Great balls a flier!
The Guardian newspaper's golf correspondent, Lawrence Donegan has an interesting article on how golf's governing bodies are researching the possibilities of limiting distances the modern golf ball can travel.
I've taken out some of the highlights for you to have a ponder over. If you want to view the whole article click on the link below.
"We looked at making a bigger ball and a lighter ball; we looked at balls made from different rubbers and at balls with different dimple patterns," Dr Otto said, adding that some experiments were more successful than others. "The larger ball was not a great triumph. The difficulty with a much larger ball is that it floats"
"the modern ball is largely responsible for the prodigious distances achieved by modern professionals and is, as a consequence, rendering many of the game's great courses obsolete. The ball manufacturers, on the other hand, are vehemently opposed to the introduction of a new ball, insisting that other factors, including the greater athleticism of the modern player"
Hmmm, you mean like John Daly and Duffy Waldorf?
'On a New Year diet, watch it fly.'
Full article: http://sport.guardian.co.uk/golf/story/0,10069,1683683,00.html
Golf News
1/11/2006 2:07:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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