In message , John Schmitt
writes
raden wrote:

[golf ball cores - this thread is veering past OT!]


Castor oil IIRC (at least acco4rding to the quiz in one of the
Indonesian chatrooms)


I have a dim and distant memory of honey being one of the fillings,
although the web tells me that corn syrup (a sort of US golden syrup
type thing) and saline were used. It appears that the liquid filling
made the ball more stable, although solid cores made for longer
strokes, i.e. further into the rough.

http://www.learnaboutgolf.com/beginner/balltypes.html

will provide the relevant information for those who have not yet died
of boredom.

At some point I might actually have the combination of enough money and
enough leisure time simultaneously to take up the sport. A man can
dream, can he not?

I got a hole in one on my 6th time out (Absolute sheer fluke of course)
then got bored and haven't played since

--
geoff