Science and Golf IV : proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf / edited by Eric Thain.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. A spatial model of the rigid-body club swing -- 2. Biomechanical analysis of professional golfer's swing: Hidemichi Tanaka -- 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: a laser based evaluation -- 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: student perceptions of success in golf instruction -- 20. An analysis of an effective golf teacher education program: The LPGA National 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: a review with a commentary from a player's perspective -- 25. The golfer-caddie partnership: an exploratory investigation into the role of the caddie -- 26. A general principle in golf -- 27. Team selection by portfolio optimization -- 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 a 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: Benefits for all golfers -- 40. Experiments in golf ball - barrier impacts -- 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 -- 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 stoloniferal 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. Sulphur 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: is habitat quality important -- 67. An improved apparatus and technique for measuring green-speed -- 68. Golf participation growth feasibility assessment: Identifying the growth potential for golf participation and golf related spending -- 69. Golf potential in Germany in the international context -- 70. Complementing touristic development with popular recreation: a challenge for the future of golf in Spain -- 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: the Old Course as "mecca" and a "museum without walls" -- Index.

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