Guttie
A ball made from gutta percha. It lost popularity when the wound ball was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Guttie: A golf ball made of gutta percha which rendered Featheries obsolete.
Hacker: A poor golfer.
guttie
Ball introduced in 1848, made of gutta percha, a rubber like substance obtained from the latex of a species of Malaysian tree.
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Guttie Ball
A golf ball made of gutta percha which rendered its predecessor, featheries, obsolete.
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Gutta-Percha (Guttie)
Type of ball, introduced circa 1850, made of a rubber-like material (gutta-percha). The ball replaced the featherie due to its longer life and greater distance.
Robert Adams invented the gutta percha ball (or guttie). Because gutties were cheaper to produce and could be manufactured with textured surface to improve their aerodynamic qualities, they replaced feather balls completely within a few years.
With the industrialization the production of Gutties became mechanized. They were being made in moulds and could be manufactured with textured surfaces which further increased their aerodynamic qualities, affordability and consistency.
The invention of the gutta percha ball (or "guttie"), was in 1848. Prior to this, golf ball construction was a laborious and costly art practiced by a handful of manufacturers in the vicinity of Edinburgh - and if a ball was expensive, ...
First incarnation of the modern golf balls with rubber straps wound around core encased in gutta percha - rendered Gutties obsolete
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Permanent features on the golf course designed to obstruct play.
 See also: Golf, Shot, Stroke, Hit, Gutta percha
  
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