To celebrate the final round of play in the Traveler’s Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, CT, this week’s Science Sunday explores the science behind equipment standards in golf. Using the science of water displacement, Mark and Aoife test out the standards of golf club heads to ensure that they follow the rules laid out by the United States Golf Association (USGA).
Mark Dixon is a meteorologist on WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News and a host of the weekly Science Sunday segments with the Connecticut Science Center. He has been nominated for several Emmy awards for weather anchoring and has won awards from the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association and the American Meteorological society.
Aoife Ryle is a STEM Educator at the Connecticut Science Center. In addition to working with school groups, she works with our Teen Program, Overnights department, and shoots weekly science segments for WFSB. She has a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Maine and has a personal interest in the life sciences and engineering which makes bioengineering a perfect crossover.
