[Martee]

If you do a search on just about any golf forum you will find all types of info on this.

That said here is link,

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

Do a bit of surfacing and I think you will find enough info to satify your question.

Whereas the centripetal force is seen as a force which must be applied by an external agent to force an object to move in a curved path, the centrifugal and coriolis forces are "effective forces" which are invoked to explain the behavior of objects from a frame of reference which is rotating.