Science and Golf IV

Eric Thain

1: The Golfer; 1: A Spatial Model of the Rigid-Body Club Swing; 2: Biomechanical Analysis of Professional Golfer's Swing; 3: Age, Centre of Pressure and Clubhead Speed in Golf; 4: Effect of Muscle Strength and Flexibility on Club-Head Speed in Older Golfers; 5: Maximal Static Contraction Strengthening Exercises and Driving Distance; 6: Bone Mass, Bone Mineral Density and Muscle Mass in Professional Golfers; 7: Strength Training and Injury Prevention for Professional Golfers; 8: Comparison of Spine Motion in Elite Golfers with and without Low Back Pain; 9: Musculoskeletal Injury Questionnaire for Senior Golfers; 10: A Critical Examination of Motor Control and Transfer Issues in Putting; 11: Experimental Study of Effects of Distance, Slope and Break on Putting Performance for Active Golfers; 12: Is it a Pendulum, is it a Plane?— Mathematical Models of Putting; 13: Putting Alignment in Golf; 14: Eye Dominance, Visibility, and Putting Performance; 15: Alignment Variations among Junior Golfers; 16: The Effects of Outcome Imagery on Golf-Putting Performance; 17: The Efficacy of Video Feedback for Learning the Golf Swing; 18: The Role of Metaphor in Expert Golf Instruction; 19: Golf Their Way; 20: An Analysis of an Effective Golf Teacher Education Program; 21: Why Does Traditional Training Fail to Optimize Playing Performance?; 22: Performance and Practice of Elite Women European Tour Golfers During a Pressure and a Non-Pressure Putting Simulation; 23: Practice for Competition in Women Professional Golfers; 24: Yielding to Internal Performance Stress? – The Yips in Golf; 25: The Golfer-Caddie Partnership; 26: A General Principle in Golf; 27: Team Selection by Portfolio Optimization; 2: The Equipment; 28: Compression by Any Other Name; 29: Effects of Dimple Design on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Golf Ball; 30: A Generally Applicable Model for the Aerodynamic Behavior of Golf Balls; 31: 3-Dimensional Trajectory Analysis of Golf Balls; 32: The Vibrational Mode Structure of a Golf Ball; 33: On the Acoustic Signature of Golf Ball Impact; 34: Measurement of the Behavior of a Golf Club During the Golf Swing; 35: On Measuring the Flexural Rigidity Distribution of Golf Shafts; 36: Characteristic Spring Constants for Golf Club Heads; 37: Influence of Characteristics of Golf Club Head on Release Velocity and Spin Velocity of Golf Ball after Impact; 38: Optimization of Golf Club Face for Enhancement of Coefficient of Restitution; 39: High Performance Driver Design; 40: Experiments in Golf Ball; 41: Development and Use of One-Dimensional Models of a Golf Ball; 42: Clubhead Acceleration Patterns during Impact with the Golf Ball; 43: Mapping Clubhead to Ball Impact and Estimating Trajectory; 44: Is the Impact of a Golf Ball Hertzian?; 45: An Extended Model of Oblique Impact of Elastic Ball; 46: Experimental Determination of Apparent Contact Time in Normal Impact; 47: An Investigation into the Effect of the Roll of a Golf Ball Using the C-Groove Putter; 3: The Golf Course; 48: Evaluation of New Cultivars for Putting Greens in the U.S.; 49: Root Distribution and ET as Related to Drought Avoidance in Poa Pratensis; 50: Intraspecies Wear Stress Tolerance Investigations with Poa Pratensis; 51: Transformation of Herbicide Tolerant and Disease Resistant Creeping Bentgrass; 52: Relative Performance of Bentgrass Species and Cultivars During Golf Buggy Wear; 53: Physiological Responses of Agrostis palustris L. to Lowering Day or Night Soil Temperatures Under Heat Stress; 54: Effects of Syringing on Summer Stress Performance of Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L); 55: Reduced Rate Preemergence Herbicide Programs for Digitaria Ischaemum Control in Bermudagrass Turf; 56: Conventional and Innovative Methods for Fairy Ring Management in Turfgrass; 57: Competition between Agrostis Stolonifera and Poa annua Populations in Turfgrass Communities; 58: The Use of Plant Growth Regulators to Reduce Poa annua ssp. Annua in Bentgrass Putting Greens; 59: Growth Retardants Alter Expansive Growth and Establishment of Cynodon sp.; 60: Potassium Nutrition Effects on Agrostis stolonifera L. Wear Stress Tolerance; 61: Sulfur Level and Timing Effects on Agrostis Palustris Injury and Soil pH; 62: Dislodgeable Residues of 2,4-D and Implications for Golfer Exposure; 63: Effect of Thatch on Pesticide Model Leaching Predictions; 64: Diurnal and Temporal Variations of Green Speed; 65: Can Golf Courses Enhance Local Biodiversity?; 66: Heathland Invertebrates on Golf Courses; 67: An Improved Apparatus and Technique for Measuring Green-Speed; 4: Golf Development; 68: Golf Participation Growth Feasibility Assessment; 69: Golf Potential in Germany in the International Context; 70: Complementing Touristic Development with Popular Recreation; 71: An Analysis of Alternative Golf Facilities and their Relation to Traditional Golf; 72: An Examination of Fan Motivation Among Men and Women Spectators Attending an LPGA Tour Event; 73: Economic Contribution of Golf to the UK Economy; 74: Appraising Golf Developments in the Era of ‘Contested Countrysides'; 75: Understanding Nostalgia Sport Tourism