Snell golf balls will be sold online. Priced below the points of major players in the golf ball market, Snell could make an impression on the world of golf balls in 2015. Below is the story of Dean Snell, inventor of the Snell “My Tour Ball” and “Get Sum” golf balls.
Dean graduated from UMASS Lowell with a BS in Plastics Engineering and a Minor in Chemistry and Math.
After school Dean worked for BF Goodrich Aerospace and Defense Division designing composite parts for F16, F18, Blackhawk Helicopters for 3 years.
Dean then took his skills to the golf world and worked for Titleist and FootJoy Worldwide for 7 years. He designed or co designed several balls for Titleist including:
- PRO V1, Professional
- Tour Prestige
- HP2 Tour
- HP2 Distance
Dean Worked closely with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Davis Love to bring cast urethane technology into the golf market with Titlesit PROFESSIONAL ball as an inventor of PROV1 and PROFESSIONAL golf balls used by several tour players.
Dean was then recruited to start the golf ball line for TaylorMade Adidas Golf. As VP of Research and Development , Golf Balls at Taylormade, he was an inventor of:
- TP RED LDP
- TP BLACK LDP
- PENTA TP
- PENTA TP5
- LETHAL AND TOUR PREFERRED
- TOUR PREFERRED X ball
All used on tour by top PGA professionals including Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Jason Day and Dustin Johnson, and Hale Irwin, Fred Funk, Natalie Gulbus and Jessica Korda.
He also was a designer of balls specifically for the average golfer including the:
- Burner
- Noodle Line
- Rocketballz Urethane
- Rocketballz
- PROJECT (a)
After 25 years in Golf ball Research and Development, Dean has been granted 38 US patents and has several other patents pending. View his patents here http://patents.justia.com/inventor/dean-a-snell
Deans approach to the development of golf balls… Go meet the people… Study their game… Ask questions… Hear what’s important to them… Then work the design and development to meet specific goals for specific type of golfers…. Use the golfers to study the prototypes and make adjustments to meet needs… Finalize the design.
