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Historically, golf balls have been made from a wide variety of materials. Wooden balls were in use up until the early seventeenth century. The feathery - a pouch made of leather which was stuffed with feathers from a goose - was developed about this time and remained in common use for about 200 years. Robert Adam Paterson came up with the guttie in 1848. It was made from the sap of the Sapodilla tree, which had a rubbery quality and could be moulded when warm. The guttie also allowed for the surface of the golf ball to incorporate irregularities, which affected its flight. It took only a few years for it to replace the feather ball.

 

Come the twentieth century and multi-layered golf balls were on the market. Developed by Coburn Haskell from Cleveland in 1898, they were constructed by winding a layer of thread made from rubber, around a liquid-filled or solid core. Today's balls have a wide assortment of materials at their centre. They may have two to four layers and incorporate a wide variety of synthetic materials.

 

One-piece golf balls are made of Surlyn with moulded dimples. They are inexpensive, durable and aimed at the beginner's market. They are made for use on driving ranges and are rarely used on the golf course.

 

Two-piece golf balls have a single core, usually of resin or acrylate which is covered with a tough, blended material. They are designed to go further than one-piece balls.

 

Three-piece or wound golf balls have a liquid or rubber core covered with elastic windings and enclosed in balata or Surlyn. They are softer and spin more, giving greater control.

 

Used, recycled, reclaimed, experienced or discount balls are cheaper and are graded in line with their original classification.

 

A regulation golf ball must have a maximum weight of 1.620 ounces. It needs to have a diameter in excess of 1.680 inches. These are the guidelines stipulated by the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

 

Looking at the game aerodynamically, when a golfer hits the ball, contact taking under a millisecond, the ball's speed, angle of launch and rate of spin are determined. All these things have an effect on its trajectory and how it behaves when it returns to the ground. As it passes through the air, it is subject to lift and drag. The dimples on a golf ball delay the separation of what is known as the boundary layer, from the moving ball. This separation reduces drag, allowing the ball to travel farther.

 

If the contact includes an element of backspin, as it often does, this has a tendency to increase lift in what is known as the Magus effect. Backspin will, therefore, always make a golf ball go higher and travel farther.

 

Similarly, if the ball is not struck at an angle which is perpendicular to the direction of the stroke, this will result in sidespin which will create a curved trajectory. Dimples tend to magnify this effect, just as they accentuate the lift.

 

The range of golf balls available to the modern golfer is just staggering. There are balls with radio-transmitters to prevent loss, stallers or soft balls for greater lift, coloured balls, personalised balls, floating balls and trick balls. You can buy breakaway balls that shatter on impact and balls with an offset centre of mass which roll in a circle. Suffice to say, no matter what kind of golfer you are, there are golf balls for sale to suit you.

 

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