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2004 Ball Guide
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 July 2004 |
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Dimple dreams: Which ball should you play By The Editors
GOLF MAGAZINE According to legend, the first golf balls were made of wood. Later came the featherie, a pouch stuffed with goose feathers, then the gutta-percha ball, a smooth hunk of sap. Soon golfers discovered that the "guttie" flew better when scratched and nicked. Aerodynamics! A skilled player could use spin to make his shots hook, slice or even back up on the green.
For most of the 20th century, the best balls were wound balls, crammed with rubber yarn looped around a liquid-filled core. But the new century brought a revolution: three-piece balls that outperformed any wound ball. They were superballs, longer than ever and practically self-correcting in flight. So why aren't you hitting them 300 yards down the middle?
Look beyond the ball as the cause of today's distance problems. Darren Braun
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Simple: You're not a PGA Tour pro. You're like 99.9 percent of us amateurs, who don't make the perfect 120-mph contact required to max out the potential of today's best balls. And you're probably puzzled by all the choices.
Which ball should you play? That's a more interesting question than it was five years ago.
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