[12 piece bucket]

Why does Tom Watson need faster hands than Ernie?

It's spelled out in 7-18.

"With the Endless Belt Effect, The Belt (Hands) and the Clubhead have the RPM but the Surface factor sets in and gives the Clubhead greater MPH - in reverse proportion to the size of the Pulley (the smaller, the faster). That is, raised Hand Position - reducing the Accumulator #3 Travel -plus Trigger Delay. Conversely - a larger Pulley (lowered Hands) requires a higher Handspeed and an earlier Trigger."

The question I have is, "If someone has high hand speed are they limited to using only a big pulley?"

Now you are on to it my friend! The endless belt and the small pulley presents a mechanical advantage high clubhead speed with comparatively low hand speed relative to the big pulley anyway. It is my contention that a small pulley REQUIRES lower handspeed (which I think is Pace or at least related to it) inorder to capitalize on the mechanical advantage of the small pulley.

So back to the car analogy . . . if you are driving your Gremlin around a gentle curve, you can slap hawlazz and not worry about running into anybody's mail box or dawg (assuming sober). But if you are racing down a straight away in your Vega and you come to a sharp curve you better step on the short peddle because otherwise you will be bustin' through a DQ window or somebody's front yard.

So back to G.O.L.F. with a circle path . . . you can expend much more effort as far as handspeed without disrupting your rhythm and inorder to match the mechanical advantage with regards to physics of the snap release (small pulley) you'd better have a bunch of handspeed.

But for the small pulley and the snap release . . . you are zoom zoom zooming down the straight-away and then you divert the straight line motion into angular motion and the club SLINGS out. But if you are going down the straight away too fast the rubber ain't gonna meet the road no mo'. And you can't maintain the pressure point pressure and something has to give . . . the club can fly out to early or you disrupt your rhythm and bye bye Flat Left Wrist.

Slow for snap . . . fast for circle if you want the same surface speed.