surely this cant be true

[hovis]

i was at the belfry before the lucky guy's got fitted for their balls. i was talking to the titliest guy and he was telling me about a story with scuffed balls.
he said they hit a loads of balls with the iron biron (160 yards) and then loaded a few balls with scuff marks on them. he said the balls with minor sand scuffs on them where averaging 8 yards off line compared to the new ones???? is this just titliest trying to get us to chuck our ball in the practice bag and buy news one's. i use my nxt tour's to damn near distruction. perhaps thats why i miss soooooooooooo many greens:mmm:

 

[lyden]

Thank god its only off line, if it was 8 yards shorter I'd be off out to stock up

 

[Imurg]

I can believe tbis.
Scuffs reduce the effectiveness of the dimples creating drag that could easily take a ball a few yards offline..

 

[hovis]

Thank god its only off line, if it was 8 yards shorter I'd be off out to stock up

by offline i ment left, right and short. the guy said it depends on what direction the ball spins in relation to the scuff. i hope it isn't true or i'm going to have the biggest practice bag ever

 

[pbrown7582]

I'm unsurprised too would explain why some pros only look to use a ball 2/3 holes, I know it's easy for them not paying.

 

[In_The_Rough]

I can believe this to be the case, it makes sense that when something that has been used a lot more the performance will reduce.

 

[garyinderry]

I would say its minimal tbh! pros don't pay so why wouldn't they change?

 

[lyden]

To be fair it might knock mine 8 yards online

 

[hovis]

To be fair it might knock mine 8 yards online

i never thought of it that way (on way to garage to get belt sander)

 

[louise_a]

It makes sense that a scuff could affect the ball flight. If they are engineering to such precision, a scuff on the ball would presumably create more wind resistance, resulting in the ball moving off line.

 

[upsidedown]

makes sense to me.

 

[CMAC]

perfect sense

 

[Keyser Soze]

Anyone know what the average lifespan of a golf ball is then ? (before its likely to be too scuffed for effective use that is?)

 

[Imurg]

Depends a lot on how hard the ground is, how hard you hit it and how sharp your grooves are.
Smacking them into trees doesn't help either.......

 

[beggsy]

Load of old tosh I've played with same pro v for last 4 comps winning all 4 beating my handicap 3 times as the 4th was a team event

 

[hovis]

Load of old tosh I've played with same pro v for last 4 comps winning all 4 beating my handicap 3 times as the 4th was a team event

4 round without loosing a ball. You playing on the moon?

 

[chris661]

We were talking about this the other day as I tend to play a ball until I cant read the number any longer (assuming I keep it that long ) Decided to play a brand new ball for a few holes and noticed a difference. Although it could have been purely in my head is that not 90% of golf anyway

 

[Imurg]

Load of old tosh I've played with same pro v for last 4 comps winning all 4 beating my handicap 3 times as the 4th was a team event

Maybe you'd have beaten it by more if you'd used a newer ball......

Anyway, some balls, ProV's included, don't scuff up too much. As I said it depends on what you do. If you hit a fullish wedge with sharp grooves you're going to rip almost any ball.
Driver and an iron followed by a chip'n'a putt isn't going to scuff a ball very quickly.....

 

[richart]

Scuffed balls would not affect my golf. 50 yards into the trees or 58 yards doesn't make a lot of difference.:mmm:

 

[the hammer]

would this be not be same as a cricket bowler? shine on one half and not the other?