One of the snippets of I found most fascinating was host Andrew Rice’s research on how temperature affects golf ball distance ... you can see courtesy of the chart above, the carry change ...

Altitude, or elevation, and wind have the greatest and most apparent effect on golf ball distance. Every 1,000 feet above sea level a golf course sits, a golfer can expect their ball to travel ...

Titleist conducted a study that determined golf balls travel roughly 1.2 percent farther for every 1,000-foot elevation gain ... That can mean more total distance, too. 4. Hit your wedges low.

According to Steven Aoyama, a golf ball designer at Titleist, the general formula used to calculate the distance gain compared to sea level involves multiplying the elevation, in feet, by ...

Currently, the Overall Distance Standard, which defines the maximum yardage golf balls can travel, is set at 317 yards (with a tolerance of 3 yards). Golf balls are tested according to three ...