Your golf ball flies further thanks to the precision measurements of William Taylor
Having already built a successful business enterprise in lens making, precision production and measurement machinery, William Taylor (founder of Taylor Hobson Ltd) was advised by his doctor to find a relaxing hobby. Golf was suggested as the perfect solution. Approaching this with the same energy and inventiveness with which he approached business and scientific persuits, William Taylor set to work determining what surface formation on a golf ball would achieve the maximum flight...
CEMMNT partner, NPL, at the FORE!front of Measuring the Rules of Golf
As a world-leading centre of exellence in developing and applying the most accurate standards, CEMMNT partner, NPL, was recently approached by The R&A - golf's governing body and organiser of The Open Championship - to investigate essential measurements of the surface texture of golf clubs.