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Golf Balls

  • 05-09-2008 9:33pm
    #1
    celica140bhp
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    Driving home today, for some reason I started thinking about Dunlop 65s. Anybody remember them (you'll need to be over 30 at least)? mostly I remember my old lad playing with them and any of the ones that had cuts in them I used love opening them up and taking out all the rubber elastic inside - hours of fun! And then there was the squishy bit with inky crap inside - not much fun if you burst that.

    Anyway, these days I'm using Maxfli Revolution Tours - are they as good as Pro V1s. Never really tried the Pro V1s due to the price.....but got some Revolutions in the US pretty cheap last year.


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  • #2
    MisterAnarchy
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    Ah Dunlop 65's,I remember them well.
    I too used to dismantle them ,I'd sometimes use them as a yo yo.
    The cat used to like to play with them.
    They were a very small and soft ball,I still have a good few of them around the place.


  • #3
    Trampas
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    are maxfli rev not from years ago.

    played some of my best golf with them.

    like the nxt


  • #4
    Sandwich
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    Remeber a few of the alright but their hayday was before my time.
    The 65i (an 'improved' update i guess) though was a very common ball in the late 80's.
    The original 65 was named after someone(Henry Cotton?, Christy O'Connor Snr ?) shooting a 65 in StGeorges (?), in the British open (?). Or some such story along those lines.


  • #5
    xbox36016
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    the pro v1 ones


  • #6
    BrianD3
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    I have many Dunlop 65s in my collection. The older ones have small writing and 8 numbers at each "corner" of the ball. Many other balls of that era were wound construction with cheaper balls being 1 piece. AFAIK the first 2 piece ball was the Top Flite introduced in the early seventies. The Dunlop 65i which introduced in the mid eighties was also a two piece ball.

    I also used to dismantle wound balls and a favourite trick was to cut away part of the cover and some of the winding and then set the ball on fire :) The core would expand and then produce a mini explosion :)


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  • #7
    Kimbot
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    I found one out on the course last week in excellent condition if anyone wants it.
    Its just a standard Dunlop 65, looks pretty small tho.


  • #8
    Sandwich
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    jonny24ie wrote: »
    standard Dunlop 65, looks pretty small tho.

    Which would be correct - 1.62" rather than the current (American) 1.68" that we all use these days. Dont think anyone is making 1.62 anymore.


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