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Golf Ball consumption

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:23:30 +0000

Are you golfing the planet to death? Get a recyclable golf ball already.

In the Netherlands only already millions of golfballs return into waste every year. These balls become fragile independence and contribute to the waste problem. Up to now there was no 100% recyclable golf ball to solve this waste problem. Now RecoBa introduces the 100% recyclable 2 piece quality driving range ball, that can compete with the normal driving range ball both in quality and in price.

What you can do

Reasons enough to know the 100% recyclable driving range golf ball! RecoBa introduces also the 100% recyclable 2 piece quality tour ball for the environment conscious golfer. This 100% recyclable quality golf ball can also be ordered with print or logo at a sharp prices; an innovative and responsible gift.

Email: Info@RecoBa.nl

Scientists Search for Loch Ness Monster, Find 100,000 Golf Balls

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:30:39 +0000

Researchers call a mulligan in their search for signs of a prehistoric loch beast.

By David DeFranza
Washington, DC, USA | Wed Nov 11, 2009 07:45 AM ET

Golf balls are fine on the green, but they’re deadly in the wild.
Charles Briscoe-Knight/Getty Images

When Scottish scientists boarded their submersible and dove into the depths of Loch Ness, they were hoping to find evidence of a prehistoric creature along the loch floor. Instead, what they discovered were golf balls; hundreds of thousands of them.

The discovery illustrates an alarming report released from the Danish Golf Union showing that golf balls may take between 100 and 1,000 years to decompose in the wild. And decomposition is not a clean process. As the balls break down, they release toxins and heavy metals into the environment. The study shows that zinc, in particular, has the potential to cause problems because it attaches itself to sediments and poisons surrounding plants and animals.

Torben Kastrup Petersen, the course manager for the Danish Golf Union, explained that the true scale of the golf ball litter problem is not known:

There has been very little research on the environmental impact of golf balls, but it’s safe to say the indicators are not good. We are planning to collaborate with environmentalists in America to conduct more tests to fully explore the extent of the problem.

What is known is that the problem extends around the world and even to the moon. In 1971, Alan Shepherd set up an impromptu driving range on the moon. Though his out-of-bounds golfing had little impact there—it is thought that the moon’s intense temperatures would disintegrate a plastic golf ball quickly—this is not the case with detritus of renegade duffers here on Earth.

Collect the Balls

Researchers noted that the problem is getting worse. It is estimated that 300 million golf balls are lost or discarded every year in the United States alone and this number is only increasing. With untold millions already deposited in lakes and rivers, fields and forests, it seems the best option would be a collection program.

However, in practice such a program would be impossible. Beyond the cost and time required, there is also the risk of damaging fragile ecosystems and killing plants and animals in the process.

Prevention is the Answer

The best thing we can do is stop adding to the problem. Take care to keep your balls on the greens and fairways and don’t hit balls into wild areas or bodies of water.

If you don’t have access to a golf course or driving range, or you can’t help losing balls in forest and water hazards, pick up a package of biodegradable golf balls.

As Patrick Harvie, a lawmaker in the UK, told CNN: “From the moon to the bottom of Loch Ness, golf balls are humanity’s signature litter in the most inaccessible locations.” Don’t become a part of this legacy.

Golf ball weight

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:56:39 +0000

Going through history, golf balls had quite irregular weights. While the feathery balls were less standarized the weights were becoming standardized with the beginning of the gutta percha balls. Nowadays, golf balls are ranking between 41-47 grams, including those being produced still in the 70ies. The average weight would be around 45gr.
One exception is the Cayman ball, constructed by Jack Nicklaus in the 80ies. This ball only weights half of the standard weight (approx. 20 gr.) to enable less distance for smaller golf courses.

Golf ball size

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:42 +0000

Seen with the eyes of an ordinary golfer sizes of golf balls have hardly changed throughout the ages. Nevertheless, there are and have always been differences in sizes, in the recent years mainly two sizes. Before the 1980′s the common size was 1.62 inches (4,11 cm), while soon after the size of 1.68 inches (4,27 cm) was standard. Nowadays, in tournaments there is only the standard size of 1,68 inches allowed and in shops there is generally no other size available.

1-, 2-, or 3-piece golf ball

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:54:47 +0000

1-piece balls
This ball is seldom used as a playing ball. It is a good ball for beginners, cheap in its production, and mostly used on driving ranges. It is typically made from a solid piece of Surlyn with dimples molded in. It is inexpensive and very durable, but it does not give you the distance when hit because of its lower compression. On impact with the club face, the one-piece ball has a softer feel.

2-piece balls
A Two-Piece golf ball is used by most ordinary everyday golfers because it combines durability with maximum distance. These balls are made with a single solid core (usually a hard plastic) enclosed in the ball’s cover. The solid core is typically a high-energy acrylate or resin and is covered by a tough, cut-proof blended cover that gives the two-piece ball more distance than any other ball. These “hard” balls are covered in either Surlyn, a specialty plastic proprietary to the Du Pont Company, or a similar kind of material. The two piece is virtually indestructible and with its high roll distance, it is by far the most popular golf ball among ordinary golfers.

3-piece balls
Three-Piece golf balls or wound balls have either a solid rubber ore liquid center (core) which is covered by many yards of elastic windings, over which is molded a cover of durably Surlyn, Surlyn like, or balata. Wound balls are softer and take more spin, allowing a skillful golfer more control over the ball’s flight when hit. It typically has a higher spin rate than a two piece ball and is more controllable by good players. A Surlyn cover is a thermoplastic resin that is harder than a balata and is considerably more durable. A balata-covered, liquid centered, three piece ball takes longer to manufacture than a two-piece ball. The wound construction over a liquid center, combined with a soft synthetic balata cover, produces a very high spin rate, providing maximum control and feel.

