Download or read book The History of Nike Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Nike golf balls from 1998 to 2013. Version 1.2 update includes pictures of 85 known Nike golf ball models. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, and performance descriptions. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to How to Succeed at Golf M. Hatcher. Mentions golf balls used by Tiger Woods.

Download or read book The History of Callaway Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Callaway golf balls from 1999 to 2013. Version 1.1 includes the newest 2012-2013 golf balls and model type performance charts for proper selection of golf balls within a manufacturer's range of products. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, performance descriptions and reviews. Includes a detailed history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to How to Succeed at Golf M. Hatcher. Describes Golf Balls used by Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk and Ernie Els.

Download or read book 500 Years of Golf Balls written by John F. Hotchkiss and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1997 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of the golf ball from the fifteenth century to the present with current markeplace values for collectible golf balls.

Download or read book The History of Srixon Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Srixon golf balls from 1930 to 2013. Srixon was a manufacturer of golf balls for Dunlop Rubber & Tire Company from 1930-1963 when it acquired major interests in Dunlop Sports Ltd. for US and UK sales thereafter manufacturing golf balls under its own SRIXON brand name. Version 1.1 includes additional golf ball pictures, pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, performance descriptions and reviews. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to "How to Succeed at Golf" M. Hatcher Srixon golf balls are used by VJ Singh, Keegan Bradley and Gramme McDowell at different points in their career.

Download or read book The History of Dunlop Slazenger Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Dunlop-Slazenger golf balls from 1909 to 2013. The oldest Dunlop/Slazenger golf balls are extremely difficult to locate and photograph in the US. Version 1.2 includes 45 pictures of 183 known Dunlop golf balls available to the author in private collections. Lists all known Dunlop golf ball models, 88 pictures of 171 known and listed Maxfli golf balls, and 33 pictures of 54 known and listed Slazenger golf balls. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, and performance descriptions. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to "How to Succeed at Golf" M. Hatcher. Note to Collectors: This book is not intended for collectors who auction, affiliate advertisers, or collectors who need photographs of all of the oldest Dunlop/Slazenger golf balls available in private collections due to limitations in available records and collection resources. As additional golf balls become known or photographed they will be included in future versions of this book. Dunlop MaxFli golf balls were used by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Greg Norman at different points in their careers.

Download or read book The History of Titleist Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Titleist (Acushnet) golf balls from 1935 to 2013. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, performance descriptions and reviews. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to "How to Succeed at Golf" M. Hatcher. Includes description of Pinnacle Acushnet golf ball history and additional Titleist and Pinnacle golf ball pictures. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha to modern Polybutadiene. Version 1.5 includes additional evidence for earlier seam and pole markings, date ranges and corrections to 2014 models with photos. Version 1.4 to 1.5 is a minor change in known collection size. Version 1.4 includes additional photos and new golf ball lists expanding version 1.3 and includes detailed technical analysis of patent-based performace history and typical golf ball performance curves for (Tour, Multi-layer 3/4, Distance, Lo/Compression) model types. Those lucky individuals who own a copy of version 1.0/1.3 now have rare, and limited release copy's which the author is willing to sign and stamp at some future book signing.

Download or read book The Sport Star written by Barry Smart and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are sport stars central to celebrity culture? What are the implications of their fame? Proceeding from a broadly based discussion of heroism, fame and celebrity, Smart addresses a number of prominent modern sports and sport stars, including Michael Jordan (basketball), David Beckham (football), Tiger Woods (golf), Anna Kournikova and the Williams sisters (tennis). He analyses the development of modern sport in the UK and USA, demonstrating the key economic and cultural factors that have contributed to the popularity of sport stars, while examining issues such as race and gender, the impact of professionalization, growing media coverage, the role of agents and the increasing presence of commercial corporations providing sponsorship and endorsement contracts. This book situates the sport star as the embodiment of the various tensions of age, class, race, gender and culture. It argues that sporting figures possess an increasingly rare quality of authenticity that gives them the capacity to lift and inspire people. The book is a major contribution to the sociology and culture of sport and celebrity.

