Ball Fitting - Best on Test
With the hundreds of different balls on the market how on earth are you to decide which one to use. I will bet if I asked 100 people how they decide the top answers would be the following:-
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Now...What was the one I found the other day!
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I won some in the two's sweep and I putted well with them so I will give them a try.
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Tiger uses Nike so if they are good enough for him!
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I am not good enough to worry about the right ball, I just buy the ones the Pro-Shop has on sale.
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I want to hit the ball a long way so always buy a really hard ball.
Having conducted many ball fittings I have only found about 5% of golfers who have been using the best suited ball to their games. Golfers spend £100's on new drivers in the eternal search for more distance, this could be achieved by spending less than £40 on a dozen new balls.
On average players increase their driving distance by around 15 yards and iron distance around 7 yards. If you think that only achieving this increase is not going to have an impact on your game consider the following:-
If you were playing a par 5 at 550 yards, and you normally hit Driver, 3 wood, 8 iron
by having a better suited ball could mean your 3rd shot would now be a PW!
BEST ON TEST
It is very difficult to recommend a ball for someone as the club speed, launch angle, spin rates and individual player requirements all play a part in selecting the ball best suited. Below are a list of balls that regularly appear at the top of the results table.
MOST ACCURATE BALL - Srixon Z-Star
BEST FOR DISTANCE - Precept Lady IQ180, Titleist DT Roll, Srixon URC, Callaway tour ix, Nike One Tour, Taylor Made Burner.
*The above balls are from tests that I have conducted, and may be different for you. The only sure fire way is to have your very own ball fit.
Quotes.
"the nike balls are mint john. Took me 2 holes to get in the swing and used to them. Nice feel off driver and longer then prov. Lots of spin off 7iron down to swedge. Im talking 5ft spin back. Soft around the greens and nice soft feel off the putter. Well worth the ball fit thanx john - didnt think id be using nike! S. Older. Hcp. 5 (21/3/10)
John Greenwood • Poulton le Fylde Golf Club • Myrtle Farm • Breck Road • Poulton le Fylde
• Lancashire • FY6 7HJ • 01253 892444 • 07813 337580 • greenwood-golf@hotmail.co.uk
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