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Golf ball hitting steel

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Very hard to believe that one. I've seen plenty of videos of ball compression with driver swing speeds in the 130's and the ball doesn't deform nearly that much. For example:

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y57pw_iWlk&feature=related"]YouTube- Hi-speed video of a golf ball compressed by driver[/nomedia]

Who knows, though. A thin face driver vs. a static, thick plate of steel surely makes a big difference...
 
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I call BS. Like other members have posted, there are dozens of documented videos showing how balls are compressed in the 120mph - 130mph range. None of them come close to that video.

Here is what really happens to a golf ball.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_rZI9tOFc&feature=related"]YouTube- Druckversuch Golfball 2[/nomedia]
 
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