Two Hickory Golf Balls in Engraved Wooden Presentation Box – Choose from Six Historic Designs

Experience the Evolution of the Golf Ball

Each presentation box contains a pair of fully playable reproduction golf balls from the hickory golf era. Every set includes the famous Mesh Pattern Rubber-Core Ball, the final and most advanced golf ball of the hickory period, paired with one of five earlier historic designs that shaped the development of the game.

By playing both balls, golfers can experience for themselves how golf ball technology evolved over nearly five centuries, from the handcrafted wooden balls of early Scotland through the revolutionary gutta percha era and into the golden age of hickory golf.

Included in every set:

Mesh Pattern Ball
The Coburn Haskell Mesh Pattern Rubber-Core golf ball became one of the defining designs of the hickory golf era and was widely used by professionals before modern dimple patterns eventually became dominant.

Choose one of five earlier historic designs:

Wooden Golf Ball
The wooden golf ball recalls the earliest days of golf, as played from the 1400s to the early 1600s.

Smooth Gutta Percha Ball
The Smooth Gutta Percha Ball represents the revolutionary new technology that transformed golf in the late 1840s and early 1850s.

Hammered Gutta Percha Ball
The Hammered Gutta Percha Ball recalls golf's first aerodynamic breakthrough of the 1850s and 1860s.

Dimpled Gutta Percha Ball
The Dimpled Gutta Percha Ball takes us back to the final years of the gutty era, from the 1880s to the early 1900s.

Bramble Pattern Ball
Made famous through its association with Harry Vardon, the Bramble Pattern Ball represents the final and most successful generation of gutta percha golf balls from the 1890s and early 1900s.

Each reproduction ball is fully playable with both hickory and modern golf clubs, allowing golfers to experience how the game changed as golf ball technology evolved through different eras of history. Every presentation box also includes a short card telling the story of the selected ball and its place in the development of the game.

Included in the price is personalised laser engraving on the wooden presentation box. Simply enter a name, initials, date, message, or special occasion during ordering, in virtually any language, and we will create a unique and lasting keepsake for yourself, a golfing friend, or a memorable gift for any special occasion.