{"id":1358,"date":"2010-05-26T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2014-12-03T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T16:39:37","slug":"the-amazing-compressing-golf-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/the-amazing-compressing-golf-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Compressing Golf Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 240px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 240\/233;float: left;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/golf-ball-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"233\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>Recently we told of a BP plan to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/2010\/05\/10\/golf-balls-could-be-used-to-stem-gulf-of-mexico-oil-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\">golf balls to fill the Gulf of Mexico oil leak<\/a>. 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