Armadillo is a Spanish word meaning "little armored one." Though all of the approximately 20 species of armadillos have hard, protective outer-shell "armor," each species is a bit different. Compare, ...

the outer shell (synthetic leather — about 30 percent of the total ball); the inner air bladder (rubber — about 70 percent of the total ball); and the dyes (less than 1 percent of the total ball). The ...

If you're like me, you probably have a tough time swallowing the $50-plus price tag on a box of pricey golf balls. Good players can justify shelling out the cash for balls that will help them get the ...

If you love to golf, but feel guilty every time your ball plops into the lake as another piece of litter, never fear — your environmental concerns may soon come to an end. An undergraduate student and ...

We lived near a golf course when I was a kid and we thought it was great fun to grab the balls as they rolled down the fairway. What we didn't realize was that the golfers were hitting those balls ...