What a load of Balls!!

The golf season proper is almost upon us!

The fairways are getting drier and firmer!

The greens are getting greener!

The rough will soon be getting lush!

Time to start using the decent golf balls that I've been keeping back from winter conditions!

I had an hour to kill today, so I thought I'd grab a sandwich and head off to the American Golf shop in Telford and see what they had on offer.

As I was perusing, I suddenly realised what a choice there was, compared to when I first started playing!

That was in the early to mid 80's and not only was there a lmited number of manufaturers, but a distinct lack of ball types. Although you could still buy the smaller British ball. 1 6/8" diameter?

Dunlop appeared to corner the market, with the Warwick, the 65, latterley the 65I. I believe that the name 65 came from Henry Cotton shooting a round of 65 in the Open and him, being quite shrewd, endorsing the ball!

I remember Maxfli, Ultra's and there may have been a Topflite or two.

There was also Penfold, who produced the Ace and the rock that was the commando.

Titleist were ever present, but they had maybe a couple of "models" based on compression and possibly cover.

Pinnacle suddenly appeared on the scene as well and they were the ball of choice for a number of my golfing buddies, especially as they did them in Yellow!

I recall a ball called Prince (which we dubbed Vince Prince after a comic alter ego of Russ Abbott), but it was an awful ball. (Much like the character itself)

Back in those days, the ball you chose appeared to be fairly insignificant as there was probably little difference unless you were comparing Penfold and Titleist or Pinnacle.

It was a matter of reaching into the bag, grabbing a ball and getting on with the game!

Fastforward to today and today's manufacturers are claiming everything.

We still have Titleist, with the Prov 1, Prov 1x, NXT Tour, NXT, PTS SoLo etc. etc.

Nike with distance balls, feel balls, soft balls, Hi spin, Lo Spin, Juice, One..........etc. etc.

Even Pinnacle have Gold, Long , Distance, Soft, Feel

Callaway bring you the Big Bertha, Warbird, HX Hot, HX Tour..........

Taylor Made, with the Burner, Tour, Noodle, Srixon long, soft, spin, AD333.......

The choice is endless and confusing.

What ball am I going to use today...............probably one I found on the course last week!!!

Obviously the price has changed as well. I used to baulk at the thought of paying over £1.50 for 3 pinnacle golf balls! I recall asking my foursomes partner to allow me to change to my cheaper ball when it was my turn to tee off the 6th tee at Wychwood Park. all I could think of was I was in danger of losing £3.75 worth of Titleist Prov 1!!!

Sure technology has changed and the balls are much better than they were and combined with the advance of Club Technology, the game is a lot easier, but now there is too much choice.......

Let's see how i get on this weekend with my New Srixon Distance balls that:

"has higher initial velocity and a penetrating ball flight for greater distance. A responsive light feel and exceptional durability make it ideal for those with a swing speed of 80mph or greater.


Highly resilient, larger Energetic Gradient Growth core with softer compression gives higher initial velocity and high launch angle with lower spin resulting in greater carry and distance together with a responsive light feel.

Highly resilient ionomer cover provides longer drives and exceptional cut proof durability. Aerodynamically superior 420 dimple configuration provides a true and penetrating trajectory."

All for the knock down price of £9.99 a dozen!!!! Now you're talking!!!










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