Balata: A rubber-like substance used as a cover material for golf balls. Pure balata is rarely, if ever, used today. Instead, manufacturers use blends or synthetic material.
balata-- A hard, resilient sap-like substance from the South American Balata tree that is used to make a cover for rubber-cored golf balls.
Balata : Rubber like material (dried juice of a tree) used for making the outermost layer of a golf ball (the cover) softer. The advantage of balata balls is that they tend to spin better and offer more feel.
Balata: Is sap from a tropical tree, which was formally used for the manufacture of golf ball covers.
Ball at Rest: When the ball is not moving.
Ball Marker: Is a small, round object used to indicate the ball's position on the green.
BALATA - made from the gum of a balata tree, a covering for rubber cored golf balls.
balata Type of golf ball designed for feel and spin. Beginners should avoid these balls because they are not durable and are expensive.
balata
Natural or synthetic compound used to make the cover for top standard golf balls. Its soft, elastic qualities produce a high spin rate and it is favoured by tournament players.
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Balata
A hard resilient sap-like substance that is used to make a cover for rubber-cored golf balls. A balata ball is known for it superb feel.
Front Nine ...
Balata, litium and Surlyn covers have allowed wound balls to be played by those looking for both distance and high spin.
Balata vs. Surlyn
Balata and Surlyn are ball-covering materials.
BALATA - A resilient substance derived from a balata tree (or bully tree) used
to make ball covers.
Balata - Used to make the outer cover for top standard golf balls. This compound is either natural or synthetic
and its soft, elasticity produces a high spin rate. Tournament players often prefer this type of cover.
Balata
Natural or synthetic compound used as a cover material for balls. Characterized by a soft feel and high spin rate. Generally preferred by better players. Less durable than other types of balls.
Ball ...
The old balata balls gave lots of spin and a good feel, but were less good for ball flight, or durability.
First, get a balata (softer covered) ball, which reacts much more to any spin put on it - the downside, of course, is that if you fade/slice or draw/hook the ball, that also will be exaggerated.
Second, ensure that the grooves of your club are clean.
Alternatively, Balata was sometimes used as a cover material for golf balls. Balata is a hard, resilient substance derived from the gum of the bully or balata tree (Manilkara bidentata).
Balata - The sap-like substance from the South American Balata tree used to make golf ball covers.
Ball - The round, usually white, dimpled object which is hit with a club hopefully towards the target.
balata rubber like material (dried juice of a tree) used for making soft golf ball covers (outermost layer of the ball)
Example: Balata covered golf balls yield a high spin rate and lots of feel, but don't offer much durability.
balata: Sap from a tropical tree, used in the production of covers for balls, favoured by professionals.
ball at rest: Stationary ball.
Balata---"soft" material that covers a golf ball. Helps better players stop the ball quicker and prevents it from having too much roll.
Ball Mark---an indentation on the green formed from the ball hitting the surface.
The sound of his impact -- metal against balata and turf -- was strangely different from anyone else's. I don't say that as some sort of unreasoning idol worshipper. Others heard the same thing. There is no adequate descriptive word for it.
balata: Sap from the tropical tree, used to make covers for balls.
ball at rest: The ball isn't moving.
ball marker: Small, round object such as a coin, use to indicate the ball's position on the green.
You think your score will be lower with balata this or wound that? With a soft or hard feel? Pure advertising. Doesn't matter. The golf ball is not shanked because it is brand X vs. brand Y.
A ball made from a core of rubber, metal or other wrapped in strands of rubber encased in a surlyn or balata shell.
Twosome
A group of two golfers.
Here's how we went about investigating the playability of balls pulled from the water, and keep in mind that the test was not all-inclusive. We used only three-piece, balata-covered balls and two-piece balls with a lithium-Surlyn cover.
The three-piece ball consists of a smaller solid rubber or liquid-filled center with rubber thread wound around it under tension, and an ionomer or balata rubber cover.
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