GOLF BALLS!  HARD...SOFT...MORE DIMPLES...LESS DIMPLES

WHAT'S THE BEST CHOICE?

In truth, these days, there are probably more significant differences between golf BALLS than there are between golf CLUBS!

Since most of you practice your swing on the driving range, you should be aware of something.

Range balls are going to be of the very hard variety at most driving ranges for durability issues.  Hit them all you want on your full shots, but when practicing your short game and putting in the designated areas, use your OWN balls.

The brand of ball you will be playing your real golf with.

This helps you because “finesse” shots require you to know how your ball is going to react to different short shots that you are trying to get close to the hole.

You want to have an intimate knowledge of how much spin you can expect, versus how much roll you can expect, from your golf ball in these crucial, scoring situations.
 

The key on all the short game shots is control.  On the short shots, practice with your own brand.

It’s also important to choose a brand and type of golf ball and use it exclusively when you play.

As you know, different golf balls react differently to your input.

If your bag contains a “mix” of brands and types of golf balls, you are unwittingly lessening your chances of becoming a good, consistent golfer.

If the input remains the same, but the characteristics of the ball vary the results, where does that leave you?  In trouble, that’s where.

You’re going to get lots of nasty little surprises just when you need them the least.

In those areas of the course within 100 yards, you better know how the ball is going to react.  Just like those commercials about fabulous weight loss products: “Your results may, and will, vary.”

It doesn't matter what brand of golf ball you choose, but once you pick a brand and "model," stick with it!

Get rid of all the balls that AREN'T your brand.  Do NOT mix and match your golf balls!  It's going to hurt you to have a "mixture" of golf balls in your bag.

While I'm all for "harmony, tolerance and understanding" between PEOPLE, golf balls do not subscribe to this.

They HATE each other and if you put a bunch of them in a bag together there's going to be a FIGHT!

Speaking of golf balls, one of the things I hear from many of the new ONE THOUGHT-ONE MOVE golfers is that they have never "heard" their golf clubs produce such a pure and powerful sound at impact!

The sound they're hearing for the FIRST TIME EVER, is the sound of tour-caliber ball compression!

For the first time ever, even for very good and highly skilled players, they're compressing their golf ball for the first time!

Amazingly, they're doing that with RANGE BALLS!  The hardest "rocks" available.  That doesn't surprise me, but it sure does them!

By the way: Those $50.00 plus a dozen Titleist ProV1's you've been buying and losing?  It's highly unlikely that it's the right golf ball for you.

As advertised, it IS the #1 ball on Tour.  The hidden "gem" in that ad are the words, "ON TOUR."  That means it performs the way it does not so much because of who's using it, but the COURSES they're using it ON! 

Unless YOU play YOUR golf on a course that has fairways mowed down to 1/8th of an inch and greens that run 12 to 13 on the stimpmeter, you're not getting the "benefit" you're paying for.

That backspin you see the Tour players get on the green?  That's much less a function of their swings and FAR MORE a function of the golf course itself. 

If YOU played fairways that are "Tour Conditioned" YOU'D do that too!  So, I just saved you a LOT of money going forward.  There are VERY GOOD golf balls that cost FAR LESS and will perform BETTER for YOU (the ONLY golfer that matters).  When you join the PGA Tour, you'll get your ProV1'S for FREE if you want them.

Until that time, buying that ball is like buying a 500 HP Ferrari to drive around a supermarket parking lot.  There are many BETTER, less expensive choices for you.

Great!  Now Titleist is going to hate me too!