New Golf Ball

Larger, lighter. It is conceivable that another change may be made in the weight and size of the golf ball.

A few years ago when the U. S. G. A. and the St. Andrews Club of Scotland standardized the so-called 1.62-1.62 'ball, there was a good deal of agitation among amateurs as to just how important this standardization was. Questions of whether. a score of 119 played with a "maverick" ball beat a 125 played with a standard ball were raised and discussed--ofttimes heatedly.

Now the U. S. G. A. officials seem to be looking with favor on a 1.68-1.55 ball. That is, instead of the former diameter of 1.62 inches it will be 1.68 inches and instead of the former weight of 1.62 ounces it will be 1.55. Thus the new ball is lighter and bigger and has less specific gravity--a specific gravity of 1.08, to be exact. This amount is a trifle above the specific gravity of the old "floater" type of ball.

A tryout. The new ball was given a thorough try-out last week at the Morris County Golf Club, near Convent, N. J. Jess W. Sweetser, National Amateur Champion in 1923, knocked out a 71 with the large, light ball--a new course record.