As I said, it's a first for me.
Never seen a Chrome soft do this. Have seen it happen with a much inferior make (Dunlop DDH) which caused much fun and consternation to our group when it happened to a mate while playing Silvermere
That's interesting in 20 years of playing only had it happen to me once but today mate I was playing with showed me his Chrome Soft that had split exactly like yours down at Trevose last week, his was only one round old !!Simple 8 iron to the green this afternoon, looks up...nothing til I see this white thing 40 yards ahead spiralling to the left, gets up it's my ball.
Anyone care to explain how a ball just splits in half like that ? Has it just had enough ? Can they only take so much ?
File is too big for uploading but it's a Callaway chrome soft.
Bad batch?That's interesting in 20 years of playing only had it happen to me once but today mate I was playing with showed me his Chrome Soft that had split exactly like yours down at Trevose last week, his was only one round old !!
How many rounds had you used it for?
I've only put a crack in a ball once (never split one in half) and that was when I was using it for the 10th time in a row - the only time I've ever gone that long without losing a ball. Generally I lose a ball after 3 rounds at the most so it's not a problem I face often.
I think my wording was off - what I meant was 3 rounds is the most a ball usually lasts for me, so splitting or cracking one isn't an issue.Playing off 20 and you only lose one ball every three rounds?!
That's amazing, I'd have lost several by that point.
I think my wording was off - what I meant was 3 rounds is the most a ball usually lasts for me, so splitting or cracking one isn't an issue.
I think my wording was off - what I meant was 3 rounds is the most a ball usually lasts for me, so splitting or cracking one isn't an issue.
Replace the damaged ball, unfortunately the 40 yards it flew would still count as a stroke though.
No it doesn't. Discount that stroke and put another ball in play for no penalty.
On Wednesday I did the same. New box of dozen balls, first one out the pack, sliced the drive a bit towards some trees and lost it.I lost one on the first hole today ................................... doh!
Ive had a chrome soft truvis split on me and it's been mentioned a few times by others across the internet, seems to be a failure point for a limited few but it put me off them.
Of the 4th tee, it didn't fly as expected, the marks are after I hit it from the fairway (didn't see the crack) and it veered unnaturally straight left into a tree and found it sat with the crack, face up.
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No it doesn't. Discount that stroke and put another ball in play for no penalty.
Indeed, which has subsequently pointed out in this thread