 fishgul69
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
 917 Posts
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:22:57 AM
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
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 Handsompod
Male, 30-39, Europe
1105 Posts
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:27:17 AM
This looks like a R&D skin test. The polymer coating on a golf ball is very thin and incredibly tough. Finished golf balls now have titanium cores rather than the rubber bands of older balls so it couldn't possibly do what is shown here. A golf ball deforms about 15 - 25% when struck at full speed. The pros achieve about 115mph clubhead speed at impact, your average club golfer gets between 85-95mph. It's the deformation that allows the grooves on the club to gain purchase on the skin of the ball and produce the spin. So no BS here just a stretch test of the coating. |
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 AlANeptune
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
262 Posts
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5:15:32 PM
I'm calling BS. If this happened, wouldn't the marks people get from getting hit with a golf ball be its full circumfrence and NOT just a little bit of one pole? |
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 D3rAnG3d
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1603 Posts
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:05:23 PM
damn... didn't know golf balls were that flexible! |
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 TopperHey
Male, 18-29, Europe
1945 Posts
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:45:54 AM
Ah, Lord Bull-pootington. I wasn't expecting you to visit me this evening. |
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 FitzDarcy
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
3 Posts
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:44:12 AM
@Judio, thanks for the link. I checked it out, and what the guy actually said was that the golf ball was either not a normal golf ball, or they were significantly wrong about the 150 mph speed of impact.
So he thinks it's a fake. |
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 xtreme_dude
Male, 18-29, Western US
1376 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 9:55:31 PM
and they smell like crap when you burn them too! |
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 Corpsecrank
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
873 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 9:42:34 PM
I don't believe this because the material on the outside of a golf ball is not capable of stretching like this shows. At that speed rather than stretch and bend as this shows the plastic outer shell would just shatter instead.
Don't think it would? Go try it and you will see that when you hit those hard enough the outside just breaks apart. It is just plastic after all.
The inside part being able to deform stretch and bend makes sense though. Since it is like a ball of rubber bands inside. |
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 Judlo
Female, 18-29, Canada
16 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 6:35:37 PM
it seems to be true... apparently hit at 150 mph which is faster than tiger wood's (golf ball, not strippers) hits.
more info: http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/05/24/stuff-that-makes-you-go-hmmm-18-how-much-does-a-gold-ball-deform-when-it-hits-a-solid-object/ |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 5:32:15 PM
This is legit. Golf balls really can deform like that, try putting one in a vice. |
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 lemmingboy15
Male, 18-29, Southern US
642 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 4:34:38 PM
yeah i agree with k-two, i'ts hard to believe that an object as rigid as a golf ball would be that elastic even with an extreme amount of force.
the reason golf balls travel the distances they do is partially because of their ability to keep their shape when struck.
and yeah henryhendrix "honestly" some people do care and you just sound like an non-nice individual :D |
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 Ace_Mazta
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
703 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 3:40:45 PM
bull sh*t |
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 Piepig
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1529 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 3:07:14 PM
I wonder why it's in black and white... |
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 Dominimus
Male, 18-29, Western US
8 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 2:46:16 PM
Good comment K-two, henry can go stuff it up his ass. |
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 henryhendrix
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
724 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 2:34:34 PM
Thank you, k-two, for that 'two cents' . Honestly, nobody cares. |
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 AwesomeInc
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
10 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 2:17:20 PM
I vote real/really a golf ball |
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 k-two
Male, 40-49, Europe
112 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 1:06:50 PM
This is certainly not a golf ball - it is flattened (by air resistance?) even before it touches the wall. It is changing its cubic capacity, so it must be hollow with a gas filling. Judging by its oscillations after rebounding, the outer shell is probably soft rubber.
My two cents ... |
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 deadmeat553
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
148 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 1:00:12 PM
If i had a GOLD ball then i would be one to risk breaking it in a stunt like this... |
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 jmanbaseball
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
157 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 12:53:22 PM
I don't think this ball is of the golf or gold variety. |
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 ManicRapture
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
683 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 12:52:28 PM
yes, everyone......I think we all know the typo here...chill broskis.... |
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 krieg_fox
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
71 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 12:42:40 PM
FAKE, i have taken apart a golf ball and the outside shell it rather flaky. |
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 comrade_b
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 12:29:01 PM
really cool |
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 syke22
Male, 18-29, Southern US
1037 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 11:47:18 AM
Holy poo it was a gold ball?! |
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 Stelly
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
321 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 11:46:07 AM
LOL IAB, Who did know that a "gold" ball could be flattened out like a water balloon and back again? |
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 kummi90
Male, 18-29, Europe
543 Posts
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Monday, May 24, 2010 10:19:57 AM
Well, it is made of rubber |
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