Protracer video - could watch this all day

D Hayes

Saw this on another site earlier. Gotta love the Protracer!

slave1

Last one was a peach, and here's me just trying to get one straight shot off the tee!

PARlance

It could do with a few more shots from Tiger......

alxmorgan

Can someone please tell me why those fing eejits run like maniacs whenever a ball lands within 50 yards of them ? :rolleyes:

Your watching golf, it's a ball...what's the big deal ?

"Look, look, look....a ball, a ball, a ball....run, run, run....look at it...looooooook."

Muppets

FixdePitchmark

alxmorgan wrote: »

Can someone please tell me why those fing eejits run like maniacs whenever a ball lands within 50 yards of them ? :rolleyes:

Your watching golf, it's a ball...what's the big deal ?

"Look, look, look....a ball, a ball, a ball....run, run, run....look at it...looooooook."

Muppets

I guess because the crowd with tiger is 3 4 deep.

With Tiger , could be your one and only time to stand and watch the greatest player of all time from 5 6 feet.

So that is logic. But they do look like muppets.

TRS30

Where did the Rickie Fowler one go??? It disappears off the screen and not seen again...........

alxmorgan

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I guess because the crowd with tiger is 3 4 deep.

With Tiger , could be your one and only time to stand and watch the greatest player of all time from 5 6 feet.

So that is logic. But they do look like muppets.

Hadn't thought of that. Makes a lot more sense now. Still don't think it's worth looking like that much of a fool on national tv though

link_2007

alxmorgan wrote: »

Can someone please tell me why those fing eejits run like maniacs whenever a ball lands within 50 yards of them ? :rolleyes:

Your watching golf, it's a ball...what's the big deal ?

"Look, look, look....a ball, a ball, a ball....run, run, run....look at it...looooooook."

Muppets

They remind me of when I used to bring my younger brother and sister to feed the ducks.

PARlance

TRS30 wrote: »

Where did the Rickie Fowler one go??? It disappears off the screen and not seen again...........

I think they threw that in for me, when I was watching his drive I was thinking... looks good, still looks good, ah fcuk it, where the hell has that gone!
All too familiar

link_2007 wrote: »

They remind me of when I used to bring my younger brother and sister to feed the ducks.

I used to do that too with the younger brothers, throw the bread into the into the lake and make them run after it

Rikand

Something happen to the link, its not showing for me

scrubber72

Wouldn't it be class if a ball left a trail like that. Never lose one again.

the lawman

scrubber72 wrote: »

Wouldn't it be class if a ball left a trail like that. Never lose one again.

My wife just asked me do my balls have that red tail on them*


*she might not have.

link_2007

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

Something happen to the link, its not showing for me

The embedded youtube videos never work for me (on my work pc, fine at home) but if you click the title of the video to be redirected to youtube it works there (well it does for me!).

BigChap1759

Is it just me or does the downward path on pro tracer not look right - the path seems to lose the trajectory and just drop down, as opposed to continuing on as it would in real life?

ForeRight

BigChap1759 wrote: »

Is it just me or does the downward path on pro tracer not look right - the path seems to lose the trajectory and just drop down, as opposed to continuing on as it would in real life?

Is it not just the fact the ball is further away from the camera therefore the ball looks like it is dropping straight down out of the sky.

Jazzzman

ForeRight wrote: »

Is it not just the fact the ball is further away from the camera therefore the ball looks like it is dropping straight down out of the sky.

those cows are far away

ForeRight

Jazzzman wrote: »

those cows are far away

Exactly

Ilik Urgee

the lawman wrote: »

My wife just asked me do my balls have that red tail on them*


*she might not have.

Just as well this is the golf forum.

Arsenium

Great video. Pity there wasnt more of Bubba Watson. That guy can shape the ball :-)

Kace

alxmorgan wrote: »

Hadn't thought of that. Makes a lot more sense now. Still don't think it's worth looking like that much of a fool on national tv though

I'd say if you were over at The Open this year and Tiger was in front and landed one beside you, instinct and excitement would probably make you run as fast as anyone to be beside it ;-)

ForeRight

Kace wrote: »

I'd say if you were over at The Open this year and Tiger was in front and landed one beside you, instinct and excitement would probably make you run as fast as anyone to be beside it ;-)

I'd stand on it and plug it.

By accident of course

Ilik Urgee

Arsenium wrote: »

Great video. Pity there wasnt more of Bubba Watson. That guy can shape the ball :-)

I'd love to see a tracer of that wedge in the playoff at the Masters

FWVT

BigChap1759 wrote: »

Is it just me or does the downward path on pro tracer not look right - the path seems to lose the trajectory and just drop down, as opposed to continuing on as it would in real life?

No, that's a real effect. Earlier in its trajectory the ball is travelling faster and hence the its spin is more effective in generating a curved trajectory. Later on, it has lost some if its spin and air resistance has slowed it down, so the ball just drops down under gravity.

Senecio

FWVT wrote: »

No, that's a real effect. Earlier in its trajectory the ball is travelling faster and hence the its spin is more effective in generating a curved trajectory. Later on, it has lost some if its spin and air resistance has slowed it down, so the ball just drops down under gravity.

It's also the difference between the pros and us mere mortals. They "trap" the ball with hands in front at impact instead of sweeping it like we do. It sends the ball out lower with more spin. The ball climbs late in its flight as a result, then drops out of the sky. Beautiful to watch, hard to replicate.