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golfballs03 said:
to what degree?
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To a lot of degrees. Some of them spin more. Some of them are built for slow swing speeds. Some of them are better around the green etc etc etc. Usually it's just a game of trading off distance for spin depending on what you need more of.

I sort of miss the days when all I had to decide was surlyn or balata and whether it was 90 or 100 compression.
 
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GAVol said:
To a lot of degrees. Some of them spin more. Some of them are built for slow swing speeds. Some of them are better around the green etc etc etc. Usually it's just a game of trading off distance for spin depending on what you need more of.
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yeah, like the difference between a top flite and a proV. but within each class, the differences are neglible to ordinary golfers.

It doesn't matter nearly as much as your shaft
 
#5,080
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GAVol said:
To a lot of degrees. Some of them spin more. Some of them are built for slow swing speeds. Some of them are better around the green etc etc etc. Usually it's just a game of trading off distance for spin depending on what you need more of.

I sort of miss the days when all I had to decide was surlyn or balata and whether it was 90 or 100 compression.
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Yeah, I think Tour Presitge was the last Titleist that had the compression rating on it.
 
#5,081
#5,081
GAVol said:
To a lot of degrees. Some of them spin more. Some of them are built for slow swing speeds. Some of them are better around the green etc etc etc. Usually it's just a game of trading off distance for spin depending on what you need more of.
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Yep, or what you need less of.

I want a ball that, when well struck with an 8 iron, will go it's prescribed distance in the air and stop in its mark. I want a ball that on a good chip will skip twice and then bite. And I want a ball that will do this with as little side spin as possible when I fan it a bit or come over it.

I could probably learn to play and score just as well with a rock, running it up on greens and relearning distances, but I don't want to, and I don't think my game would be any better, so for now I'll play the expensive ball, cut it into the trees every now and then, and suck it back to a tough pin every once in a while as well. Old man golf can wait a few years.
 
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cotton said:
Yep, or what you need less of.

I want a ball that, when well struck with an 8 iron, will go it's prescribed distance in the air and stop in its mark. I want a ball that on a good chip will skip twice and then bite. And I want a ball that will do this with as little side spin as possible when I fan it a bit or come over it.

I could probably learn to play and score just as well with a rock, running it up on greens and relearning distances, but I don't want to, and I don't think my game would be any better, so for now I'll play the expensive ball, cut it into the trees every now and then, and suck it back to a tough pin every once in a while as well. Old man golf can wait a few years.
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with any decent ball, this has 99.9% to do with how you strike it...

and how do you think you can have a golf ball that will spin in one direction?
 
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golfballs03 said:
with any decent ball, this has 99.9% to do with how you strike it...
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This is not true. Different balls will react differently to the same strike. The 8i is my own personal guage of what I think is a good balance. I dare you to stop a Pinnacle on hop 2.

golfballs03 said:
and how do you think you can have a golf ball that will spin in one direction?
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Not what I said. I am looking for balance. I would like a ball that spins enough to stop. I would like a ball that spins just enough to stop so that when the club face is not square I am not penalized as much as I would be with with a softer ball.
 
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cotton said:
That's a lot of balls to go through in 15 minutes. 2.4 balls/minute. One ball every 25 seconds.
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Well, it's not quite that bad. :lolabove:

I do tend to change what ball I like to play depending on things that mostly have little to do with the ball. I've hit range balls 250 yds and hit solid iron shots using them.... so it's not the ball.....I think.
 
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I can not stray from my ProV1x.

I liked the TP and some of the newer Nike balls. But as a poster said above, it's more mental with me. I know what the Prov is going to do from 120 in. Just a comfort thing.
 
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GAVol said:
Probably however many times they tried to spin a pitch shot with an NXT.
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talking average golfers here on normal courses. average golfers don't strike it well enough on a consistent basis to be trying to spin pitch shots in a matter that the ball will have that much of an impact
 
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cotton said:
This is not true. Different balls will react differently to the same strike. The 8i is my own personal guage of what I think is a good balance. I dare you to stop a Pinnacle on hop 2.



Not what I said. I am looking for balance. I would like a ball that spins enough to stop. I would like a ball that spins just enough to stop so that when the club face is not square I am not penalized as much as I would be with with a softer ball.
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No offense, but as a 15 handicap, you don't strike it consistent enough that you would notice the different reactions.

and i said decent ball. Pinnacles and TopFlites are not in that category.

you are way overestimating the golf ball in this equation. shafts however, have as much impact as you think the golf ball has.
 
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#5,095
golfballs03 said:
No offense, but as a 15 handicap, you don't strike it consistent enough that you would notice the different reactions.
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Come on . . . If he says he notices a difference, then he notices a difference.

I know I can definitely tell the difference.
 
#5,096
#5,096
golfballs03 said:
No offense, but as a 15 handicap, you don't strike it consistent enough that you would notice the different reactions.

and i said decent ball. Pinnacles and TopFlites are not in that category.

you are way overestimating the golf ball in this equation. shafts however, have as much impact as you think the golf ball has.
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15 handicappers still can tell the difference in feel.
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NYYVol said:
15 handicappers still can tell the difference in feel.
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feel is one thing. he's talking about performance off of the club face.

apparently he is talking about the difference between a pro-v and a pinnacle. well i will give him that one.

but within each class of balls, there isn't that much difference.
 
#5,099
#5,099
golfballs03 said:
feel is one thing. he's talking about performance off of the club face.

apparently he is talking about the difference between a pro-v and a pinnacle. well i will give him that one.

but within each class of balls, there isn't that much difference.
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I think that's mostly true although there are some balls that still feel like rocks to me.
 
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I played with Srixon Z Star x on Sunday. Still like B330 better. B330 still a bit longer, spin about equal, feel really about the same as well. I shot a 78 which is 5 below my handicap, maybe I should stay with them.
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