Golf ball cover

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:53:02 +0000

The covers of today’s golf balls are made of numerous different materials such as Balata, Surlyn, Zylin, or Elastomer. The main challenge is to find a cover, that provides a sensitive, soft feeling for the ball while hard enough not to be cut still after thousands of shots. Therefore, ball manufacturers have special machines shooting the ball against a wall with a speed of more that 250 km/h.

Balata: as a type of natural rubber and the softest of all other cover types, Balata is less cut resistant. However, with all other aspects of construction being equal, a balata-covered ball will spin easier and is preferred by players who demand maximum feel and control. This means more control over shots where the action of the ball is critical.

Surlyn: Surlyn was the first and most durable cover material that revolutionized the construction of the golf ball when it was introduced in the early 80′s. It is a trade name for a group of thermoplastic resins developed by the Dupont Corporation. Most manufacturers of durable covers use either Surlyn or a similar material blend. The emphasis today is to provide both durability and feel.

This durable cover offers better cut and abrasion resistance than the balata cover. A Surlyn covered ball generally feels harder than balata covered balls. The hardness of this cover material accounts for a lower spin rate.

The deciding factor for most golfers is economics: many of today’s regular golfers have turned to durable covered balls simply because they know an occasional miss-hit won’t cut the cover.

Golf ball compression

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:49:16 +0000

Some balls are indicated with a compression of 80, 90 or 100 etc. Originally it was used as a measurement for quality of 3-piece balls, where a long rubber was stretched around the core. The rubber had a length of approx. 20 meters and was stretched at a factor of approx. 20 times of its original, depending on the compression that is wanted. This way it is wounded around the core. It was said that the tighter the windings, the better the ball performed. This created a long-standing perception that compression affects golf ball distance and performance.
Because golf ball technology uses newer heat-resistant threads with newer and better winding equipment for three piece balls, golf ball compression has become merely a condition of feel. Now with the availability of the consistent quality of a two piece ball, compression as a measurement of quality is rather obsolete.

Definition: Today the word “compression” in the golf ball industry relates to a value expressed by a number in the range from 0 to 200 that is given a golf ball. This number defines the deflection that a golf ball undergoes when subjected to a compressive load. Compression simply measures how much the shape a golf ball changes under a constant weight.

Measurement: All three-piece balls and some two-piece balls are measured for compression. A ball that doesn’t compress is rated 200; a ball that deflects 2/10ths of an inch or more is rated zero. Between those two extremes, for every 1/1000ths of an inch that the ball compresses, it drops one point from 200 and the compression rating is then established.
Most balls have compression ratings of either 80, 90, or 100; the lower the compression, the softer the feel. Not every ball marked 80, 90, or 100 is exactly that rating. The actual rating can fall roughly within 3-5 points on either side of the indication. Any ball that falls out of this range is usually sold as range ball, or as X-outs.

Prove: There have been several published texts to prove that golf ball compression relates more to feel and your own superstition than its performance. The conclusions were, if you take different rated golf balls which have the same construction, aerodynamics, and cover material, and use an automatic golf swing machine such as the Iron Man, the yardage difference between the balls hit were negligible, less than two yards.

Dimples

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:47:59 +0000

In early times golfers made out that irregularities in the surface of the ball would let the ball fly higher and farer. Soon, right after the Gutta Percha balls the so called dimples were purposely printed into the surface of each ball. Still nowadays, most of the ball manufacturers are testing out different shapes and numbers of dimples. The rule goes: the more dimples a ball has, the higher it goes. Then, balls having too many dimples, do fly too high and are lacking distance. Most companies have found their best number of dimples, mostly they are ranking between 300-500 per ball.

Handleiding comitted to green

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:19:54 +0000

Het lijkt allemaal een hoop extra werk, de zorg voor natuur en landschap. Maar als je het stap voor stap aanpakt, valt het wel mee. Met steun vanuit de NGF, en voor sommige ook met externe hulp, hebben inmiddels 14 banen in Nederland het traject met succes doorlopen.

Staar je niet blind op de hoeveelheid werk, maar begin rustig en doordacht met een klein groepje enthousiaste betrokkenen. De allereerste stap is de ‘Handleiding Committed to Green’. Alles wordt helder uitgelegd.

Volledig artikel op NGF.NL

Golf Weekly

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:08:44 +0000

Amsterdam, Wednesday 15 April 2009

Several parties in the golf market pounce on a “green golf ball”: an environmental friendly golf ball. The Dutch Recoba makes recyclable driving range balls and tour golf balls.

Per year in the Netherlands alone there are hundreds of thousands range balls that end up in non-degradable waste and contribute to the waste problem.

Among the players on the market green wave is also the Dutch Recoba, an environmental awareness initiative by the two golfers Robin Kortlang and Robert Giezen. “We asked ourselves: what happens to all the range balls? Usually they are sold to poorer clubs and at some point they end up in the garbage. When we got involved we discovered that recyclable golf balls did not exist. ”

Recoba introduces 100 percent recyclable driving range balls that can compete in quality and price with a regular rangebal. From outside it is white, but with a green heart. Driving ranges and clubs can now also contribute to a better environment. “The club can demonstrate that they are committed,” the promoters said.

The environmental conscious golfer who wants to hit balls with less harmful waste can also use Recoba 100 percent recyclable golf balls. There are currently two piece balls. These balls can also be ordered with a logo as a responsible gift.

Read full article here