Would greatly appreciate help with the following problem.
I have a golf ball on the ground and a putter club with a flat surface. Disregarding variables of physics that would cause imperfections in the club and ball contact and straight roll, from a geometry standpoint and hoping to get the formula that will solve the problem for a variety of ball to hole distances.
I strike the ball exactly in the center of the clubface, it rolls straight and it then either rolls directly over the left edge or right edge or rolls into the 4.25" diameter cup. The width of the club face is 3". How many degrees can the club skew (rotating inside a circle) left or right around the circumference of a theoretical circle and the ball will still roll into or over one of the two edges of the hole?
Am hoping to get the formula for X degrees of skewing of the left end of the club along the circumference is the maximum allowed when the distance from the ball and club contact point is Y feet from the midpoint of the hole.
I have a golf ball on the ground and a putter club with a flat surface. Disregarding variables of physics that would cause imperfections in the club and ball contact and straight roll, from a geometry standpoint and hoping to get the formula that will solve the problem for a variety of ball to hole distances.
I strike the ball exactly in the center of the clubface, it rolls straight and it then either rolls directly over the left edge or right edge or rolls into the 4.25" diameter cup. The width of the club face is 3". How many degrees can the club skew (rotating inside a circle) left or right around the circumference of a theoretical circle and the ball will still roll into or over one of the two edges of the hole?
Am hoping to get the formula for X degrees of skewing of the left end of the club along the circumference is the maximum allowed when the distance from the ball and club contact point is Y feet from the midpoint of the hole.