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Old October 3rd, 2005, 12:16 AM
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In 2000, balls had liquid centers!
Just read this in Golf Digest. It said that as recently as two-three years ago, many golf balls were manufactured with liquid centers. It was veg. oil, salt, and other weird stuff, I believe. I find and buy many used balls, I wonder if any of them have a liquid core?
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 12:51 AM
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Many of the top quality balls had liquid centres. Titleist for sure. Go back 25 years and I think almost every wound ball had a liquid centre. The very first Pinacles and Topflites started the rubber centre thing.

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Old October 3rd, 2005, 12:55 AM
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brianf Many of the top quality balls had liquid centres. Titleist for sure. Go back 25 years and I think almost every wound ball had a liquid centre. The very first Pinacles and Topflites started the rubber centre thing.
Yeah, that's understandable; but 2-3 years ago!? That's the balls I'm currently hitting.
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 01:00 AM
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The title of this thread is hysterical....like 2000 was some long ago time where people still lived by gathering nuts and berries or something.

BTW, 2000 was 5 years ago.
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 01:06 AM
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Yeah, that's understandable; but 2-3 years ago!? That's the balls I'm currently hitting.
My guess is the last liquid center ball would be Titleist 384 Tour Balata. No it was the ones that came in the Copper Colored Box until about 2001. (I think they were called the Professional)

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Old October 3rd, 2005, 12:22 PM
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The title of this thread is hysterical....like 2000 was some long ago time where people still lived by gathering nuts and berries or something.

BTW, 2000 was 5 years ago.
Well it may not have been that bad. Did they have the internet on computers back then?
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 12:53 PM
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Well it may not have been that bad. Did they have the internet on computers back then?
I can't really be sure....but it was so long ago that a blackberry was well known as something you eat!!
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 12:54 PM
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The liquid center was the main reason the ball would go out of round too...
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 01:01 PM
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The liquid center was the main reason the ball would go out of round too...
I've been known to get a little "out of round" when my center gets liquid filled too!
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 01:21 PM
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I've been known to get a little "out of round" when my center gets liquid filled too!



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Old October 3rd, 2005, 02:46 PM
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The liquid center was the main reason the ball would go out of round too...

Remember boning a wedge with an old Titleist Tour Balata? On a hot day you'd swear the thing would be stuck to the end of your club. Not that it ever happened to me or anything....
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Old October 3rd, 2005, 02:53 PM
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Remember boning a wedge with an old Titleist Tour Balata? On a hot day you'd swear the thing would be stuck to the end of your club. Not that it ever happened to me or anything....
Sure I do! I also remember wondering why the ball was so happy about it. It always had this huge "smile" after
I hit a shot like that!
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