectiveness to counter the diversion due to wind; and the sensitivity of the trajectory to aerodynamic characteristics of golf balls. Furthermore, the impact of wind on a player's strategy is elucidated with cases studies on the renowned holes of three golf courses: (i) Hole 17, TPC Sawgrass, (ii) Hole 8, Muirfield Golf Club, and (iii) Hole 18, Pebble beach Golf links.  It presents an integrated mathematical model and quantitative data on ball trajectory accompanied by insights and illustrations for players, golf-course designers, ball manufacturers, scientific community, and golf enthusiasts. This book will be useful for researchers and professionals in the fields of aerodynamics engineering, sports science and physics. Additionally, this book will be a good read for golf players and coaches, golf-course designers, as well as golf-ball manufacturers. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

    Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha

About the authors

Shantanu Malik has obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2020. He has been working on golf ball aerodynamics and flight simulation for the past three years. While at IIT Kharagpur, he has also worked on projects related to dynamics and control of UAVs as well as gravity and drag simulation for satellites in orbit. Shantanu holds technical skills in the areas of Programming & Simulation (MATLAB, C/C++, Simulink, Simscape, Arduino IDE, Solidworks), flight mechanics & control (Control theory, Aircraft Spacecraft & Helicopter dynamics) and flight testing (Hardware implementation, PID tuning, Piloting UAVs, In-flight experiments).






Dr Sandeep Saha is Assistant Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He obtained his bachelors and masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London. Before joining IIT Kharagpur, he was working as Marie-Curie Experienced Researcher, C.N.R.S. (laboratoire FAST), Orsay, France. He worked as Aerodynamics Engineer, ALSTOM Power, Rugby, UK; as Research Scientist (Fluids), Schlumberger Gould Research, Cambridge, UK; and as academics Staff member, Mechanical Engineering, Univerisity of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (in collaboration with SIEMENS AG). Dr Saha has published various articles in reputed journals and presented papers in many prestigious conferences. His area of specialization is fluid mechanics.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Golf and Wind

  • Book Subtitle: The Physics of Playing Golf in Wind

  • Authors: Shantanu Malik, Sandeep Saha

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9720-6

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9719-0Published: 17 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9722-0Published: 17 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9720-6Published: 16 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 114

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Sport Science

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