The Story of the Golf Ball

Author: Kevin McGimpsey List Price: $80.00 You save: USD -513.87 (-642%) Buy new: $593.87 Buy used: $275.00 Avg.Rating: ( reviews) Sales rank: 2763695 Qty: 5 in stock Media: Edition: Reading Level: Pages: 288 Number Of Items: Shipping Weight (lbs): 365 Dimensions (in): 854 x 1182 x 111 ISBN: 0856675881 EAN: 9780856675881 ASIN: 0856675881 Publication Date: 2004-01-17

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This book is about the golf ball and how it has affected the game, especially club development and the rules. From the feather ball era in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the gutty ball era of the 1850s to the rubber-cored (modern) ball era this book literally takes you "inside" the ball with fascinating details of all aspects of the golf ball. It covers the development of rules pertaining to weight and size--details that were contested in America and Britain for nearly 50 years, and how ball makers sought to make the ball travel further, move straighter and stand up to the most punishing strokes.