Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Golf balls and their prices are much like cars for many people.
Some people base their choice on what they like and want to be seen with more than what would really make sense in a practical way.
The price is then, to a great extent, based on the perceived superiority of the product and what people are prepared to pay to buy in to that perceived superior category.
Finding your way through the advertising and marketing to the facts is a matter for your own intellect, experience and choice.
For those who like to buy and play with expensive balls most of the time - I can't say that they are making a bad choice because they are mostly very good balls. Their production costs however do not merit the high prices in my view.
Anecdote.
I won a club comp on 13/4/2019 (found it on My England Golf) on a very frosty morning, when I chose not to fight the extreme conditions, but to run with it with a Srixon distance. Took maximum advantage of run on the fairways and played a few good running shots onto the greens, like using a 6-iron from 100 yards when a wedge would simply hit the green and bound over the back. Won the comp by 4 shots and my gross one-under-par 69 was the best by 6-shots.
What puzzled me was my playing partners not adapting to the conditions, measuring distance in their usual way and playing the same club choice and shot as normal conditions with their usual premium ball. They did not change, despite seeing my better results on several holes.
Some people base their choice on what they like and want to be seen with more than what would really make sense in a practical way.
The price is then, to a great extent, based on the perceived superiority of the product and what people are prepared to pay to buy in to that perceived superior category.
Finding your way through the advertising and marketing to the facts is a matter for your own intellect, experience and choice.
For those who like to buy and play with expensive balls most of the time - I can't say that they are making a bad choice because they are mostly very good balls. Their production costs however do not merit the high prices in my view.
Anecdote.
I won a club comp on 13/4/2019 (found it on My England Golf) on a very frosty morning, when I chose not to fight the extreme conditions, but to run with it with a Srixon distance. Took maximum advantage of run on the fairways and played a few good running shots onto the greens, like using a 6-iron from 100 yards when a wedge would simply hit the green and bound over the back. Won the comp by 4 shots and my gross one-under-par 69 was the best by 6-shots.
What puzzled me was my playing partners not adapting to the conditions, measuring distance in their usual way and playing the same club choice and shot as normal conditions with their usual premium ball. They did not change, despite seeing my better results on several holes.
I've got a family to feed!
