Strange Golf Balls

photo credit: Aloud..   Astronaut Alan Shepard never revealed what type of golf balls he struck on the moon even though Jack Harden (Shepard’s Pro at the Houston River Oaks C.C.) knew.  They were local range balls.  Harden’s son, Jack Harden Jr., said his father knew the balls would be subjected to extreme temperature changes and wanted something durable.  The balls were two piece Surlyn-covered Spaldings with blue stripes and PROPERTY OF JACK HARDEN stamped on them.

Wayne Levi was the very first tour player on the PGA Tour to win a tournament using a disco-era orange golf ball.  It was the 1982 Hawaiian Open.  Fourteen years later Levi was presented with a memento of the event at the 14th anniversary of his win.