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What are golf balls made of?

April 26, 2017BALLS golf

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What are golf balls made of?

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The golf balls of today are no longer made with rubber band windings inside of a balata cover like when Palmer and Nicklaus started in golf. These days most balls are a two piece ball consisting of a reponsive core that offers low compression, low spin rate off of a driver and high spin off of a short iron shot. The outside cover is made up of a cut resistant material so that if you do not contact the ball squarely, you do not get what looked like a a smile on the cover like in the balata cover days.