History of Golf Ball
To understand the history of the game of golf, it helps to understand the different types of golf balls that have been used. An important element in the evolution of golf balls is the variety of materials used to manufacture them. Each new material change the characteristics of the flight of the ball. Each type of ball that was used to affect aspects of the game as the design of the suits, the style of play and the length of the fields. Between 1400 and 1960 have been four periods according to the type of balls.
THE PERIOD OF THE BALL OF WOOD
It has not been much information from this period. The balls were made of wood of hardwood trees as the root. Probably were used between 1400 and entered the 17th century. This is based on conjecture based on written documentation that has been found and virtually no artifacts from this period.
THE PERIOD OF THE LEATHER BALL
We can say that this period begins in the 1400s or the 1600s and ending about 1850. The balls used until 1700 could be made of wood or leather stuffed with wool or hair.
Leather balls were manufactured with three pieces of a width of 1 / 16 of an inch, usually a bull or horse. The parts are fastened by two rectangular pieces of 5 / 32 inch. The filling was feathered goose or chicken. To wet the ball, the skin tends to shrink when pressing the feathers are dry, while the feathers tend to spread to dry. The combination of these two actions resulted in a hard ball that was playable.
Once the ball was painted white to make it more visible.
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