Activity 1.9 Design Innovation The Golf ball By: Taylor Collier IED 6th hour

Gutta Percha “Guttie”: 1848 “Gutties” with patterns: 1880 Wooden Ball: 1550 “Featherie”: 1618 Gutta Percha “Guttie”: 1848 “Gutties” with patterns: 1880 Made in molds: 1890 Rubber Ball: 1898 Intro Pneumatic ball: 1906 Standardized size and weight: 1921 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 mass-producing, 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_ball.htm http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=20020318&id=HoEfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zH8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907,4250805