A golf ball is hit from the tee and travels a distance of 300 yards. Estimate the magnitude of the impulse imparted to the golf ball. Ignore air drag in your analysis.

You will need to estimate the collision time, that is, the time two objects are in contact during a collision. For comparison, the collision time for a baseball–bat collision is approximately 0.001 s, while the time for a tennis racket–ball collision is about 0.01 s. In general, hard things produce short contact times and soft things lead to long contact times.