@CONFERENCE\{IMM2006-04911, author = "M. Buchinger and J. R. Dahl and S. Durigen and C. Marugan and P. G. Thomsen and G. White", title = "The Optimal Golf Stroke", year = "2006", month = "jul", keywords = "Modelling of Dynamic Systems,Applied Mathematics, Numerical solution, Sports equipment", booktitle = "Proceedings of the 18th {ECMI} modelling week.", volume = "", series = "", editor = "", publisher = "Lapeenranta University of Technology", organization = "", address = "{FIN} 53851 Lappeenranta, Finland", url = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/4911-full.html", abstract = "The paper presents a preliminary investigation into aspects of the game of golf. A series of models is proposed for the golf stroke, the momentum transfer between club and ball and the flight of the ball.Numerical and asymptotic solutions are presented reproducing many of the features observed in the golf stroke of a professional golfer.", isbn_issn = "952-214-256-5" }