Download or read book Longitudes and Attitudes written by Thomas L. Friedman and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2003-08-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author of From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree comes this smart, penetrating, brilliantly informed book that is indispensable for understanding today’s radically new world and America’s complex place in it. Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 “for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat.” In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his post–September 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years’ worth of Friedman’s columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene.

Download or read book The History of Spalding Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Spalding golf balls from 1895 to 2013. The oldest Spalding golf balls are extremely difficult to locate and photograph as Spalding no longer produces golf balls. This book has photographed all that are currently available to the author in private collections. Version 1.1 update currently includes 50 pictures of 125 known Spalding models. Lists all currently known Spalding models. Contains 132 pictures of 164 known and listed Top-flite models, and 13 pictures of 28 known and listed Strata models. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known and performance descriptions. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to "How to Succeed at Golf" M. Hatcher. Version 1.1 corrects sequencing and picture labeling alignment addressed by the last reviewer, adds additional golf balls and more detail. Note to Collectors: This book is not intended for collectors who auction golf balls, affiliate advertisers or collectors who require a complete photographic record of the oldest Spalding golf balls no longer available to the public record or public collections. As new golf balls are known or collected, they will be included in future versions of the book. Lists and provides pictures when available of known Spalding/Topflite/Strata golf balls. Spalding/Topflight/Strata golf balls were used by Harry Vardon, Sam Snead and Mark O'Meara, at different points in their careers.

Download or read book The History of Signature Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note: This book has been updated as version 1.1 after the author disabled distribution channels due to a single bad review. The author corrected 2 errors mentioned in the review and conducted additional research to increase the list of "known" signature golf balls to 310 with 120 signature golf ball pictures. There are some 3000+ signature golf balls available to collectors and no single source book can list them all. The primary purpose of the book is to assist beginner and intermediate signature golf ball collectors to identify the most desirable signature collection series and to protect the average beginning collector from the thousands of fake and replicated ATTI/Icosahedron golf ball blanks used to create fake signature golf balls with golf ball label printers or "scribbled" hand-written signatures in a well-practiced duplication and fake replication process. The book was re-written to attempt to improve the book's usefulness to beginning and intermediate signature golf ball collectors and to protect them from re-sellers who do not verify the authenticity of the golf balls they purchase and re-sell for a profit. The author only desires to publish books of suitable quality to beginning collectors and to capture fleeting history during the brief time period signature golf balls become available for sale on the internet and then disappear into private collections. All pictures are verified whenever possible as "authentic" golf balls from the author's private collection of "non-pristine" authentic signature golf balls. Pristine golf balls are rarely "authentic" and most often are replica fakes unless purchased in original sleeves or have distinguishing wear patterns. This book is intended for beginning collector audiences, not reseller or affiliate advertisers of auctioned signature golf ball collections. When reasonable and possible using the limited public literature the book details history of selected signature golf balls from Harry Vardon to Sam Snead to Tiger Woods. 1900-1936-2013. Includes pictures of seam markings, and dates of 1st manufacture when known. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to How to Succeed at Golf M. Hatcher Covers select signature golf balls and sponsorship by companies of Harry Vardon, Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Nick Faldo, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. Discusses brief company histories of Tommy Armour Golf, Ram Golf, Faultless and MacGregor (GolfSmith). Removes the discussion on logo themes to a separate book for beginning logo ball collectors. The companion book makes suggestions for collections themes and provides examples of logo collection themes and examples for various types of logo ball collections. See the companion book "The History of Logo golf balls" M. Hatcher

