golf balls do they make a difference to distance

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

With all due respect, as a 22hcp you are probably not hitting the ball consistently enough to see any difference between balls. Just stick to whatever you feel comfortable with.

It's a golf ball. For the higher handicapper IMO it's the thing that get's in the way during your lovely smooth swinging of a golf club. All I'd suggest to OP is that he just doesn't go with a stone...but even then - if you like the feel and hard click you get with a well struck 'stone', then that might well be the ball for you.