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The Negative Effect of Expanding Golf Technology
Over the past five hundred years, the game of golf has made some tremendous changes. Golf as we know it was first recorded in Scotland in the region around Edinburgh in the 15th Century. ... From the 15th century to the mid 1800s, the “feathery” golf ball was used. ... Through technology advances over 500 years we are now able to use two and three piece hybrid golf balls that are almost perfect. ... In a survey performed by USA Today three-fourths of golfers are less concerned about technology’s impact on the game than they were ten years ago. Most golf analysist will say golf technology has and will bring more people to the game. But even though golf technology has introduced many newcomers to the game, it removes skill level, puts stress on the golf course, and adds an extra non-needed expense to the consumer.
New golf technological advances eliminate a degree of skill level from the game through new drivers, irons, and various short game clubs. In the advanced computer world of today, golf club companies are able to create golf clubs that give players an added advantage specifically in the new drivers. ... Bob Taylor, the CEO of Taylormade Golf Company,
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explains that COR “relates to the energy transfer when one object hits another”(1). Taylor later explains “[i]n terms of golf clubs, COR is directly related to the speed of a golf ball as it
rebounds from the club face. ... Even though COR research has progressed slowly, the United States Golf Association imposes regulations on this new research. ...
The next factor the USGA cautiously watches is Variable Face Thickness Technology of commonly as VFT. Callaway Golf originally developed this new technology, but today it has become a standard component in many new drivers. VFT as described by Tom Whinson, writer for the Golf Clubmakers of America, is when “metals of different thickness are put in strategic places”(1).
Approximate Word count = 1594
Approximate Pages = 6.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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