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Golf Balls History
The history of golf
balls dates back to the early 17th century. While
going though many transitions over the centuries, players
started out with a
wooden golf ball, then moving on to the
featherie golf balls (a feather stuffed leather sack)
and on to the gutta-percha golf ball (made from
the rubber like sap of a spoadilla tree).
Around the 20th century multi-layer golf balls
were invented, adding
characteristics to golf balls and forever
changing golf balls history as we new
it.
Featherie Golf Balls
By the early 17th century a new type of ball was being
invented called the with goose feathers and finally painted
(making the first nd compacted, making a
colored golf balls). Once the paint dried, the
ball was boiled and placed inside a cowhide; where it
expanded and compacted, making a new type of golf ball with
great flying abilities. This was called the
Feathery golf ball.
Gutta-Percha Golf Balls
Gutta-Percha golf ball.
Unlike the wooden golf ball or featherie golf ball this ball was made from
the dry sap of a sopodilla tree.
Multi-Layer Golf Balls
By the 20th century, the first multi-layer golf
balls were being introduced for the first time.
With a solid or liquid filled core, wound with rubber band
like threads and a thin outer shell; these new multi-layer
golf balls helped to add length, spin and feel
characteristics to golf balls.
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