Balls!

spacecadet

Of the golf variety. Having not played for many years I'm out of touch. What do you golfers use these days and why? Control, distance etc.

Sporky

Whatever they give me at the little hut. Usually I have either the blue or green one and Lady BMcH has the red or yellow one. I get the longer putter because I'm taller.

Bellycaster

What do the Pro's use? That's agood place to start.

Callaway, Nike etc.

I don't think they have yet invented a Golf Ball with A.I that redirects itself away from Trees, Water and Sand

 

digitalscream

I have nothing to add to this discussion.

I just want to annoy @Myranda (or show her how the tagging works, whichever floats your boat).

spacecadet

Sporky said:

Whatever they give me at the little hut. Usually I have either the blue or green one and Lady BMcH has the red or yellow one. I get the longer putter because I'm taller.

Haha. I still use a small putter despite being 6'4". I do look a bit of a berk. I like the idea of using blue balls tough. ;-)

spacecadet

Bellycaster said:

What do the Pro's use? That's agood place to start.

Callaway, Nike etc.

I don't think they have yet invented a Golf Ball with A.I that redirects itself away from Trees, Water and Sand

 

I don't pay too much attention to the pro's anymore. Not since Faldo retired. He was my idol who I modeled my swing on.

I remember that you would use a balata to get extra spin control on the ball but you couldn't hit them as far.

Sporky

Come to think of it, I think there was an article about golf balls in E&T a few issues back - I'll see if I can dig it out.

axisus

I last played golf 3 weeks after getting married. That was just over 20 years ago. I'd like a go again but I lent my clubs to my best mate and he gave away my putter then moved to America. B*stard!

spacecadet

Sporky said:

Come to think of it, I think there was an article about golf balls in E&T a few issues back - I'll see if I can dig it out.

Nice one @Sporky. Ta very much.

spacecadet

axisus said:

I last played golf 3 weeks after getting married. That was just over 20 years ago. I'd like a go again but I lent my clubs to my best mate and he gave away my putter then moved to America. B*stard!

It's in troubled times like these we need a group of vigilantes with pitchforks smilie.

joneve

I’m going against the grain here and will be giving a sensible reply (sorry!).

If you’ve not played in years, I’d recommend a harder “distance” ball that’s going to be easier to keep straight. The softer balls that give you more control (i.e. like the ones the pros use – Titliest ProV1 and the like) are far more susceptible to spinning which will make for more wayward shots. It’s also possible to get something in the middle of these two.

The range made by Bridgestone are all very good quality. The E6 is a pure distance ball – basically like hitting a stone! But will keep straighter on wayward swings.

The E5 is a bit of both..Hard as nails core, but a bit of a softer outer to give a bit of control around the greens.

If you want something “tour like”, I’d recommend the B330RX or RXS. They aren’t the tour pro balls (these are the B330), but are designed to help with slower, amateur swing speeds, unlike the tour balls which are optimised for faster swings like the pro’s have. These are the balls I use most regularly, and they’re very very good (although a bit more expensive).

Another option would be the AD333 made by Srixon – great all round ball and can usually be had for little money.

Lastly, the other one I’d recommend would be the Wilson DX2 or DX3 – both great all round balls and usually dirt cheap.

PolarityMan

Do they make a modular system where you can add or remove dimples as required?

strumjoughlamps

Some people get attached to the type of ball they use, I had a Ping 2 coloured ball and got put into fours on a busy day at my local course, one of the chaps gave me 30 quid for it and got my lunch and a pint in the clubhouse after he was so chuffedto have found his fave type of ball.

I use whatever I have picked up cheap, I also have a couple of flashing ones when we play into dusk

holnrew

joneve said:

Titliest

Christina Hendricks is arguably the titliest woman on TV.

Sporky

I found the E&T article - it's all about the Titleist V1 and V1x. Possibly a bit too engineering-geek focussed though rather than being anything about playing.

mike_l

joneve said:

The E5 is a bit of both..Hard as nails core

 

I find this, especially with a dirty sound ;-)