Lake balls - cant be that bad............can they?

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Evening all,

just trawling flea bay and noticed the number of lakeballs available.

Ive heard conflicting info regarding the subject, namely:

For:
Cheap
High HC wouldnt notice the difference.

Against
cannot determine how long theyve been under to affect performance.

Now unfortunatley until I start striking the ball consistently (ranges from like butter to thinning it) I cannot personally notice the difference between lakeballs and the AD333 / Noodles that I have purchased new.

So, how many of you use / dont use lakeballs and what were your findings.
 
Nope. Can't see that they can be as good as new ones. Amazingly, given how poor a golfer I am, I don't lose that many balls. New ones for me thanks.
 
same as murph, lose on average 1 every 2 or 3 rounds, even went round Beau and lost none 1st 18 and 2 2nd 18, considering the gorse etc and how many waywards I hit that was bloody good going :)

the thing for me is, if you use a lake ball will you wonder if it was the ball that cost you a shot?

At least with a new one you can only blame yourself
 
I'd happily use lake balls for practicing,and having a game with mates,but only use new,or almost new balls for competitions.I'd be far more wary of refurbished/refinished balls,i've had some in the past that were egg shaped !!!! and others where bad scuffs and cuts were simply painted over.
 
Beware a lot of lake ball suppliers also throw crap quality refinished balls.
You can't buy refurbished footballs, tennis balls nor cricket balls. Perhaps for a reason?
 
Personally I'd never use lake balls or refurbs as you simply don't know how they will perform and no two will be the same. If I was playing on a budget I'd be looking at some deals on things like TM Burner, E5's or AD333
 
i bought 10 pro v 1s off a lad the other day for a tenner and i could tell a massive difference straight away wont buy them again but would use 1 if i found for friendly knocks
 
I have a bucket of practice balls that I went out and found myself. I'd have no problem playing a practice round with lake balls as I believe at my skill level I wouldn't notice the difference anyway.

For comps and outings I always take brand new. Not because I think I'll play better, I just love the feeling of hitting a virgin









ball.
 
Lake balls are fine but they're not legal for competitions.
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First I've heard of that. As long as the ball conforms to the rules of the R&A then it would be legal.

Since most lake balls don't have a distinguishing mark singling them out as such then it would be really difficult to ascertain this as fact anyway. x-outs are a different story but even then your average club comp would be unlikely to raise much of a issue with using x-outs.

If it's on this list then it's legal

http://www.usga.org/ConformingGolfBall/gball_list.pdf
 
Knock yourself out and try some.

It's all part of the learning curve and a darn sight cheaper than blasting a £3 ball into a lake/bushes/uncollected cut grass- never to be seen again.

As someone said earlier though- you won't always get what you expect. In a typical dozen I would expect about five that are fine and the rest will be a bit of a lucky dip.

Went down this route myself years ago - Argos were selling them then (don't know if they still do) and (for reference) came to the conclusion that something like an AD333 fresh out of the box (and for about the same price) was a better deal in the long run.

Only you'll know

billyg
 
x-outs are a different story but even then your average club comp would be unlikely to raise much of a issue with using x-outs.
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What are x-outs?
I played the last two holes with one last night as light was fading and it was the only yellow one i'd got in bag, no idea what it signifies though?
Any concidence I scored well on those 2 holes?!
 
Lake balls are fine but they're not legal for competitions.
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First I've heard of that. As long as the ball conforms to the rules of the R&A then it would be legal.

Since most lake balls don't have a distinguishing mark singling them out as such then it would be really difficult to ascertain this as fact anyway. x-outs are a different story but even then your average club comp would be unlikely to raise much of a issue with using x-outs.

If it's on this list then it's legal

http://www.usga.org/ConformingGolfBall/gball_list.pdf
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X outs are fine to use in competitions, as long as they are a conforming ball. Most x outs and practice balls are marked this way because they have failed the final inspection. This could be for various reasons, and most would be for cosmetic.
 
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