Driving range balls

[ManinBlack]

Only useful for looking at the flight of the ball. I "calibrate" my irons on my own course by measuring all the distances with a rangefinder, preferably when the conditions are quite soft & the ball isn't running too far. Rarely miss a shot now by misjudging the club to be used.

 

[rossymcg]

My distances on the range are some 20yards shorter, I credit that down to the fact balls of poorer quality plus hitting off the mats and not being able to compress and squeeze the ball as well as off turf, it's so important to get ball turf contact for distance consistency and length,

 

[Piece]

My distances on the range are some 20yards shorter, I credit that down to the fact balls of poorer quality plus hitting off the mats and not being able to compress and squeeze the ball as well as off turf, it's so important to get ball turf contact for distance consistency and length,

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[Foxholer]

My distances on the range are some 20yards shorter, I credit that down to the fact balls of poorer quality plus hitting off the mats and not being able to compress and squeeze the ball as well as off turf, it's so important to get ball turf contact for distance consistency and length,

Piece beat me to it..

But squeezing a ball into the turf is 'feeling, not fact'!

Balls start out same 'quality' as any other ball btw. Just a different design consideration. And then they normally get thrashed!

 

[rossymcg]

Piece beat me to it..

But squeezing a ball into the turf is 'feeling, not fact'!

Balls start out same 'quality' as any other ball btw. Just a different design consideration. And then they normally get thrashed!

Squeezing a ball in to the turf is not a feeling it's a fact, if you were to show a slow mo good swing on camera at impact, by a good swing I mean ball turf contact, you'll see the club head squeeze the ball in to the turf compressing it, the more squeeze put on it the more rebound effect from the distorted ball, off a mat it's not possible to get the same squeeze,
If all ball start out the same quality why do certain balls cost more than other?
Because of quality of materials used and the production process,

 

[guest100718]

Squeezing a ball in to the turf is not a feeling it's a fact, if you were to show a slow mo good swing on camera at impact, by a good swing I mean ball turf contact, you'll see the club head squeeze the ball in to the turf compressing it, the more squeeze put on it the more rebound effect from the distorted ball, off a mat it's not possible to get the same squeeze,
If all ball start out the same quality why do certain balls cost more than other?
Because of quality of materials used and the production process,

No you won't. Unless you hit a lot of skulled shots perhaps?

 

[One Planer]

Squeezing a ball in to the turf is not a feeling it's a fact, if you were to show a slow mo good swing on camera at impact, by a good swing I mean ball turf contact, you'll see the club head squeeze the ball in to the turf compressing it, the more squeeze put on it the more rebound effect from the distorted ball, off a mat it's not possible to get the same squeeze,
If all ball start out the same quality why do certain balls cost more than other?
Because of quality of materials used and the production process,

This hi-motion footage disagrees with you.

[video=youtube;6dG9hb3_blo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG9hb3_blo[/video]

 

[shivas irons]

It never fails to amaze me that golfers go to the range to work out their distances etc and have to hit balls that are 10, 20, 30% shorter than regular play golf balls, excellent.....

 

[guest100718]

It never fails to amaze me that golfers go to the range to work out their distances etc and have to hit balls that are 10, 20, 30% shorter than regular play golf balls, excellent.....

Most people I see at the range are just smahing balls into the distance (or not..)

 

[gryffindor]

I was told to assume 10% shorter - partly because of the quality of the ball but also because range balls at this time of year are VERY cold

 

[rossymcg]

This hi-motion footage disagrees with you.

[video=youtube;6dG9hb3_blo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG9hb3_blo[/video]

I stand corrected, my initial information clearly was wrong and came from a lad who studied golf/management at Preston uni,(PGA pro now as well) he went in to great depth in a discussion on trapping and squeezing the ball into the turf, done some research myself and you're right and I'm wrong,

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

I stand corrected, my initial information clearly was wrong and came from a lad who studied golf/management at Preston uni,(PGA pro now as well) he went in to great depth in a discussion on trapping and squeezing the ball into the turf, done some research myself and you're right and I'm wrong,

Wow, has this ever happened before on here???

 

[the_coach]

Not driving range balls, & bit of a Titleist ad, but also clearly shows what happens to a deformed not compressed golf ball.

The term compressed really became common usage by Golf coaches then Pro's simply because it became a teaching aid for folks who kept coming for lessons trying to help them stop scoop, flip, the ball up in the air.

So, the talk of the descending blow 'squeezing' 'compressing' with the irons .... 'face into ball. ball into ground, ball in the air' 'compressing' the ball became 'a concept' that amateurs could understand, even though it's a false concept in the sense that it doesn't actually happen, the thought though, the term, the concept has helped thousands of golfers.

[video=youtube_share;6TA1s1oNpbk]http://youtu.be/6TA1s1oNpbk[/video]

 

[SocketRocket]

Range balls can be purchased in varying percentage distance loss. We have just purchased a new stock that performs at 70% to stop balls being hit over the back of the nets and into the gardens of some new houses. It's not that they are poor quality range balls, its the way they are designed.