Wooden Golf Ball c1450

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    There is documentary evidence that the earliest ball played with would have been a Wooden Ball pre-dating the Featherie ball of the 1500s. This seems reasonable as early golf was basically a ball and stick game, and pieces of shaped wood or stones would be materials readily to hand. Local carpenters made the earliest example of the golf ball from the beech tree. From the 15th century, these balls would have been seen on the links of the East Coast of Scotland. They were rudimentary in style and would have been produced by local carpenters. These wooden balls are made at our factory in St Andrews.

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    There is documentary evidence that the earliest ball played with would have been a Wooden Ball pre-dating the Featherie ball of the 1500s. This seems reasonable as early golf was basically a ball and stick game, and pieces of shaped wood or stones would be materials readily to hand. Local carpenters made the earliest example of the golf ball from the beech tree. From the 15th century, these balls would have been seen on the links of the East Coast of Scotland. They were rudimentary in style and would have been produced by local carpenters. These wooden balls are made at our factory in St Andrews.

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