Entries Tagged as 'Golf Balls'
Seagull steals a How to Choose the Right Golf Ball
Choosing the right ball is critical to cutting your golf handicap. A ball impacts your game almost as much as your clubs, so it’s important to choose a ball that’s right for you. Below is a six-step process for selecting the right golf ball, a process I often review in my golf lessons and golf tips. It’s a relatively new selection approach. But first, let’s review the standard historical approach to choosing a golf ball.
Standard Selection Approach
With this approach you chose a golf ball going from the tee forward. In other words, you hit balls from the tee and observed their performance characteristics. You based your decisions primarily on control and distance, depending on their preference.
This approach was appropriate when ball-manufacturing technology was simpler. Here were your options.
If you wanted the ultimate in control, you chose a three-piece with a balata cover. It offered high-spin rates, soft feel, and good maneuverability, but it lacked durability. I used to recommend this ball in my golf lessons and golf tips for players with low golf handicaps adept at shot making.
If you wanted the ultimate in distance, you chose a two-piece ball with a Surlyn cover. This ball would travel far and last a long time. Unfortunately, its lack of spin greatly reduced control, especially around the greens. I used to recommend this ball for players with high golf handicaps who needed distance more than control.
If you wanted something in between, you choose a three-piece ball with a Surlyn cover. With this ball, you sacrificed a little control for more distance and durability. This ball worked relatively well.
This process worked well for a long time. But it’s less appropriate for evaluating today’s Golf Balls, which incorporate the latest advancements in technology.
Breakthroughs in Technology
Ball manufacturing technology saw several breakthroughs in the 1990s and beyond, complicating selection. Multilayer balls, like the Top-Flite Strata, which provide less spin for more distance and a softer cover for better control around the greens, hit the market in 1996, followed by Titleist’s Pro V1a solid-core, distance ballin 2000. Nike’s One and Titleist’s Next also debuted in the last 10 years.
While these balls all represented technological breakthroughs, they challenged the standard approach ball selection. Basically, you still chose a ball from the tee going forward based on distance and control.
A New Selection Approach
Today, there’s another approach to choosing a ball. This approach is based on going from the green backwards. It’s proving more appropriate for today’s game. Below is a six-step methodology for choosing a ball based on this new approach.
Step 1: Define Your Needs.
First, you need to (1) assess your game, (2) define your needs, and (3) decide what you want and don’t want from a ball. Defining your needs is crucial to choosing the right ball. Remember not everyone with the same ball-striking ability, golf handicap, and/or swing speed will play the same ball. Ask yourself such questions as “Do I need more distance?”, “Do I need more control with my irons?”
Step 2: Chose Test Balls
Select several balls you want to test. Base your decision on your defined needs. Try selecting balls from each categorymultilayered, two-piece, and super soft, low compressionto see how they test. Remember not every manufacturer’s models of the same type ball will react exactly alike.
Step 3: Test from the Fringe
Take the test balls to the fringe of the green. Hit some chip shots and pitch shots, and observe the results. See which balls hit the green and “check” and which hit the green and release. Then, hit some putts and sand-shots. Observe performances. In general, the multilayer balls will feel softer, fly a bit low, and stop or check more on the green than their two-piece counterparts. Super-soft balls will roll the farthest with the least amount of spin after hitting the ground.
Step 4: Test from 100 Yards
Take the balls and move out into the fairway to the 100-yard marker. Test each ball from that point and observe each ball’s checking and releasing characteristics after it hits the green.
Step 5: Test Balls from 150 yards
Now, take your balls out to the 150-yard marker and hit from there. Observe the results. Use the same criteria to evaluate each ball.
Step 6: Test Balls from the Tee
Go to the tee box and hit the balls with your driver. Look for drives that reach their apex or highest point quickly and then level out and carry far down range. What you don’t want to see are drives that start low and then shoot up like a jet plane taking off. Such shots indicate that the driver has added too much spin to the ball, resulting in shorter drives that hook or slice more.
Now, obviously you can’t necessarily go out onto the course to do all this testing. Your local range or practice area will work just fine. Once you’ve completed these steps, you’re ready to choose. Base your decision on the most meaningful combination of performance qualitiesmeaningful to you, that is. For example, golfers who base their iron play on shots that hit and bite close to where they land will probably prefer a multilayer ball, even if it means sacrificing a little trajectory and distance.
Remember a golf ball impacts your game almost as much as your clubs. If the ball you choose doesn’t feel right after selecting it, try another. Give each ball a fair trail.
Choosing a ball that’s right for you, as I say in my golf lessons and golf tips, takes some work, but it’s well worth the effort. Having the right ball is crucial to improving your game and lowering your golf handicap. It also helps build self-confidence. Choose wisely.
Tarsem
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/how-to-choose-the-right-Golf-ball-75649.html
Whats the best method to clean golf balls?
