Bruce McBride, a librarian at the U.S. Golf Association, turned up a list of some 700 golf-ball trade names used prior to the 1940s.
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Another house, which Mr. Ferraro calls the "golf-and-tennis suite, " has sage-green beadboard in the hallways and golf artifacts, including a display case tracing the history of the golf ball.
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That wasn't just the golden age of golf-course design, it was also the golden age of golf-ball names.
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He could easily have found employment as a golf-ball namer in the 1910s and '20s.
WSJ: A Plea for More Poetry on Golf Balls | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport
Luckily, this column isn't about whether rolling back the golf ball would be wise.
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University of Maine researchers have developed a golf ball made from the shells of lobster.
That name, RocketBladez, and the related golf-ball name, RocketBallz, is an another example of TaylorMade's aggressive style.
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She was petrified when doctors found a golf-ball-size tumor near the base of her skull in June 2007.
He bent and picked up a golf ball, and pointed to a set of numbers stamped on it.
Collins, an avid golfer, graciously agreed to come up with a list of golf-ball names for manufacturers to consider.
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When Palmer talks about style, he means the way a player hits a golf ball as much as his personality.
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On the first tee, people didn't know whether he was going to make a toast or hit a golf ball.
However, independent tests showed the device has no better than a random chance of finding a golf ball, much less a bomb.
It is displayed on the 60th floor of a five-star hotel nicknamed the Farmer's Apartments that is topped with a golf-ball-shaped room.
My favorite was the guy that took a picture of ice cubes claiming it was golf ball sized hail falling in his backyard.
"Let's say you make a drive go 25 yards shorter by aerodynamics, " said Dean Snell, TaylorMade's vice president for golf-ball research and development.
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The raw material for one lobster golf ball costs about 19-cents since, besides some home composting, most lobster shells end up in landfills.
While it currently can be found in small items such as golf ball cores, tennis racquets, and skis, Apple probably have bigger plans.
"I don't know how he hit the golf ball feeling the way he was feeling, " Adcox said on the PGA Tour's official website.
British police say the device -- the ADE standing for "Advanced Detection Equipment" -- is really a novelty golf-ball finder with the label removed.
There's the Doggy Doo golf ball, presented in its gift box nestled on a turd, and the perennially hilarious roll of 19th-hole bathroom tissue.
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"Golf balls used to be a lot more about the brand than the technology, " said Michael Mahoney, the director of golf-ball product management at Titleist.
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The NWS is reporting golf-ball sized hail stones in some areas.
Fewer than 300 people in the study had gastric bypass surgery, a more dramatic technique in which the surgeon creates a golf-ball-shaped pouch to curb food intake.
Its leafy green head is usually 1-2 inches in diameter, roughly the size of a golf ball, but each sprout packs a potent punch of contrasting flavors.
If all current shackles on golf-ball distance were removed, I learned, balls could probably be made to go 40 to 70 yards farther than they do today.
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"The way he's playing, the way he's striking it, the way he's controlling his golf ball, it's pretty good right now, " he said of his Monday playing partner.
"I'm excited, because I'm hitting the golf ball real well -- and at Olympic the people who have done well there have hit the ball well, " Woods said.
If the record is confirmed, an 18 ft diameter hollowed out golf ball will be constructed to sit atop the tee, from where golfers will be able to tee off.
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