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Being a natural pessimist I raised a brow when I heard this story (kinda reminded me of the engineers' story... they sent an ultra-thin wire to their 'opponents', who obligingly returned it with a hole drilled down the centre):

Apparently someone once caught a ball which had been whacked in his direction by someone else using a wedge and, apparently, it spun all the skin of his hand.

Do you think this is possible?

I have read that golf balls can spin up to 6'000+ rpm so, jaaaa... maybe, but gb's are not exactly course, and dimples aren't exactly raspers. Then again, strange things can happen at high rpm - believe me, I know.

dont believe it for a second.......Ive caught balls from players and it hurts, but could not spin the skin off your hand

nope. the ball has alot of rpms but not enough rotational mass, inertia or momentum.