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The Golf Ball Paradox

Steve Mould 11:59

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Sometimes a golf ball with pop back out of the hole. The physics behind it is quite surprising. Watch it happening in slow motion.

Here's a great analysis from Daniel Walsh: https://youtu.be/4er2buINHF0?si=TpIe4k8GfKlWoERj

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Here are the two papers:
https://www.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~jnatar/MG-15/golfer.pdf
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0143-0807/28/2/024 (paywall)

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