Drawing lines around center of ball

[bobby ping]

Lines on the center of the ball are the sweet spot? Or just for lining up putts?

If it's a sweet spot how do you find it?

[lgskywalker37]

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i think there are machines that spin the ball realy fast and supposedly find the best line for the ball to roll on and the perfect COG (i am not sure if i believe that or that it would make a difference on drives, but putts maybe)......

i just use the logo as a line to line up my putts. looking down the line to a hole can be hard at a 90 deg to the taget line, but line up the ball when you are standing behind it to where you want to hit, and then all you haev to worry about when putting is distance (if you read it correctly) but it should be on a correct line towars the hole. that works great for me, as far as the "sweet spot finder" i think it is more of a mental thing (which can really help your putts if you are more confident) just like the magnet braclets......but that is just IMHO.

some of the line markers are for a launch monitor to measure spin

[BrianW]

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The sweet spot is the optimum position on the club face to strike the ball. I guess technically there would be an optimum position on a ball taking into account any minute variations in it's spherical surface but to be honest what difference do you think it could make?

There is a gadget on the market that claims to identify the sweet spot on a ball but I would suggest caution before purchase. Even if you could identify it off a tee, what could you do about it off the ground?

[LowPost42]

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Dave Pelz, in his book My Short Game Bible (or is it in his Putting Bible?), talks about using a water and epsom salt solution. Drop your ball in, give 'er a spin, and when it comes to rest (keep it off the sides of the container!) mark the top dimple with a dot. Spin the ball again. If it keeps returning to the dot, pull it out. When putting, put the ball with the dot TDC (top dead centre). It will help it roll true. If the ball does NOT return to the dot, mark the second location, and spin again. If it doesn't come back to either location, the ball is well balanced - no dots necessary.

I've videoed the results. A ball going down a 10' mat with the dot NOT on center deviates from the line. With the dot TDC, it holds it's line very, very well.

[bill reed]

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hi lowpost
i tried the with the salty water too and was so suprised that so many balls have a heavy side to them and if you put a line round the ball so it go's over the middle heavy and light side the ball does run better on putts. if you have the ball with the heavy end on the side the ball does turn some.
not all ball live up with the heavy side with the name on the ball, some do.
i tend to like to have a line on my balls now as it helps to line up putts better and also i see the ball track better to the hole and if i hit the ball square with the putter face or was it a miss read.
bill

[lgskywalker37]

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I've videoed the results. A ball going down a 10' mat with the dot NOT on center deviates from the line. With the dot TDC, it holds it's line very, very well.

i guess you are right LP42 (big surprise lol) i actually saw something on the golf channel about making a home-aid golf ball sweet spot finder. the guy said that the higher quality balls are usually good, but the cheaper you go the more off center COG's (center of gravity) you will fin in the balls.

find a bowl or whatever (anything deep enough to hold a floating ball) a golf ball sinks in water.......back to 5th grade science. how to we make thte ball float? you can put ice in to make the water cold to raise the density a bit but what helps the most is adding salt. so add enough salt untill the water becomes dense enough so that the ball floats.

now that the ball is floating (doing this with a brand new ball with no cuts in it, i don't think it should seep into or waterlog the ball any) wait for it to stop spinning..... then grap a marker and mark the ball on top in the center. now spin the ball slowly with you finger if that dot comes back to the top center, then you have a slighty off COG ball. the faster the dot comes back to the top when you knock it off center, the worse the ball is. if you spin the ball and the dot never returns to the top, then you have a perfect COG.

for those COG off balls, just make sure when you putt that that dot is on the top, front or back center (you can draw a line if you want), if you have the dot to the right then the ball will roll right, dot left left roll left dot center roll strait.

but i think the machine that spins the balls is like $20 bucks, and using all that salt and water can add up i guess, so i don't see why not just bying one of thoose sweet spot finders anyway..... but this is just a cool home-aid way of doing it isaw so i thought i would share it with you guys.

[BrianW]

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i guess you are right LP42 (big surprise lol) i actually saw something on the golf channel about making a home-aid golf ball sweet spot finder. the guy said that the higher quality balls are usually good, but the cheaper you go the more off center COG's (center of gravity) you will fin in the balls.

find a bowl or whatever (anything deep enough to hold a floating ball) a golf ball sinks in water.......back to 5th grade science. how to we make thte ball float? you can put ice in to make the water cold to raise the density a bit but what helps the most is adding salt. so add enough salt untill the water becomes dense enough so that the ball floats.

now that the ball is floating (doing this with a brand new ball with no cuts in it, i don't think it should seep into or waterlog the ball any) wait for it to stop spinning..... then grap a marker and mark the ball on top in the center. now spin the ball slowly with you finger if that dot comes back to the top center, then you have a slighty off COG ball. the faster the dot comes back to the top when you knock it off center, the worse the ball is. if you spin the ball and the dot never returns to the top, then you have a perfect COG.

for those COG off balls, just make sure when you putt that that dot is on the top, front or back center (you can draw a line if you want), if you have the dot to the right then the ball will roll right, dot left left roll left dot center roll strait.

but i think the machine that spins the balls is like $20 bucks, and using all that salt and water can add up i guess, so i don't see why not just bying one of thoose sweet spot finders anyway..... but this is just a cool home-aid way of doing it isaw so i thought i would share it with you guys.

Jeez! I would rather eat coal than sit in my kitchen spinning golf balls in salt water. LOL

Well! It might be fun until my wife called the men in white coats

[bill reed]

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hi brian
i found i had 3 ball out a box of 15 that were heavy to one side and i now use them only for pratice, you could miss a put because of it, i do it every time i buy a box of 15 balls and i dont do that much lol.
i also put a line on all my balls to help with putting.
bill

[prowlsta]

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I knew there was a reason I kept missing 3 footers. Should have realised it was the balls fault and not mine!

[LowPost42]

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If you're consistently burning edges it could very well be the ball.