Download or read book Golf Ball Cover Story written by James J. Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the science and technology of golf balls. Many golfers don't understand enough about the modern golf ball to choose which ball they should be using. The author has reviewed the US patent literature from Acushnet Company, the maker of Titleist and Pinnacle golf balls, and has summarized the latest developments in golf ball aerodynamics, the various dimple patterns, the composition of the core and the cover, and why these issues are so important for golfers today. No one has ever written a book that summarizes what the original US patent literature teaches us about golf ball science and technology. The latest discoveries, which sometimes may be highly technical in nature, are written in a form and a style that is directed to the average reader. The chapters in Part 1 of the book are arranged according to the golf ball dimple pattern that appears on the surface of the ball. In Part 2 the chapters highlight what the author has learned about all the important golf ball models made by Acushnet Company, e.g., Pro V1, Pro V1x, NXT Tour, NXT Tour S, Pinnacle Soft, etc. This book is also a guide for those of us who collect golf balls as a hobby. Ways to accurately date vintage golf balls are discussed. Photos and useful information about the golf balls in the author's collection are presented and discussed. The average golfer, the professional golfer, and the collector alike will benefit from reading this book.

Download or read book The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports written by Glenn M. Wong and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides an overview of what students should consider and expect from the varied career options available to them in the sports industry. This book answers the questions students are most likely to have, including what courses they should take, the areas of study available to them, the salary they can expect to earn after graduation, and how they can get the job of their dreams. This essential guide will help increase sutdents' likelihood of finding careers in the highly competitve sports industry."--

Download or read book The History of TaylorMade Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of TaylorMade golf balls from 1999 to 2014. Version 1.2 includes additional TaylorMade and Noodle golf ball pictures. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, performance descriptions and reviews. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to "How to Succeed at Golf" M. Hatcher Mentions golf balls used by Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Justin Leonard, Justin Rose, Jason Day, Sean O'Hair, Tom Leahman, Dave Stockton Fred Funk, Greg Norman, and Nick Faldo. Those lucky individuals who currently own a copy of version 1.0/1.1 now have a rare and limited distribution copy which the author is willing to sign and stamp at some future book signing.

Download or read book Out of the Shadows written by David K. Wiggins and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original essays in this comprehensive collection examine the lives and sports of famous and not-so-famous African American male and female athletes from the nineteenth century to today. Here are twenty insightful biographies that furnish perspectives on the changing status of these athletes and how these changes mirrored the transformation of sports, American society, and civil rights legislation. Some of the athletes discussed include Marshall Taylor (bicycling), William Henry Lewis (football), Jack Johnson, Satchel Paige, Jesse Owens, Joe Lewis, Alice Coachman (track and field), Althea Gibson (tennis), Wilma Rudolph, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams.

Download or read book The History of Wilson Staff Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Wilson Staff golf balls from 1914 to 2013. The very oldest Wilson Staff golf balls are extremely difficult to locate and photograph. Version 1.2 contains 110 pictures of 142 known golf balls available in private collections. Lists all known Wilson Staff golf balls, 20 pictures of 30 known and listed Wilson Ultra, and 19 pictures of 24 known and listed Pro Staff models. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture when known, and performance descriptions. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to "How to Succeed at Golf" M. Hatcher Note to Collectors: This book is not intended for collectors who auction, affiliate advertisers or collectors who need all photographs of the very oldest golf balls made by Wilson Staff/Ultra/Prostaff due to limitations in available public records and collection resources. As additional golf balls become known and photographed they will be included in future versions of this book. Wilson Staff/Ultra/Prostaff golf balls were used by Gene Sarazon, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Nick Faldo, Ricky Barnes, Paul Lowry, and Padraig Harrington at different points in their careers.

Download or read book Sports Inc written by Phil Schaaf and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For students interested in a career in sports entertainment or professionals already in the business, "Sports, Inc." has the latest information on one of the most dynamic and growing areas of the entertainment industry today. Illustrations.

Download or read book The History of Bridgestone Golf Balls written by M. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of Bridgestone golf balls from 1931 to 2013. Includes pictures of seam markings, dates of 1st manufacture, performance descriptions and reviews. Includes a brief history of the golf ball from wooden balls to Gutta Percha. Includes detailed technical terms and glossary for material science and ball construction as well as performance and testing parameters. Companion book to How to Succeed at Golf 2.0 M. Hatcher Mentions golf balls used by Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker, Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Lee Trevino, Paula Creamer and Ai Miyazato.