Vintage Baws

[granters]

Remember these...

Obviously, no golfer has ever played the game without hitting a good ol Top Flite XL.

The CD-90 was an attempt at a 3 piece wound ball, with durability. Remember these were made at a time when it was a proper balata for decent player- 9 holes out of it if you were lucky.

The XS tour was one of my favourites as a lad, a 2 piece ball with a soft (ish) cover, that actually spun a wee bit. I suppose it's a stone age Z-star.

The Patriot was a 3 piecer, witha solid rubber core rather than liquid balata, something like a NXT tour these days

The Strata was one of the first durable players balls, a prelude to the prov1


If you're bored have a look at this. Fascinating stuff

Old Baws (not as interesting as it sounds0

 

[Swinger]

I don't remember the Patriot but the rest fo sho.

I remember as a junior setting fire to Titleist Tour Balatas. You get the cover on fire after a bit of effort, place flame up after a little bit the fire gets to the wound part at which point the elastic starts crackling and the ball expands the the liquid core explodes like a fountain all of a sudden. 3 mins well spent then off to find something to smoke.

Do not try this at home!!

Rextar Promodel? what happened to those.

 

[Imurg]

Played with each and every one of those at one time or another. Shame you haven't got the Maxfli Revolution in there - my favourite ball of the era.
Also used the TopFlite Z-Balata to great effect on occasions...
Ah the Rextar - didn't Faldo use that one?

Memories.......

 

[richart]

First ball I ever played with was a Commando. Then got onto Dunlop Warwicks, before getting proper balls like Penfold Ace, Dunlop 65, Slazenger B51. The later were my favourite, came in an individual box, wrapped in tissue paper. Those were the days.

 

[CliveW]

First ball I ever played with was a Commando. Then got onto Dunlop Warwicks, before getting proper balls like Penfold Ace, Dunlop 65, Slazenger B51. The later were my favourite, came in an individual box, wrapped in tissue paper. Those were the days.

I remember them well.

 

[BeachGolfer]

Penfold Aces were 'the' balls when I was a kid. Pics of the four suits anyone?

 

[granters]

Faldo did indeed play the Rextar Promodel. When i was playing in the junior club championship final my opponent and i each got a free sleeve of balls. He snaffled the Titleist Tour Balatas and i was left with the Rextars. I changed them after every 6 holes, felt like a right pro.

It's absolutely incredible how ball technology has moved on. I genuinely beleive that those who learned the game before the advent of the prov1 had to learn the game to a far greater extent.

You either had a spin ball or a distance ball. That was that.

If you've ever sliced a proper balata you'll know what i mean- absolutely no forgiveness. Thin it and it's done. Losing 10-20 yards every drive.

And then again, anything else at the time was a bump and run to the green as it was like hitting a diamond!

Yes you had your PTS etc, but they were nowhere near the standard of the modern mid-range balls.

Nowadays even a so called "players" ball is forgiving off the tee.

 

[RGDave]

CD-90, oh yes, lost a few of them.
Stratas.....sometimes.

Hard to believe (I realise), but I would never have used a ball with the word "tour" on it.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Ahh the Commando. As a kid they were the stock ball. One piece I think. Didn't realise how bad it was and who cared, what a cool name.

Dunlop 65 was the top ball for me though. If you found one you felt like a millionaire. Others I recall were Slazenger Plus, Spalding Dot, Uniroyal (think they did one with hexagonal dimples which didn't catch on!) and Wilson Staff. Never saw Titleists - exotic American things. All 1.62 of course. The "American" 1.68 looked like a tennis ball in comparison. Very soft too, the wound ones were like marshmallows.

I still have in my little collection a brand new box of 6 Penfold Ace's all individually wrapped. My first golf prize for winning the East Berks Junior Handicap Trophy in about 1975. Gross 83 playing of 16. Too good to use, then I lost interest in golf for a few years. Glad I've still got them.

 

[USER1999]

I found a brand new pts wound the other day, so someone must still be using them.

 

[Yerman]

For BeachGolfer ...and Goldfinger.

http://www.penfoldgolf.com/cms_media/images/220x220_fitbox-ace.JPG

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I remember Dunlop doing the DDH Marathon. As the name suggests the dimples were in a dodecahydron pattern and I actually thought it wasn't a bad ball.