Complexity of Golf Balls

     Way back when in golf there was only one type of ball. It was a simple game. Now a days that has completely changed. There are so many different types of balls out there it's ridiculous. They are all made and meant for different style of players. So lets say you are a golfer and you have a strong drive and that's what you focus on when you play. You would want to use a ball that is made to help you go longer distance off of your drive. So there's a ball that Titleist made that is called Velocity. It's meant for people that have a powerful drive off the tee so they can play a short iron shot to the green. They just made this ball not to long ago, and I have not tried it out yet. I don't really know if I am willing to drop $33 on them though.

     Now if driving is not your game, you're more of a iron kind of player. Don't worry, there is a ball just for you. Another Titleist because I don't know a whole lot of other ones, it's the Titleist Pro V1x. This ball is meant for low long shots and a softer feel and drop, with good greenside control. I haven't tried this ball as well. Mainly because this ball wouldn't fit my game. Also the fact that it's way more than I would ever spend on a box of balls.
     If you want a ball that has a lot of spin so you can control your shots on the green then I got the ball to fit that. This one is a Taylormade. The ball is called Project (a). This ball is meant for this mid handicapped players who want to play better. It is a extreme spin and has a softer outer core so it'll drop nice and easy once it hits the green.

Now lets get to the ball I use, because I know all of you have been wondering what this pro uses. Well the ball I use is called Noodle. Yes it is called that, which is one of the reasons why i play with that one. The real reason is because I don't have a really straight drive most of the time so the Noodle ball I use is supposed to keep my ball straight and have it go a long distance. So that's my favorite ball to use. I also do like to use the Titleist NXT  Tour which almost has the same concept. The stupid thing is I haven't even scratched the surface of all the golf balls you can play with. All are meant for different players.

From Past to Present

Golf is one the oldest sports out there and has evolved quite drastically. Way back in the day only the rich and noble people were able to golf and afford it. The wealthy were the ones that pretty much created the sport to what it is today. You can still see a glimpse of that today with country clubs and only the people that can afford it play. So a good amount of upper class wealthy people do play the game. You see in movies and stuff how business man have work meeting and go out golfing on a really nice course just because they can. I'm sure that's how it actually is in real life or at least close to it.
Now lets go way way back when it all came together. They say that glimpse's of a form of golf was created back in the Egyptian days. But Professor Guerrero here, (yes I did just use myself in third person) is skipping ahead to the we lads in Scotland. During the 15th century they came up with the general rules and play of the sport. Shortly after that it was banned because it was supposedly getting in the way of their precious archery practice. Apparently they needed that to defend the country, but come on that's really lame and they soon realized that a few years later. The ban was raised and even the king of Scotland became interested in the game. A few post's back I talked about St Andrew's and the Old Course. Well this is when the course was created and the legacy began. Around 200 years later golf came around to the U.S. and that's when the first set of golf clubs were used in the country. Then after that it exploded and kept on evolving to what it is today. Back when it started they used beech wood and other hard woods to create the club. Wood was used for the longest time until the early 1900's it slowly got replaced and in 1931 the first tournament was won using steel shafted clubs. Then that sparked the next era for golf. Once WWII was over they began to experiment more and more with different metals. Slowly they went from steel, to graphite because it was lighter and you could have a faster swing. Then from graphite shafts came titanium club heads that paired with it. together those two make up a lot of golf clubs today.
Well there you go, a small history on how golf evolved from then to now.

You All Know Tiger

Everyone knows who Tiger Woods is. They all may not know him for the golfer he is or used to be. They may know him as the player he was off of the golf course if you know what I mean. Cheating on his wife and have a sex addiction problem. Yes he did have multiple sex partners and cheated on his wife a lot. That was the lowest of the low for him and he lost pretty much everything once that got out. His wife divorced him shortly after and he lost quite a few sponsors. Some big ones like Gatorade, and General Motors, but two companies did stay with Tiger throughout the whole fiasco. Nike and Electronic Arts stuck with him all because for Nike Tiger was their number icon in the golf category and for Electronic Arts, they have a whole video game line named after him so they would never let him go. Around three months later Tiger gave a televised announcement and stated that he was in therapy and gave an apology for all of his wrong doings.

Coming from the golf point of view taking a break from golf really hurt his golf rankings. Tiger dropped all the way to 58th in the golf rankings, which is the lowest he was ever. He soon regained the number one spot two years later. Ever since his Tiger's gigolo secret came I feel like he hasn't played the same. To me he has gone down hill. Yeah, he did win some championships and tournaments, but he wasn't really consistent. 2013 was his only good year after all of his problems and all the rest were not so great. Then Tiger hurt his knee and had to get surgery on it and had to be out for awhile for that. Then once back from that injury, he injured himself again. His back this time was the problem with some back pains. Tiger had to again leave the game again and went under some more surgery for his back and is currently doing therapy to get back to his old self. He is 38 years old so Tiger has a lot of golf still yet to play, and the fact that he is by far one of the best golfers to every play the game is just astounding. He has a  god given talent that he's had ever since he was little and its incredible. Despite what he's done he is one of my favorite golfers and sparked the boom of golf in the U.S.