TeeItHigh
Assistant Pro
Has anyone had a ball fitting! and after being recommended a ball noticed any real difference on the course?
Ball fitting
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nemicu
Head Pro
Fit your ball around your putter first and then work backwards to your driver last. Once you do this, you'll find fitting a ball around a driver is pretty pointless. Long story short, if you like how a ball feels, you will tend to play better with it.
hovis
Tour Winner
So if you like the feel of a super soft ball off the putter than use that? What if you suffer with wayward drives and high spin. I Personly forgo feel off the putter to keep me straighter off the tee.
Ball fitting completely depends of where your game is strong and week. At our level, golf balls do not make anywhere near the difference that we think they do
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Deleted Member 1156
Guest
Hmmm.....not sure I agree with this. There are measurable results from the driver/irons/wedges but putting with a ball is purely down to feel. Sure, some balls might 'feel' better or worse than others but this won't have much of an effect on the results, it's all in the mind.
hovis
Tour Winner
I also agree with this. The last club i would fit my ball round is my putter.
RobRob
Assistant Pro
I was using a middle of the road ball up until a few weeks ago then I have switched to B330-S balls and I they have helped my short game a bit!
TeeItHigh
Assistant Pro
There was a Bridgestone ball fitting at the club today so I went along, anyway after being put on the computer thingy the guy said I would be better off with an E6 rather than my Srixon soft feel. Just wondered if anyone had been through the process and noticed any difference?
RobRob
Assistant Pro
did they get you to hit any shots?
hovis
Tour Winner
Seriously, as a handicap golfer of 18 I would shave my backside with a broken bottle if you could feel or tell the difference between these to balls. Just choose a decent two piece ball and focus on your game.
nemicu
Head Pro
So why bother fitting a ball in order of the clubs you're least likely to hit? If you look at the average round of anyone, then the putter and wedges hit more shots than than any other club. The driver hits only around 14 if your course dictates - maybe even less. And before you say anything about spin or distance, it's not "measurable" enough between balls to make much of a difference to your skill level - i.e. if you are a skilled golfer, you will tend to gravitate towards a soft ball with good spin and feel qualities - distance is irrelevant. Conversly, a high handicapper is unable to eek the best performance out of any ball and is likely to slice the hardest or softest ball equally as badly. The one area where a ball would be of benefit is around the green and on the putter - ironically where high handicappers tend to use a ball ill-suited for this purpose. If you really believe getting fitted for a ball where it gives an alleged extra yard or two on a drive (which may or may not go straight) for around 12 of your 90 strokes per round (on average), then you may need to reconsider what part of the game the ball needs to be most suited to your game. Simply put, it isn't the driver - and it probably isn't any club longer than a PW either...
hovis
Tour Winner
So are you saying that with an Identical swing a pro v1 will slice the same as a dunlop ddh?
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
So a Bridgestone ball fitting recommended you a Bridgestone ball ? Well why am I not surprised
nemicu
Head Pro
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
Play with a ball you like and feel happy with
I reckon not many of us feel the difference between most of the balls anyway
I reckon not many of us feel the difference between most of the balls anyway
nemicu
Head Pro
Probably - regardless of the distance offline though - it's still only ONE shot you've hit offline. It's how you intend to recover that shot that is the main reason to select a golf ball. Need to hit a 140 yard recovery shot to stop on a hard green? - chip on to 5 feet and hole a tricky downhill putt for par? With a DDH or a ProV? Hmmm....
hovis
Tour Winner
I play with a chap who plays on the euro pro tour. He uses a pro v1 and i use a nxt tour. One day we walked down the fairway and come to his ball, he hit his 80 yard wedge into to green and said " i'm just loving the feel of these new pro v1s. They feel so nice off the face and look how much check i got" little did he know he just played my nxt!
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c1973
Guest
Agree with LP, use the one that you like.
The e6 is a decent ball though (imo), I use that or the DX2 usually, not that keen on the Srixon but each to their own. I've also got a mish mash of A grade Titleist ones that I try out now and again, usually when I've lost a few of my new e6s or Dx2s!
The e6 is a decent ball though (imo), I use that or the DX2 usually, not that keen on the Srixon but each to their own. I've also got a mish mash of A grade Titleist ones that I try out now and again, usually when I've lost a few of my new e6s or Dx2s!
hovis
Tour Winner
Well i can tell you for sure the difference in dispersion between the two is enough to raise your eyebrows. I have open access to a track man and often hit the buget hard balls down the range. Im also lucky enough to have access to callaway hex black "practice balls" i cant say the difference is huge but i can say i will find more fairways with a hard balls. Iron play is my strength and would have no problem stopping a pinnacle gold on a decent green
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
A pro made the mistake of playing the wrong ball ?
hovis
Tour Winner
Yeh, it was funny. They where both titliest 1's and in his defence i had been playing the round with a nike. he was talking about his divorce so the stream coming from his ears might have obscured his vision
