{"id":22049,"date":"2023-08-24T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/uncategorized\/leffet-de-la-meteo-sur-votre-jeu\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:17:47","slug":"the-effect-of-the-weather-on-your-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/blog-en\/the-effect-of-the-weather-on-your-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The effect of the weather on your game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is here, but the golf season isn&#8217;t over yet! Although the temperature is dropping, many great rounds of golf are still on the horizon. One thing&#8217;s for sure: the changing weather is having an effect on our game. Whether it&#8217;s our movements becoming more jerky on colder days, or the trajectory of our ball varying with the wind, we need to start anticipating the weather and making a few adjustments to our game. Today, let&#8217;s talk ball, sticks, and tips for maintaining your performance level despite the weather!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22015 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OH-golf-2-LR--1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OH-golf-2-LR--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OH-golf-2-LR--512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OH-golf-2-LR--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OH-golf-2-LR-.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When playing at the end of the season, as in the last few days, the ball doesn&#8217;t react as usual. The reason is quite simple. The colder it gets, the harder the ball becomes, and the more compression it loses (for more details on compression, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/blog-en\/choisir-sa-balle\/\">you can revisit this article<\/a>). By losing this famous compression, the explosion on contact will be smaller, resulting in a loss of distance. Taking this factor into account, your choice of club will be made accordingly. To help you interpret your distances, here&#8217;s an approximate measurement chart for a #7 iron:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>22 Celsius and more = full distance<\/li>\n<li>14 to 21 Celsius = 3 to 5 yards less<\/li>\n<li>7 to 13 Celsius = 6 to 8 yards less<\/li>\n<li>0 to 6 Celsius = 8 to 12 yards less<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For context, let&#8217;s take the example of hole #16. Designed in the shape of a peninsula, the tee and green are separated by a large pond that requires a direct approach to the green. Typically, an 8-iron would be the club of choice to achieve this approach without blowing it up. On a 5-degree day in October, a 7-iron would be a better option, considering the previous table. In such conditions, a golfer teeing off on hole 13 will have to completely rethink his strategy. Normally, the predominant strategy is to hit beyond the sand trap before the elbow. A more conservative tee shot is likely to pay off at this point in your round.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22046 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Owls_Head_Golf_2023-148-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Owls_Head_Golf_2023-148-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Owls_Head_Golf_2023-148-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Owls_Head_Golf_2023-148-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Owls_Head_Golf_2023-148-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Owls_Head_Golf_2023-148-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, distances vary greatly according to temperature. To optimize your choice of club and your playing strategy, consult the weather app on your phone. That way, you&#8217;ll know what kind of distance you&#8217;ll be able to reach, and at what angle of attack you&#8217;ll start your hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is here, but the golf season isn&#8217;t over yet! Although the temperature is dropping, many great rounds of golf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":22037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":{"other_space":[],"other_content":"","section_form_id":false,"section_form_space":[],"section_form_underline":"","section_form_title":"","article_read_more":"Lire le communiqu\u00e9 de presse","menu_language_white":false,"pdf":false},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":189,"label":"Blog"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OH-golf-3-1024x767.jpg",1024,767,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Solveig Barbeau-Thelle","author_link":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/author\/solveig-barbeau-thelle\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":189,"name":"Blog","slug":"blog-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":189,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":189,"category_count":13,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Blog","category_nicename":"blog-en","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.owlshead.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}