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GOLF TECH PRECISION

Dear HIW,

I’ve recently subscribed to your excellent magazine. I’ve been watching a lot of golf lately and I’m wondering if someone could explain how things like TrackMan follow the flight of a golf ball after it’s been hit. It seems incredible that it can highlight the curve, height and distance for hitting something which is quite small. You may have featured this tech in a previous issue, but with the US Open and British Open still to be played this year,

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