I used soap and water, its not really working that well. Was thinking I should maybe use a more powerful detergent. Golf Balls are pretty strong right? So using something quite strong wont damage them?
Also I have LOTS of old Golf balls I would like to clean, what is the best way to clean a mass of golf balls, as opposed to 1 at a time which would take me forever.
Put them in the washing machine or dish washer with plenty of detergent
Golf Tips : How to Hit a Golf Ball 300 Yards
In order to hit a golf ball 300 yards, the ball needs to be teed so that the ball sits above the equator, and the shoulders should turn a minimum of 90 degrees. Learn about working with tempo in a Golf swing with help from a golf instructor in this free video on golf swing mechanics.
Expert: Tim Panzanaro
Contact: www.casperkillgolf.com/content/view/20/45/
Bio: Tim Panzanaro has been teaching golfers of all abilities for 20 years.
Filmmaker: Kefa Olang
Duration : 0:2:3
Why do some golf balls have a small letter in some of the dimples?
I’ve noticed that some brands of Golf balls have a very small letter moulded into several of the dimples. Is this some security or authentication feature?
Its a manufacturing mark, typically a date code.
Funny Golf Ad from After5Catalog
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The Club Champ Kooler Klub is a drink dispenser disguised as a golf club that fits easily into your golf bag and holds 48 ounces of cold or hot beverages!
You double-bogeyed the first hole. Lost your ball on the second. Hit a house on the fourth. Maybe it’s time to reach for the other driver, the Designated Driver. A Kooler Klub, if you will! A nifty golf club drink dispenser, the head of the Designated Driver Kooler Klub looks just like a real club! The shaft of the club champ fits easily into your Golf bag and holds 48 ounces of cold or hot beverages (enough to satisfy a thirsty foursome). A keg-like pump mechanism on the cooler club dispenses the juice from the insulated drink caddy out the top.
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Duration : 0:1:11
Would it be possible to buy Golf balls directly from a manufacturer?
A group of my friends and I are looking into buying a bulk load of Golf balls against a very fair rate. We would like to bypass the middle guy and shop directly at the manufacturer. Has anybody got experience?
do not buy new golf balls. you can buy bulk loads of used Golf Balls online. you can specify the condition the balls are in and that would dictate the price (better condition, higher price).
The Things You Should Know About Golf
Whether you are interested in golf or are just a little bit curious about the sport, there are some things you need to know about the game before you get started. If you have seen some coverage on TV then you probably know a little already, although watching and playing golf can be quite different.
Whilst it may seem like a complex and highly skilled game played only by those who are rich enough to afford it, there is far more to the sport than this. Golf is open to everyone, and with a little bit of money and practice you can become a good amateur Golfer yourself.
If you want to know more about this interesting sport, then here is some advice about the things you should know before you get started playing.
How the score works
If you are new to the game then working out how the scoring is done can be tricky. You see all these plus and minus numbers, as well as birdies, pars, eagles and so forth. Basically, golf scoring works by comparing your actual score to a pre-arranged score. Each course has a par score, meaning the amount of shots it should take you to get around the course. You can either hit above this score, which is under par or above the score (over par). Each hole has a specific par score as well, which when combined together add up to the total par score for the course. Most courses have a par score of around 70 to 72, which most holes being around par 3 to par 5.
If you score one shot below par for a hole (say hitting a par 3 in two shots) this is known as a birdie. If you hit two shots below the par (3 shots for a par 5) this is known as an eagle. You can also hit, if you are very lucky, an albatross, which is 3 shots below the par. The lower your overall score at the end, then the better you will have done.
Equipment
There are some basic items of equipment that you will need when playing golf. Obviously, you will need to be dressed in the correct attire for Golf Courses check the rules at your local course for details of their dress code.
You will also need clubs and balls, although you don’t necessarily need to buy these at first you can rent them out from most courses.
However, if you are serious about playing then buying a good set of clubs, balls and a golf bag is essential. There are many other golfing items you can buy once you understand the game better, but for now just focus on the basics you will need to get started. If you do this then you will see that golf can be a fairly simple and enjoyable game to play for all age ranges.
Ronald Piper
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/the-things-you-should-know-about-golf-118882.html
Man Shoots For Golf-Hitting Record
How many Golf balls can you hit in a minute? Chances are that number will be a lot fewer than David “Ogie” Ogron.
Duration : 0:0:56
Is more expensive golf balls really worth it? What do you think?
I’ve never really been that into buying a specific kind of golf ball, but was thinking about doing that this summer. Does anyone have an opinion on which Golf balls are the best? I’d like to get more distance out of my drives. Any opinion on the new nike one black/platinum balls? Worth the expense?
no they are a waste of money for any person with a handicap over 7 . reason why . they are for high club head speeds . freat wedge play . as a woman please save your money on these . try a noodle from maxfli , or titalist solo . one third the cost . cut resistant , longer , straighter drives . thank you . have a great season
