Unique golf ball gift
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    Unique golf ball gift
    Unique golf ball gift
    Unique golf ball gift
    Unique golf ball gift
    Unique golf ball gift
    Unique golf ball gift

    Gutta Percha Golf Ball Set

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    £65
    UK; 3-5 Days Global; 5-10 Days

    The Guttie Selection is a unique golf ball gift consisting of three Gutta Percha golf balls; the Smooth, the Hammered and the Bramble.
    In 1840 the price of a good Featherie golf ball was about 4 shillings. However, these expensive balls were not durable, especially if hit poorly by an iron cleek. So ball makers were looking for an alternative golf ball, and the Gutta Percha ball was the answer. The Gutta Percha golf ball is derived from a brown-black durable rubber material that could withstand any amount of bad golf swings helping to make it less expensive to play golf.  This led to a dramatic increase in new players. 

    Gift Ideas; There is an option to have the wood ball tube custom engraved with a name or special message. You can also add a gift box when you checkout. 

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    The Guttie Selection is a unique golf ball gift consisting of three Gutta Percha golf balls; the Smooth, the Hammered and the Bramble.
    Artisans made the gutta-percha ball from a brown-black rubber type material, the gum extract from the Malaysian Sapodilla tree. When heated in water, the hardened gum could be easily shaped and hand-rolled into near-perfect spheres, which could withstand any amount of bad golf swings.

    The primary disadvantage to this revolutionary ball was its poor aerodynamic capabilities. This disadvantage was soon overcome by intentionally marking the ball using a chisel headed hammer, with ball makers such as Robertson, Dunn and Forgan using different patterns. When finished, the players usually painted the balls with lead-based paint according to the season: red for winter, white for summer. The much-favoured mould made design was the bramble pattern, which artisans carried forward to the next generation of rubber core balls.
    Gutta Percha is the Malaysian phrase for tree sap initially derived from the Sapodilla tree. A member of the Sapotaceae family, sapodilla is native to Central and South America, specifically from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to Costa Rica. But now found throughout the world's tropical regions, including Malaysia, India, and the West Indies. First discovered being used for handles on daggers and knives in Malaysia, the substance was tough but became very pliable when immersed in hot water.
    These unique reproduction golf balls come in an attractive wooden tube, including a note about the history of golf balls. They are close resemblances to the authentic Gutta Percha balls, and you can play golf with these balls.

    Made in St Andrews, Scotland. 

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