High Performance BRs for Golf Balls

Golfers in recent centuries have witnessed with enthusiasm advances in golf ball technology. From the feathery and gutta-percha, to the modern day wound and solid core golf balls, those passionate about the sport have benefited with increased distances and improved feel around the greens as well as an overall improvement in quality control and consistency of the golf ball.

 Experts in the industry will know that the recent success of solid core golf balls in the niche high performance segment was made possible in part due to the advances in rubber technology which power the core. This paper will review in detail the effect of several parameters on the compression, coefficient of restitution (C.O.R.) and processing of the golf ball core. Specifically, we’ll measure the effect of several high cis-1,4-polybutadienes (BR) types, the level of zinc diacrylate (ZDA) and peroxide cure conditions. The advantages of neodymium catalyzed polybutadiene (NdBR) will be traced to its macrostructure properties through sophisticated analytical techniques. Please come see why we can’t stop talking about golf balls!