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1: Title
2: Objectives & Standards
3: Essential Questions
4: Sensor Sponsor
5: History of Golf
6: Gravity
7: Golf Terms To Know
8: Backspin and Bernoulli’s Principle
9: How Can Temperature Affect Golf Balls?
10: The Effects of Wind
11: What do You Think?
12: Can Air Pressure Affect a Golf Ball?
13: What About Humidity?
14: Golf in the Rain
15: Key Points: Weather and Golf
16: Evaluate Your Learning!
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Can Air Pressure Affect a Golf Ball?
In high places, like mountain regions, air pressure is lower.
This lower pressure reduces the amount of lift and drag on the ball, allowing it to go farther.
Baseball players see similar effects when playing in Colorado vs. New York.
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