What do you do when you’re left with the shells of 90 million pounds of lobster after a year’s hard work? Why, you make golf balls, of course.
Researchers from the University of Maine have found a new use for the shells, which usually just go into a landfill upon leaving the processing plants. Professor David Neivandt and his students spent nine months trying different mixes and finally came up with a product that looks, feels, bounces, and hits like a normal urethane golf ball.
The lobster shell is used for the ball’s hard, compact core. For the outside, which sports the same dimpled finish as synthetic balls, Neivandt and his team used a mix of other biodegradable materials, which all went into a mold that they found on eBay.
Regular golf balls can be more complex—some have hybrid cores covered with softer mantles, while performance balls have three-piece or …
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While the rest of the kids go to summer camp or find summer jobs, some 500 of the world’s best young golfers will find themselves in East Lothian, Scotland for the four-day U.S. Kids Golf European Championship.
The event, slated for May 31 to June 2, is overseen by the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation, a nonprofit that teaches golf and sportsmanship to kids around the world. Now in its fourth year, the tournament welcomes junior golfers aged six to 18 from Europe, North America, Australia, and the Far East.
The games will take place on five historic courses: the Longniddry Golf Club, Luffness New Golf Club, Gullane No. 2 and No. 3, and Craigielaw Golf Club. Each one will be adjusted to fit different age groups, with younger golfers playing shorter holes. The whole course is designed so that the same number of strokes will bring players to the greens …
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The Italian island of Sardinia, the second largest in the Mediterranean, is gearing up for a busy summer as it welcomes not just the usual hordes of swimmers and sunbathers, but a wave of golf enthusiasts looking to beat the holiday crowds. If you’ve seen Europe’s best greens and are after new haunts, Sardinia is definitely worth checking out.
Tour operator Sardatur Holidays, which serves Sardinia and much of mainland Italy, has come up with new holiday packages capitalizing beyond the island’s coastline. Rather, it offers visitors a look into what Sardinia offers further inland: beautiful landscapes, sun-drenched fields, and rolling terrains perfect for a golf holiday, whether you’re an amateur or a pro.
Oristano, a town in the island’s west, is of particular interest to golfers. The town is rife with natural and cultural treasures, from the Sinis Peninsular wildlife preserve to the church of St. Francis of Assisi, …
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The PGA Tour in Cromwell Connecticut is proving a great tournament for the Australian golfers with Matthew Goggin sharing the lead with Britain’s Justin Rose after he scored a six under par 64 in one of his personal best performances. After the first round the leader board is very crowded with the other Aussies in the field, Matt Jones and Aron Price scoring a five under par 65 to be in second place with five other international players.
Rose played an excellent first round and was unlucky to not hold the outright lead after he scored birdies for six of the last seven holes. Rose was not to disappointed as the tournament still has a long way to go and anything can happen when playing in the PGA.
Goggin was equally happy with his first round of the tournament putting him in first place tied with Rose. The Australian had …
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The Australian Masters in Melbourne last year (2009) was the last tournament that Tiger Woods played in and won before news of his personal life and extra marital affairs became the headline news. There was some controversy over the amount of Victorian tax payer money that was spend to convince him to come to Australia and play the tournament however the tiger mania that resulted from his visit to Australia meant that this amount of money was justified and increased the interest in the golf tournament and also contributed a great deal of extra money into the Victorian economy.
This year the Victorian government has decided to encourage Woods back to Australia to defend his title from last year in the Australian Masters. The tax payers in Victoria will foot half the bill for Woods to visit which this year will be 1.5 million, a figure that the Victorian government …
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What do you do when you’re left with the shells of 90 million pounds of lobster after a year’s hard work? Why, you make golf balls, of course.
