Cold temperature effects on the golf ball

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By david b

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  1. david b

    david b
    paso robles, CA

    I once read that for every 15 degrees below 70 Fahrenheit the distance a golf ball carries is reduced by one club can anyone confirm or correct this? 

  2. Bill T

    Bill T
    Iowa, LA

    I played last saturday in 38* weather with 27* wind chill and clubbed up 2 clubs on just about every shot and it worked out about right. The mental aspect is the hardest thing. I usually hit my 8 iron 145 - 155 and trusting that my 6 iron from that distance isn't going to fly the green by 30 yards is hard to do.

  3. tdogg21

    tdogg21
    Chambersburg, PA

    Bill T said:

    I played last saturday in 38* weather with 27* wind chill and clubbed up 2 clubs on just about every shot and it worked out about right. The mental aspect is the hardest thing. I usually hit my 8 iron 145 - 155 and trusting that my 6 iron from that distance isn't going to fly the green by 30 yards is hard to do.

    I agree.....trusting yourself with such a big change is hard to do.  But after a few holes, it starts to get easier.

    I typically club up one club and see how I'm playing and adjust from there.

  4. bahram t

    bahram t
    ladera ranch, CA

    yes, I have experienced cold weather in tournaments and it does affect the distance the ball goes, but i'm not sure if it's one club for every 15 degrees below 70 

  5. Brad m

    Brad m
    New Hamburg, ON

    I didn't know there was an exact formula, but I drop down at least one club after September. I won a match a few years ago when my opponent did not make the adjustment for the cooler weather. He came up shot 4 times on the first 5 holes, and lost all 4. We were both playing well, but he just mis clubbed due to the weather. Not sure what the outcome would have been otherwise, but I also remember knocking in a 90 yard wedge on the 15th hole for eagle on a par 5 when he was already on the green in 2 staring at an 18 ft putt for eagle to tie the match. He missed his eagle putt, and I hung on.
  6. Hendy

    Hendy
    Sterling Heights, MI

    Yep. Pretty much the same as above. I drop down a club and from V1x to V1. Seems to balance it out for the most part. 

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