English Abstract

Golf Ball

Kuniyasu HORIUCHI
SRI Sports Limited , Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Nippon Gomu Kyokaishi,(2010),83(5),138-142 General Review in Japanese

 

Golf goods manufacturers are constantly finding ways to develop golf balls for more accurate and further distance in which all golfers have desire to realize. This report will state the history of the evolution of materials used in golf balls, and introduction of materials used in golf balls today such as elastomer which are closely related to upgrading the performance of a golf ball, and challenges faced for the future.

Golf goods manufacturers are constantly finding ways to develop golf balls for more accurate and further distance in which all golfers have desire to realize. This report will state the history of the evolution of materials used in golf balls, and introduction of materials used in golf balls today such as elastomer which are closely related to upgrading the performance of a golf ball, and challenges faced for the future.

 

Keywords: Golf, Ball, Elastomer, Ionomer, Gutta-percha, Multi Piece Golf Ball