Essay On Physics In Golf

Physics is more around us than one would think. Physics is in all of the things you love to do. Take golf as an example there is velocity in a golf swing. Velocity is the speed of something in a given object and the speed of your club in the direction you are aiming is velocity. Also there is gravitational potential energy in the top of your backswing to cause you to pull the club downward. Kinetic energy is also in golf, During your backswing kinetic energy is causing your club to go up and in your downswing all of the potential energy is turned into kinetic energy before you hit the ball. Friction is also involved in golf because friction is the force of two objects rubbing against each other and when you hit the golf ball of the ground your club and the ball are rubbing against each other to make the ball go farther. Also when the ball hits the ground the ball and grass are rubbing against each other to cause the ball to slow down. Inertia is related to golf because when the ball is just resting on the tee and the club comes and hits it
Action and reaction forces can also be related to golf because hitting the golf ball with your club and the reaction from that is the ball going forward. In golf a golf club can be known as a mechanical advantage if you are using it because instead of using your body to hit you can use the club as an advantage to hit the ball farther. A golf club being used with the right swing can be mechanical efficiency too because the online definition of mechanical efficiency is “Mechanical efficiency measures the effectiveness of a machine in transforming the energy and power that is input to the device into an output force and movement.” (Google) And the club is the machine transforming the energy and power that was input into the golf