If you’re an avid golfer, chances are good you’ve gone through a club fitting of some sort in the last decade. The most likely is a driver or iron fitting, although you should go ahead and do wedges ...

Ever hit a drive that felt more like a smush than a smash? The culprit isn’t always you, your swing or your driver—it could be your golf ball. Most balls have compression ratings that fall within a ...

Diving into the numbers to find out exactly how extreme heat and cold can change the way a golf ball feels and performs. Golf balls are designed for golf, and golf is an outdoor sport, meaning they ...

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) invited Mecmesin to bid for a project to replace its outdated ‘Stevens’ test machine which was used to measure the force required to ‘squash’ a tennis ball.

Compression test on a football / soccer ball using a Z020 materials testing machine (Fmax 20 kN). The ball burst at approx. 5 kN (about 500 kg or 1100 lbs).

With the success of lower-compression, multilayer, urethane-covered balls like Bridgestone's B330-RX/RXS and Callaway’s Chrome Soft, it’s clear that the audience for tour-level performance at a less ...

The Wilson Duo has been setting the standard for low-compression two-piece balls since its first full year on the market five years ago, but the challenge always has been how to make something soft ...