For nearly a century, we played golf balls composed of materials not out of place at Office Depot — or at Cinnabon. Thankfully, a more solid idea emerged. By the mid-1990s, many top-shelf golf balls ...

In 1994, Bridgestone’s Precept brand introduced the EV Extra Spin, a two-piece, solid-core ball designed to take on the category’s best wound offerings. The pitch: The Extra Spin was long and ...