Have you ever wondered how a golf ball is made? We made a visit to the Callaway ball plant to find out!
The Chicopee, Massachusetts plant is a unique story in its own right. Dylan Dethier and Claire Rogers uncovered it while learning about golf balls.
I worked for Callaway from1994 to 2000 and I was the only designated plumber that the company has ever employed. I installed all of the pneumatic systems for the Initial golf ball research facility in Carlsbad, California. I was there when Eli Callaway was still running the company. It was a great place to work!
Really
@@robrandle3022 Yup, really!
@Patrick Lorio - very cool. I worked at the Ashworth facility just down the street. I've always wanted to work at Calloway.
@@truegret7778 It was awesome when Ely was alive. We would have special event days like "Shirt Day" and "Dove Bar Day". There were also family events that were pretty cool. That all changed when Ely died. Corporate took over and the fun died.
@@patricklorio7657 Great memories Thx for sharing..
I feel ashamed to know that all the men and women at Callaway went through all this work and effort to produce such a great product and I deposit them into the forest and various bodies of water throughout the GC! Just kidding. I love my Callaways Chrome Soft.
Chrome Softs are great. Specially the yellow ones. 👍 Thank God they don't make them in China.
@@rogernewton7831 I like Superhot. the red, especially, almost seem to glow against the grass, at least with my eyeglasses tint.
Tbh, i think they are glad that we are great at losing balls, keeps business booming
lol.
This. But without the just kidding :’)
i am committed to whatever golf ball the driving range uses.
Callaway invested a lot of money in their golf ball plant because they got in trouble with the core being out of round and uneven a few years ago.
That was great!
Cool Balls I love golf and try all kind of golf balls thank you Callaway great products.
Thankfully more than we can lose 🤣
It's nice to see them upgrade quality control
I’m always amazed at the design and manufacture of the machines that make the balls too, but I then go out on a Sunday and abuse them both physically and verbally, my favourite ball too. I like the soccer ball patterns, stops my golf mates from hitting mine by mistake 😃
Those are brave men, takes a lot of balls to do what they do
You're a home OH!
good to see Dave is still there . Makes a real impact. ED ?
Great video. I love the Callaway Chrome Soft X balls. Chrome Soft are great balls too but dont fare as well with my swing in the wind. The Chrome Soft X hold their line perfectly
The highlight of my golfing career was when I had back to back hole in ones. The first one was on the flowery bridge dogleg left hole and the second was the windmill.
A ball is not just a ball, whoa, mind blown
great video. I would love to see a video on how Callaway makes clubs.
Single core construction and good attention to product uniformity fixed the off-center issues.
Very cool video.
When this was Spaulding they used to have a factory outlet store here in Chicopee. Got lots of great stuff there in the day. Sadly no more outlet store.
Someone tell Norm to put his saftey glasses on. Literally everyone but the VP.
All good for the Chrome Soft line... What about the lower priced balls? Are they imported from off-shore or where are they made?
I worked for Spalding in golf ball marketing and was involved in the launch of the first multi-layer ball on the market, the Top Flite Strata. This technology developed by Spalding R&D then became the industry norm.
Played the Strata in the 80s!
I have a hard time finding Callaway Chrome Soft triple track yellow golf balls. I tried many stores and said they are having a hard time to get this type yellow balls. What’s going on? I love triple track yellow balls.
Why no mention that this plant in Chicopee was the original Spalding manufacturing site, since the late 1800's, for lots of sports equipment including golf clubs and balls. For fun read the Wikipedia page.
Damn, that is cool! Would have been nice to mention it. What a legendary town!
IIRC, this is where Spalding began the manufacture of the Top Flite ball way back when. But, manufacturing moved offshore and I'm happy Callaway took over the plant.
Bc spalding sold out to cheaper overseas labor, so they shouldnt be mentioned.
Made my first 1 with a Spalding Dot, long ago
Title list is also made in Massachusetts
How does it feel to know most of your products end up lost in bushes, long grass or under water?
Didn't think that many robots would be needed.. definitely impressive
Interesting. Are there wound core manufacturers? That would be an interesting process, in my opinion.
No one has made a wound ball for about 20 years
@@stanthomas9890 Ha, yea, that sounds about right - it has been about 20 years since I last played. Thanks.
I love playing this ball. I now feel bad about loosing as many as I have but then feel good because I have to replace them. I'm so confused right now.
Float them in salt water and you will find that Callaway chrome soft Truvis is the most spherical, precision, true balanced golf ball you will find.
If they actually put the core in the middle- the QC is shit.
@@topher.m - well, they must put the core in the middle because this is the truest golf ball there is.
@@goldrushpro do you work for Callaway?
@@kinjay2173 - No, i'm a gold miner who plays golf. I could care less who makes the best golf ball, I just want the best one in my bag.
Back in the days of rubber-wound Balata balls Hogan would float and spin his balls in a tub of Epsom salts to find the ones which were symmetrical and balanced. Symmetry and balance greatly affect the ball flight (less wobble on axis). A well balanced ball flies truer and more accurately.
I remember when this was the Spalding plant for like 100 years
Chrome soft is a great ball, but still hard to beat pro-v
Try Kirkland Signature (Costco). No seriously. Check out the KZhead reviews. Exceptional Pro V1 performance for a fraction of the price.
90% are using titlelist though on tour
WestRock, the company I work for makes a lot of the Callaway packaging.
