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 You helped start the Callaway Golf Ball Company as vice president of research and development. Yet you hold a PhD in chemical engineering, and before your work at Callaway, you worked for DuPont. Why were you an attractive hire for Callaway? Through my many years at DuPont I became familiar with higher performance and lesser known plastics and elastomers that could provide an advantage if they were used in golf balls. I had a track record of successfully using science to invent new products and solve complex technical problems. I was new to the golf industry and brought fresh ideas and out-of-the-box thinking. Did you stay connected to the golf industry after leaving Callaway? Since leaving Callaway, I have worked as an independent consultant providing technical expertise to several golf ball companies. Now, I am the head of technology and production at Polara Golf, where my mission is to develop smile-inducing golf balls. What has changed most about the golf ball industry since you helped launch the Callaway Golf Ball Company? The biggest change is that a substantial amount of golf ball manufacturing has been outsourced to countries such as Taiwan, Korea and China. What is a common misconception that many people might have in terms of golf equipment? Golfers often do not realize how important their selection of the golf ball is to their success on the course. The most important thing a golfer can do to improve his or her game is to take lessons, but a close second is to select the appropriate golf ball. What about the Polara accuracy ball makes it so special - and even revolutionary? Polara has shallower dimples on its poles and normal depth dimples around its equator. When a Polara ball is placed on the tee with the polar regions facing directly to the left and right, the shallower polar dimples have negligible effect if the ball is struck perfectly (with backspin only). In this case it's the equatorial dimples that are primarily responsible for the aerodynamic lift force that causes the ball to travel so much farther than if the ball had no dimples or spin. However, when any golf ball is struck with hooking or slicing spin, the axis of rotation tilts away from horizontal and the lift force points in the direction of the hook or slice. When this happens with the Polara, some of the shallower dimples in the polar regions rotate through the region that causes the misdirected lift force. But because the shallower pole dimples exert substantially reduced lift than normal depth dimples, the hook or slice is reduced by more than 50 percent. Has the Polara been submitted for testing by the USGA? We have not submitted the Polara for USGA testing for one simple reason - our new ball was not designed for USGA-governed tournament play. The Polara is designed for folks who are playing for their own challenge and enjoyment. Our mission is to enable golfers to experience the satisfaction that comes from playing golf from the fairways - their own fairways. For more details, call (866) 556-3100 or visit www.polaragolf.com/sg |
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