Out on the range everyday, that’s me. I’m not perfect yet, but I’m working towards being almost perfect.

Bam! You will see me out practicing every single day of the week. You will see me in below freezing weather, in the rain, in wind storms, and in over 100 degree summer weather. People will stop by and say good shot! And I reply, not good enough. I don’t wanna be good I wanna be great. I’m out there so much because being in the LPGA is my life long goal. I’ve only been playing for a year, so that means that I have a lot of catching up to do.

People say that practice makes perfect, but really in the game of golf there is no such thing as perfect. Although, there is a true statement: practice makes almost perfect. Almost perfect is what I’m working for and I will be there one day.

Well, most people say, “Oh golf is so easy it doesn’t take any science!”  I’m here to prove that golf is super scientific.   Engineers and scientists study the golf industry and say that the impact between the golf club and golf ball’s launch conditions take the impact only 1/2000 of a second.   Now that takes skill!  The impact establishes the ball’s velocity, launch angle, and spin rate.  After the impact the balls trajectory is controlled by gravity and aerodynamics.  The aerodynamic optimization is achieved through the dimple pattern design which is a critical part of golf ball development.  A smooth golf ball would travel about half as far as a golf ball with dimples will.  Most golf balls have between 300 and 500 dimples, which have an average depth of about 0.010 inch.  The lift and drag forces can make a depth change of 0.001 of an inch which produces a dramatic change in the balls trajectory and how far the golf ball can fly.  Air puts a force on any object moving through it.  Aerodynamicists break down the force into two things that are lift and drag.  Drag acts to directly oppose any motion and lift acts going in a direction perpendicular to any motion.  An object in motion has a high-pressure area on its front side.  Air flows smoothly over the front side and separates from the object toward the back side.  An object in motion leaves behind a turbulent wake region causing the air flow to get agitated and have a lower air pressure behind it.  The size of the wake does affect the amount of drag on the object.  A dimpled ball has about half the drag of a smooth golf ball.  The spinning makes the air pressure on the bottom of the ball higher than the air pressure on the top of the golf ball, which creates an upward lift on the dimpled ball.  Ball spin makes up half of a golf balls lift.  Dimples allow for optimization of the lift force.   Therefore, golf is definitely scientific.