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Fore! Colf Club Heads Spark Controversy.

Foundry Management & Technology, September, 2001

"Spring-like effect" may give your swing an unfair advantage on the course, says this USDA consultant.

When Stanley H. Johnson, professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, speaks of "spring-like effect," he isn't referring to the weather. He's talking golf.

The phrase is at the center of Johnson's research on golf club heads at the United States Golf Association (USGA). Certain new golf clubs made with titanium heads have sparked a recent barrage of debate among golf fans, even leading to disagreements between the USGA, a golf club manufacturer, and the European golfing association.

Some of the new clubs have not been accepted by the USGA, but have met with approval from the Royal & Ancient Golf...

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