And I see a lot of Flexlink conveyors transporting the balls. I retired from Flexlink, home office in Allentown, PA. Titleist manufacturing also uses Flexlink conveyors.
It would be nice to know how many balls are produced every year
Well I know I put about 20 in lakes around the UK every weekend
All this just to loose it on the first tee. Love it.
good process.. But Im gona use prov1 or tp5..😀
This was very interesting, my only issue is that recently I've been busting the ball covers, they've only been lasting me 4 holes then I have a crack and they become useless, same with the taylormade balls to.. back to my cheapo top flights from dicks sporting goods, I've also used bridgestones but they feel weird coming off my putter.
They’re coming for Titleist 👀
Great Golf Ball, I have been playing Callaway for many years, I find it superior to other manufacturers
I see my Chrome Soft guts. Traumatized!😶
mygolfspy found QC issues with uncentered cores. yikes.
That was prior to the plant remodel and all of the new machines. Even then I think it was wildly blown out of proportion when you look at all the professional events won with Callaway golf balls.
According to the dozen of SuperSoft I just bought made in Taiwan
Tell Norm Smith his safety glasses don't afford any protection worn above his forehead.
Mixing rubber looks exactly the same as for a tire. Just different recipe.
Very hi-tek golf balls have come a long way. Just guess 1400 balls was hand stitch leather filled with feather.
All that work only for me to put them into a watery grave. From now on I will have a proper burial and ceremony for each ball I put into the drink. Now let us pray 🙏.
My Callaways die a dry sunbaked death in the Arizona desert.
(Sound of "Taps" playing)
I got my hole in 1 , with that calawaysoft ball. 👍
Good to see they have improved quality after selling such inferior product for a long time?
Things have come a long way from pounding boiled goose feathers into a stitched leather pouch. 😂
So what does your dad do? Works at the golf ball factory Life goals
4 layers with one inner core...just like my Kirkland 4-piece balls that I got 4-5 years ago when still available. Bought 8 dozen back then, still have some left. Two-dozen for $29.95 versus $50+ for a tier-1 ball from Callaway, Titleist, Srixon, etc. I'm a single digit handicap and play the cheap ball. I laugh out loud when I watch high score hacks playing ProV1's.
And people wonder why these balls go for 70-80 dollars canadian a dozen. So much goes into these balls, it's incredible!
So, after that, I've reached the conclusion that a golf ball is a GOLF BALL, never mind the bollox!
Supersofts are the way
Norm Smith isn't wearing Safety Glasses as a V.P. he should know better
You said twice you were speaking to the workers on the floor, you never spoke to one person on the floor.
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how to make something that pollutes more water ways and grounds etc than anyt other thing on this earth
"than anyt other thing on this earth" Thanks for the great laugh Jerry 🤣
All this work only for me to shank a chrome soft into a lake
Been there, done that.
Skip to 6:12 to see “how a golf ball is made” ……. :/
Too much KZhead fluff.
I don`t play their golfball because there not centered.
Have done the salt water float thing. Doesn’t make a hoot of a difference for amateur golfers. Don’t waste your time doing this.
Who produced and edited this? It’s realllly bad. Looks like something made in 2006.
great ball but im still slicing
Kind of a bs story. Callaway is in Chicopee because they bought Spalding in 2003. So people saying they have work for Callaway for 29 years. Ah, I don't think so. And the video is not very good at showing how the entire process of how golf balls are made.
You should make a video then and show us the better version.
He said in the video that there are proprietary portions of the process that they weren't allowed to film. Overall, it was a pretty good 12 minute snapshot of how a golf ball is made.
So weird watching you talk around the 5 minute mark. Feel like i’m looking at myself! Strange feeling
Rubber covered by plastic no wonder can hit it so far
PRO-V 1 > Chrome soft
You would think they are making parts for a rocket or a race car , for fucks sake they're just making golf ball give me a break
On earth we are constantly living with gravity, how can you make a perfect ball when weight is involved? Take a golf club and balance the shaft horizontal in the palm of one hand. With your other hand turn the shaft then let go, the club head will always point down to the floor because it has weight. But if you drop the golf club with the shaft horizontal, the club head will stay in any position that it is in when you let go. This happens because when the club is in free fall it has no weight. As long as there is weight involved you cannot make a perfect golf ball.
Lots of future lost balls there.
dont see many people working there, lots of robots
Everything I own for golf is Callaway from my clubs to my glove . Fuck the rest of that junk if it isn’t Callaway it’s not for me !
My Mizunos hit a nice Chrome Soft pretty darn well eventhough I intermingle brands. "Cant we all just get along?"
The real golfer plays titty ball and glove, fj shoe, mizzy iron, vokey wedges, tm woods
No great gold balls , sorry.
Ill tell you this, f titleist!!!! After checking out @letsplaythru video on out of balanced balls , prov1 better be ashamed!!!! Im a chromesoft Callaway player now exclusively!!!!!
this after chromesoft was shown to be terrible a few years back?
I hope they can make good balls because they can't make a set of clubs for shit.
One of the worst balls I've used.
Just shows you what a clown they all are. Not about serving us, but enriching themselves at our expense.
Callaway is far from the best ball in my opinion
There soft balls are pretty good for my average ass
Titleist 100% look at the Tour
You know what they say about opinions
they are all pretty much the same. Titty gets most play by the pros so is probably the stand out.
They got better.
Callaway gear is shit. Always has been.