Practice Balls

[Trojan]

I currently play with Titleist NXT Tours, a new ball for this year as the pro v1 was just to soft.

Im getting on great with them so far in comps...but as im taking golf a bit more seriously this year should I purchase NXT Tours to practice with?

It could be expensive but should you practice with the same ball I play with? Has anyone tryed the balls for sale on ebay?

 

[crux]

I’ve always thought there is a lot of merit in playing the same ball in practice and in real play.

You should fully get used to it and there is no doubt that the ball played differently.

However the cost put me off until I found my ideal ball. The Wilson FG Tour is not only an ace ball full stop, but I saw them for under £15/dozen, so I bulk brought them enough for at least a year if not two. Now I play a new one when needed on the course and once scuffed/marked they go into the practice bag which is slowly getting to be all the same ball.

 

[Tiger]

I don't think it matters as much for full shots but it will make a huge difference when practicing your short game. I keep two tubes for practicing. The first one is just for practising my full swing and the second is purely for half shots, chips, bunker shots and putting. The second one is made up mainly of balls that lasted a whole round. Up until now it has been relatively cheap because I've been playing Noodle + over the winter. Now switching to Z-Stars and the practice tube is changing over as well. I'd say its a must as the noodle runs on quite a bit whilst I can get the Z-Star to check much more sharply.

 

[Bacardibatman]

i personally practice with same ball as i play with

and of course practising with same ball will have a benefit- same feel (short game),they'll go same distance if your working out how far you hit each club, but i also suppose

it depends on how serious you are

how good a golfer you are
& the type of practice and what you want from it

or if your just plain rich enough and can afford to


mine like crux get played with then go for practice


plenty of nxt's on ebay

i also dont have too many to hit at once so i have to take a break and collect them ,but enough so im not wasting time collecting them every 5 minutes

alot of ppl just smash balls (im guilty of it too)one after another without setting up properly and this basically only loosens you up and of little value i feel if your actually working on your game

 

[Toby_LeRhone]

Other than range work, I rarely practice with more than 4 balls at a time. I hit them end-to-end across a 150 yd piece of grass that I'm lucky enough to have access to at work.

I quite like the idea that the break between sets does me good, it certainly allows me to compose myself, assess my performance and conjur up appropriate swing thoughts; all of which I have found to be more difficult when stood over a big pile of balls.

Also, there's nothing more satisfying than walking 130 yards and finding 4 balls all nestled within 5-10 feet of each other, something I'm unlikely to find if I hit 50.

I use retired game balls, all the same model.

 

[Parmo]

I did this but dropped it as a waste. £30 for 50 AD333's was quite a bit of cash, much prefer any old thing then I don't have to worry about them.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I just put any old balls I've scuffed too much into the practice bag. As I tend to play with Pro V, Z Star etc the quality is pretty good. I have a tube of good quality balls for chipping with bit otherwise just use the old cast offs

 

[Oddsocks]

I've become a big believer in practice with what you play with especially for chipping and putting. My long practice is normally on the range as I don't have access to a practice ground

 

[Imurg]

When our par 3 course dries out a bit I'll be there whenever I get a free hour. I'll keep the wedges and 6 older ProV's or Zstars in and use them until I lose them - there are a couple of lakes.....