Activity 1 9 Design Innovation The Golf ball

Activity 1. 9 Design Innovation The Golf ball By: Taylor Collier IED 6 th hour

Wooden Ball: 1550 Rubber Ball: 1898 “Featherie” : 1618 Intro Pneumatic ball: 1906 Gutta Percha “Guttie”: 1848 “Gutties” with patterns: 1880 Standardized size and weight: 1921 Made in molds: 1890 Two piece ball: 1972 Works Cited

Wooden Ball: 1550 • Eastern coast of Scotland • The first clubs and balls specifically made for golf were made of wood • John Daly played with a wooden ball in 1550 Timeline

“Featherie”: 1618 • In 1618 the feather golf ball or 'Featherie' was introduced • Handcrafted ball made with goose feathers tightly packed into a horse or cow hide sphere • Since the balls were handcrafted they were priced very high, sometimes more expensive than a club Timeline

Gutta Percha “Guttie”: 1848 • Introduced by Rev Adam Paterson of St. Andrews • The Guttie ball was made from the rubber like sap of the Gutta tree found in the tropics • Repaired by re-heating and then re-shaping Timeline

“Gutties with Patterns”: 1880 • Initially Gutties had a smooth surface which meant that they didn't travel as far as the Featheries • After 1880, gutties were produced with patterns on their surface in an attempt to reproduce the distance characteristics of a scored Timeline

Made in Molds: 1890 • Using molds further increased the golf balls affordability, consistency and quality. • Many of the rubber companies including Dunlop began massproducing, which killed off the handcrafted ball business. Timeline

Rubber Ball: 1898 • Coburn Haskell • One-piece rubber cored ball which was universally adopted by 1901 • These balls looked just like Gutties but gave the average golfer an extra 20 yards from the tee • Constructed from a solid rubber core wrapped in rubber thread covered in a gutta percha sphere Timeline

Pneumatic Ball: 1906 • • Goodrich introduced the pneumatic ball in 1906 The patent was held by T. Saunders and filed in 1901 This was a Haskell ball with a compressed air core Others tried mercury, cork and metal cores Timeline

Standardized Size and Weight: 1921 • In 1921, the R&A and USGA standardized the size and weight of the ball. • Between 1931 and 1990, both organizations differed on the dimensions of the golf ball which meant that the game played on either side of the Atlantic was similar but different. Timeline

Two Piece Ball: 1972 • Spalding introduced the first two piece ball, the Executive, was the basic Haskell design improved upon. Timeline

Works Cited • www. golfhistorian. co. uk/golftimeline. html • www. golfeurope. com/almanac/history/golf_b all. htm • http: //news. google. com/newspapers? nid=175 5&dat=20020318&id=Ho. Ef. AAAAIBAJ&sjid=z. H 8 EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907, 4250805