2007-03-20 05:28:40 · 18 answers · asked by Caws 1 in Sports ➔ Golf
A rubber core!
Elastic thread wound around a rubber core.
they use to be wood! here's a link of the history of the golf ball.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10556/english/high/history/hist05.htm
2007-03-20 05:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Toby G* 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first balls were made out of wood. That made them pretty easy to make, but they couldn't really travel too far - maybe 100 yards. But then a group of Scottish golf scientists figured that if feathers can help birds to fly, maybe they can help the golf ball take off. So they started making balls out of boiled chicken and goose feathers and wrapping them up in leather. The result? A ball could now be hit nearly 200 yards. The only problem was that they took a long time to make. If you were quick, you could make three or four in a day - but if you weren't a good golfer, you could also lose just as many in the same amount of time.
But the golf gurus weren't done yet. They soon found that sap from trees in Malaysia could be easily moulded into golf balls. It could also be done quickly which meant you didn't have to spend a day making balls and a day losing them!
The final scientific change to the golf ball was adding all those little dimples. Players noticed that a ball would travel further after it had been scuffed up and bashed around for a while. So they decided to make a bunch of indents in the ball to start with. Since then the golf ball has basically stayed the same.
2007-03-20 05:46:45 · answer #2 · answered by Mushin 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The middle of old golf balls was made with many kilometres of one thin elastic band.
Few years later the middle of new golf balls was made with a liquid core that looks like a marshmallow.
Nowadays the middle of the new golf balls is made with a solid core.
For more information you can go on the PGA Official website or on the following website :
http://www.ffg.org/ (official french golf website)
2007-03-21 21:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by aurored80 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That depends in the type of ball, A balata ball has a balata covering, rubber band wrapping middle, a small core with a white liquid center. A three piece ball has a cut proof outer plastic cover, an middle material and a separate core.
2007-03-20 05:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Golf ball components, from the cover to the core, are as wide and varied as there are golf ball manufacturers. If it has existed on earth, it's been tried. Everyone is right.
2007-03-20 14:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is a composite rubber that allows the ball to compress when hit, resulting in massive power. many new golf balls have multiple layers of different rubbers
2007-03-20 15:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by dsaleh 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
when my dog found a golf ball and chewed it up there was elastic band ball inside
2007-03-20 05:35:47 · answer #7 · answered by hyper29 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on the brand of ball and type.
2007-03-21 13:53:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A hard rubber core with elastic bands around it.
2007-03-20 05:58:57 · answer #9 · answered by SG 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
White resin retained in a balloon then wrapped with elastic.
2007-03-20 05:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by margaret h 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