Teeing off On a Greener Turf: Eco-friendly Golf Balls Arrive

Just when you though that golf could not possible get any greener – a Tempe company comes up with eco-friendly Dixon Earth golf balls. This is the only golf ball in the world that can be recycled further into several other products – playground equipment, artificial turf, experimental putter just to name a few.

As the game goes, a golf ball is usually lost before it wears out. Golf balls are traditionally made with metals like zinc, cobalt, plastic, lead and tungsten to add weight, and the ones that are lost or discarded continue to leak these metals into the environment wherever they lie. According to reports, when Scotland’s Loch Ness was dredged, almost 250,000 golf balls were found leaking heavy metals into the water, and getting into the water table over time.

Players, who don’t make a habit of losing the ball, are usually able to use a ball only for a few rounds, by which time it wears out. A worn out golf ball is only good for the trash, and takes a long time to break down in a dump. The new Dixon ball will hold good for four or five rounds depending on the player’s stroke and the course, say sources and what’s more, it can be recycled into other materials for further use.

Golf courses like the Ahwatukee Country Club, the Lake at Ahwatukee, Club West and The Dukes at Rancho El Dorado in Maricopa started to carry the Dixon Earth golf ball about a month ago.

Dixon is the first company to offer environmentally friendly golf balls, and also have golf bags made from recycled water bottles. The company’s commitment to saving the environment extends further – their packaging is made from recycled materials and the building Dixon uses is an environmentally friendly structure.

(Via Ahwatukee)

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