->  DW> I watched some golf being played in Scotland today... 
->  DW> But that would mean that a golfer from New Zealand, for 
->  DW> example, would be at a disadvantage in Scotland. He would be 
->  DW> used to compensating in one direction, but the ball would 
->  DW> move in the other. A drive which would produce a hole-in-one 
->  DW> in NZ would miss by 36 centimetres in Scotland. 
 
-> Any chance of testing the effect ?  New Zealand's best hope to  
-> match Tiger Woods is playing in that tournament  Campbell> and needs all the help he can get to pull clear of the  
-> leaders.... 
 
->  DW> Maybe golfers should have handicaps calculated on latitude! 
 
-> Presumably, such gradings will apply only to north-sout shots ? 
 
-> :-) 
  
No. It's pretty well independent of direction. 
  
I would guess that the best way to test the effect woul;d be to use a 
launcher that's a lot more accurate and repeatable than a human golfer. 
A gun of some sort, maybe. 
  
                                    dow 
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