Golf Ball – B 156

Object Name: Ball, Golf

Other Name: Ball, guttie

Date: ca 1900

Description: Spalding, Vardon Flyer gutta percha golf ball in bramble pattern, painted white. Label text: A “Vardon Flyer” gutta percha, ca 1900 / Made by A.G. Spalding & Bros. / The Vardon Flyer had raised dimples and was marketed as the “longest flying ball on the market to—day.” To promote sales of the ball in the United States, Spalding paid Vardon £900 to make a 9—month publicity tour in 1900

Maker: A.G. Spalding & Bros., London, England & Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts

Material: gutta percha

Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter)

Marks/Inscriptions:VARDON / FLYER (both sides)

Object ID: B 156