Progressive Opinion | 1942-03-20 | Page 3 | Speed of Golf Balls

Speed of Golf Balls The United States Golf association associa-tion has recently ruled no golf ball can have a velocity greater than 250 feet per second. The association as-sociation has so ruled to eliminate the threat of causing present golf courses to become obsolete because be-cause of the far-traveling golf ball. The velocity of the balls can be regulated by controlling pressure on the core of the ball and tightness tight-ness of the rubber wrappings.