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2 unusual facts about golf ball


Golf Ball

The use of black and white is regarded as dramatic, and although it may have been influenced by 1940s and 1950s works of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell, it is more likely a commentary on Mondrian's 1917 Composition in Black and White.

Pennying

A similar set of rules to pennying has been applied to Golf Balls.


Bridgestone Golf

Parent company Bridgestone was founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi and first produced golf balls in 1935.

Maxfli

Maxfli is a brand of sports equipment, most recognized for its golf balls, currently owned by Dick's Sporting Goods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


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Boston Camera

It was given to the Air Force Museum in 1964, along with a contact print of a golf ball on a course.

Daisy wheel printing

In 1972 a team at Diablo Systems led by engineer David S. Lee developed the first commercially successful daisy wheel printer, a device that was faster and more flexible than IBM's golf-ball devices, being capable of 30 cps (characters per second), whereas IBM's Selectric operated at 13.4 cps.

Duncan McKenzie

Initially, he attracted media attention for his achievements outside of the game, which included the ability to jump over a Mini and to throw a golf ball the length of a football pitch.

Johnny Bulla

He won the L.A. Open in 1941 with a discount golf ball, which sold for a quarter at Walgreens.

Paddy melon

Cucumis myriocarpus, a sprawling plant with fruits smaller than a golf ball

RAF Chenies

In the 1980s the station was used as the site for a Met Office weather radar station with a 'golf ball' styled Radome, still in use today.

Solardome

The Buckminster Fuller organisation designed and develop giant "golf ball" radar domes.

Tripp Isenhour

On December 12, 2007, while being filmed for an educational video, Isenhour killed a red-shouldered hawk by hitting it with a golf ball.

Uncommon Law

: The frustrated Mr Haddock, unable to make his golf ball follow its intended trajectory, is heard to utter a stream of swear words, and is summoned under the Profane Oaths Act 1745 which creates differing penalties for different classes of people, including gentlemen, to whom the highest rate is applied.

Wild melon

Cucumis myriocarpus a plant invasive in Australia with fruits smaller than a golf ball