With mud on the left or right side, the distance drop is 20-plus yards. If mud is on the back of the ball, the loss is an eye-popping 70 yards. It’s not so bad if the mud is on top of the ball ...

The main problem with the physics of a mud ball is that there are so many variables, and several of these variables conflict with each other. As John Axe, a Ph.D., member of the Golf Digest Hot ...