how composites changed the face of golf ...no thanks to tiger woods
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How Composites Changed
the Face of Golf...no thanks to Tiger WoodsDavid Di Tommaso
Adrian SpallacciMike GoddenRobert Bozzo
Wood Ball
- Hard wood coming from beech trees or boxroot trees
- Unreliable as they were never perfectly round
- High drag creating surface- Unpredictable trajectory- Travelled 100 yards on average 4
Feathery Cube
- Leather and feather construction- Very expensive, time consuming to make - Excellent flight characteristics, due to rough leather surface,
drag resistance- Approximately same size and weight as modern day ball- Leather/feather construction allowed compression on
impact for more control- Travel distances up to ~175 yards on average5
Gutta Ball
- Made of Gutta Percha, a gum tapped from a tree indigenous to Malaysia
- Malleable when boiled in water, becomes harder on cooling- Cheaper than Feathery Cube and therefore more popular- Prone to mid-air fragmentation- First ball with dimpled surface for improved flight path- Bramble design was first mass produced ball with dimples- Same properties as Feathery Cube 6
Rubber Ball
- Invented in 1898, mass produced 1901- High tension rubber thread wrapped around solid
rubber core- Gutta Percha cover (first multi-layer composite ball)- Became most widely used ball due to improved ball
control and distance7
Modern Balls
• Combines multilayer technology• 3/4 vs 2• Expensive (Tour Balls) vs Range balls• Composite layer properties combine• Workability (Tour Balls) with Distance• Distance and Forgiveness
• Specific properties tailoring8
Titleist Pro-V1 and Pro-V1x•Combines multilayer (3) technology
• Polybutadiene SINGLE core• Moderate Compression (v1)
• Ionomer casing• Higher compression thin layer (v1)
• Urethane cover• Durable, moderate compression 9
Titleist Pro-V1 and Pro-V1x•Combines multilayer (4) technology
• Polybutadiene DUAL core• Soft, High Compression centre (v1x)• Low-Moderate Compression outer
• Ionomer casing• Higher compression thin layer (v1x)
• Urethane cover• Durable • Moderate compression (v1x)
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