At this time of the year many of us are wondering what kind of gift to get the special person in our lives for the Holidays. What do you buy for a friend or a loved one who seems to have everything… and also plays golf?
Why not buy my new book, Golf Ball CoverStory, What Every Golfer Should Know. This book is available on Amazon and is also on sale at the Indian Valley golf Course Pro Shop in Novato, and at Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma, San Rafael, and Novato.
This book has something for everyone. For recreational golfers it will help them determine the best golf ball to use based on their swing speed and abilities. For serious golfers it explains the science and technology of golf ball construction and the importance of aerodynamics for optimum golf ball performance.The book contains photographs of many Titleist and Pinnacle golf balls in my collection and helps the collector to identify the dates of introduction and important features. For the professional golfer the book summarizes the factors that control golf ball spin, distance, trajectory,moment of inertia, and ‘click and feel’.
February What about TaylorMade, Bridgestone, Calaway, etc. golf balls?
March What is the significance of the USGA distance rule?
April USGA conforming golf ball lists 2005-2019
May Golf ball aerodynamics
June All about dimples
July The core and the cover
August Slow swing speed golfers
September Fast swing speed golfers
October What lies beneath the surface of Titleist Pro V1?
November Golf ball symmetry
nice feature!
Your articles indicate your labor of love for golf ball history and are the most complete that I have located.
I have collected over the past ten years 2 Acushnet boxes with wrapped 3 packs. The first is a gold (for professional use) with 2 sleeves of titleist acushnet (caldwel geer cover). Also a green box Acushnet Green Ray with 1 sleeve Green ray with 2 dots above name & 2 dots below alternating an orange dot then a circle with a .in the circle.. The other side of the ball says Acushnet Fifty.
Although the boxes are different colors, they both have 3 lines along the sides of the boxes.
I did not see any references to these balls or boxes in your book and am curious as to what I have.
Thank you for any info you may.
Best,
Alan Piehl
303-726-7143
Alan, Thank you for your comments. You might be interested in reading my latest post on Early Acushnet Golf Balls dated April 6, 2024. You can find this in the Discussion section on my website. Your collection of 2 Acushnet boxes with 3 packs sounds very interesting. I would love to see some photographs of the golf balls that you have. My personal e-mail is polypibsa@comcast.net.
Jim Harrison