New Golf Balls

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This award winning video by Photron demonstrates the actual compression that a golf ball goes through when it is struck by a golf driver.

Captured using an APX camera this close-up golf ball action is filmed at a dizzying 12,500 FPS (Frames Per Second). For reference purposes a normal TV picture is around 30 FPS.

How can golf ball dimples help a ball fly farther and straighter?

Watch this impressive  video showing a Supercomputer simulation showing the detailed analysis of airflow over the dimples on a golf ball. Until now, golf ball manufacturers have been relying upon trial and error to create effective dimple patterns. Thanks to Arizona State University / University of Maryland and IMAGINOVA STUDIOS they may now have a much better tool.

New golf balls are generally manufactured using one of the following methods-

One Piece Golf Balls
A basic golf ball designed for beginners / driving ranges. Normally made from a solid piece of Surlyn with the dimple shapes created out of the single mold. It’s construction method makes it both cheap and durable.  The low compression design reduces the range of the ball.

Two Piece Golf Balls
The most commonly used “hard” distance ball, combing decent range with durability. These golf balls contain a solid sphere core (made out of acrylate or resin) which is normally covered Surlyn.  Great for range but harder to control.

Three Piece Golf Balls
Mainly used by low handicap players. Typically constructed using a solid rubber or liquid core with another a layer of enhanced rubber or a liquid produced layer and over that is molded into a cover of durable Balata or Surlyn giving the ball a softer feel on the club face (which helps put spin on the ball, improving control when hit skillfully).

Four Piece Golf Balls
For professional / highly experienced players. The core is made of solid rubber designed to offer maximum distance. The next inner cover layer is in the ball to help transfer the energy from the hit back to the core. The you have a middle cover, a complete layer that helps to improve driver distance whilst also producing spin for greater control around greens. The outer cover is the thinnest layer (made from Urethane which is durable yet soft allowing for good feel on the club face).

Golf Ball Spin Types
Low spin golf balls – The lower spin allows the ball to fly straighter through the air (though not as far as others). The lack of spin however allows the ball to roll further when it hits the ground.

Mid spin golf balls -  Designed to produce a combination of both good distance and feel, targeted at the widest range of players.

High spin golf balls – Improves the golf balls spin in the air creating a longer carry and often straightening out hook or draw shots. Also advantageous around greens with the greater spin allowing for better control.

A Golf Ball – How is it Engineered?

Golf balls are separated into two categories: recreational and advanced balls. Golf balls also come in different colors, which helps with finding the ball when lost or in distinguishing one player’s ball from any other players’ balls.

The fact is, different golf balls suit different golfers. Even the professionals will agree that using mint condition golf balls are the very best idea for golfers who are desiring to shape their shots. Today’s golf balls have progressed into having cores of titanium compounds, hybrid materials, softer shells and a more pressurized core.

Golfers spend hundreds of dollars every year on the latest and greatest golf balls in hopes for a few extra yards off the tee and that dream of backing it up when it hits the green like the pros do.

Golfers have become wanton technophiles, and although the most noticeable advances have come in the form of ever-expanding club heads, the most sophisticated technology resides in the one place where size and shape have stayed essentially constant, the golf ball. Golfers spent $763 million on golf balls that can travel farther, roll longer, and fly straighter than ever before.

Golf Balls – These Are No Commonplace Golf Balls

Have you ever wondered how so much energy can be generated so that when you hit a golf ball with your clubface, the ball is sent soaring through the air with tremendous amount of speed, velocity. In order to produce this energy there are three factors involved: