Golf is a game appreciated everywhere throughout the world by both players and fans. It's a game that obliges concentration and precision, and it’s enjoyed by expert competitors and beginners. Roughly around 850 million golf balls are produced worldwide every year, and as required by the United State Golf Association, the golf ball must weigh more than 45.93g (1.620 oz), its diameter must be less than 42.67mm (1.580 in), and the shape should not differ from a symmetric sphere.
There are several types of golf ball used, such as two piece balls, multi-layer balls such as three piece and four piece balls and high performance balls.
Two piece balls, just like the name, consists of a single solid core, usually hard plastic, and a hard cover to …show more content…
• Club-head speed – The material used to manufacture the golf balls must be able to transfer most of the momentum in the club to itself to provide the maximum speed so a material with high restitution must be selected. And this material must also have high elastic characteristics, because an experienced golfer’s strike will be about 200km/h, so the ball must have high yield strength to take the hit and return to the original shape after impact. This can be measured by Compression, scale from 0-200, where 200 means minimum or no compression and 0 means there is a compression of a 2/10th of an inch or more. ( StricklyGolf, 2008) Theses numbers measures how much the shape changes when subjected to a constant compressive load.
• Durability – Even though durability doesn’t affect the performance of the golf ball it is one of the main concerns when selecting a material in the manufacturing process. Since the wearing of the ball and daily cuts from the impact of the golf club is the main concern, the considered material must be a strong material and have puncture resistant outer layer. It must have a long fatigue life with high toughness and tensile strength. But increasing durability by these properties might affect the performance with a reduction of the range and the control over the ball, so
There are several types of golf ball used, such as two piece balls, multi-layer balls such as three piece and four piece balls and high performance balls.
Two piece balls, just like the name, consists of a single solid core, usually hard plastic, and a hard cover to …show more content…
• Club-head speed – The material used to manufacture the golf balls must be able to transfer most of the momentum in the club to itself to provide the maximum speed so a material with high restitution must be selected. And this material must also have high elastic characteristics, because an experienced golfer’s strike will be about 200km/h, so the ball must have high yield strength to take the hit and return to the original shape after impact. This can be measured by Compression, scale from 0-200, where 200 means minimum or no compression and 0 means there is a compression of a 2/10th of an inch or more. ( StricklyGolf, 2008) Theses numbers measures how much the shape changes when subjected to a constant compressive load.
• Durability – Even though durability doesn’t affect the performance of the golf ball it is one of the main concerns when selecting a material in the manufacturing process. Since the wearing of the ball and daily cuts from the impact of the golf club is the main concern, the considered material must be a strong material and have puncture resistant outer layer. It must have a long fatigue life with high toughness and tensile strength. But increasing durability by these properties might affect the performance with a reduction of the range and the control over the ball, so