The driving range at Augusta National Golf Club is 255 yards long. Everybody knows it, and the Masters is ready to do something to combat it. Some with length, others having to do with accuracy off the tee. The modern golf ball, in concert with thin-faced drivers, is flying distances never imagined by the designers of classic golf courses. It's changing the game and now the courses must be changed to keep up.
Baseballs are still cowhide.
Footballs are still pigskin. Basketballs are still rubber. It continues to evolve at a remarkably rapid rate. The list of successes is long and distinguished. Mark O'Meara used the Strata ball, by Spalding, to win the Masters and the British Open in 1998.