There is a story about how the modern golf ball, with its dimpled surface, came to be: In the mid-1800s, it is said, new golf balls were smooth, but became dimpled over time as impacts left permanent dents. Smooth new balls ...
General Physics
Jun 24, 2014
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Hundreds of thousands of golfers quit the sport last year, and it might be because the average game takes nearly 4 1/2 hours to play.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 6, 2014
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Golfers are facing an unusual feature on a links in tropical northern Australia—crocodiles that live in the course's lakes.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2014
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Putting is arguably the most important skill in golf; in fact, it's been described as a game within a game. Now a team of Rice engineering students has devised a training putter that offers golfers audio, visual and tactile ...
General Physics
Apr 18, 2014
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Currently, there are more than 18,300 golf courses in the U.S. covering over 2.7 million acres. The ecological impacts of golf courses are not always straightforward with popular opinion suggesting that environmentally, golf ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2014
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A Google subsidiary has been picked to run and renovate a federal airfield that is frequently used for the personal flights of the company's top executives.
Business
Feb 11, 2014
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Skateboarders and golfers may not normally have much in common, but a US entrepreneur hopes to appeal to both sporting types with a new device that lets you "surf" the fairways.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 20, 2013
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A wireless system capable of optimally irrigating golf courses promises not only better-cared for greens and fairways but substantial savings in water usage as well. In fact, the EU-funded WaterGolf project, which kicked ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 2, 2013
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Hold a magnifying glass over the driveway on a sunny day and it will focus sunlight into a single beam. Hold a prism in front of the window and the light will spread out into a perfect rainbow. Lenses like these have been ...
General Physics
Aug 12, 2013
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NOAA's National Weather Service has discovered that 64 percent of lightning deaths since 2006 occurred while people were participating in leisure activities, with fishing topping the list at 26 deaths. John Jensenius, a lightning ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2013
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