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Properties of Golf Balls

A sampling of the several hundred golf ball properties listed in the book

 
 


Acushnet, Surlyn, orange cover, white core is painted pink

Bridgestone Golf, Tour B330, pink, mantle layer, somewhat hard to carve

Bullet, Titanium Distance, black

Callaway, purple, dark blue, dark brown, mantle layer, SCTO

Condor’s Ti-cor, skin tone with blue specks, not perfectly smooth, hard to carve

Dunlop, white, no discernable cover, hard to carve; brick, T.C.

Executive, Titanium Plus, blue, aqua

Finalist, Acushnet, light brown with lots of yellow surface specks, easy to carve

Flying Lady, Spalding, dark green with specks, TC

Golden Ram, Laser 392, pale pink, thin cover, somewhat hard to carve

Hogan 2PC Distance, pale yellow, fairly hard to carve

Intech Titanium, Extreme Distance, rust, SCTO

Knight DB2 Titanium, off-white

Kro-Flite, Spalding, blue with specks

Kro-Flite, Spalding, yellow cover, dull orange

Maxfli Master, off-white, somewhat brittle, fairly hard to carve

MOLITOR 422, Spalding, blue-green with specks

Nike, robin egg blue, too hard to carve

Nitro, Maximum Distance Titanium, black, TC

Noodle Spin, Maxfli, flesh color, hard to carve

Palmer Edition, (sketch of umbrella),dark gray with specks

Pinnacle 384, 90 Compression, orange cover, brick

Pinnacle Titanium, Extreme Distance, black-green

Precept 10 MC, Lady, purple

Prostaff 360 Max, Wilson, pink, easy to carve

Ram Golden Girl, red cover, flesh color

Slazenger, Power Control 408p, orange with streaks

Slazenger, Two-Piece 420, white, hard to carve

Spalding Plus, extra distance, blue with specks

Staff Smart-Core, Professional Distance, pink-purple

Strata, (arrow), lime green, mantle layer

Super Flite, Spalding, brick

Taylor Made, Inergel Pro Distance, blue, mantle layer

Titanium M2, Maximum Distance, blue with specks, lime with mantle layer

Titleist, Acushnet K, rubber bands

Top Flite Hot XL, High Trajectory, pink with specks

Top Flite Super Range, Super Range PT-03, green with specks

Tour Edition, Spalding, purple, thin cover

Ultra 44, Distance, off-white, easy to carve

Valley, Practice, flesh color

Volvik Crystal, Control, clear cover, bright pink core

Wilson Staff, TX 4, pale green with specks, mantle layer

1200, green, Oxidizes, TC

Zing Ping, pink


* represents the Nike swoosh symbol, similar to a check mark
# represents the Pinnacle symbol similar to < )
Oxidizes: core will discolor or become more brittle within days after removing the cover
SCTO: some core tears out when removing the cover
TC: thick cover
Mantle Layer: A thin inner cover between the cover and core. Some are hard plastic-like, others are soft rubber.
The first comma in the above descriptions separates the brand name from word(s) on the side stamp.
No comment is made relative to carving difficulty for cores which can be readily carved with hand tools.

 

 
     
     
 

 

 
     
 

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