Re: Balls!!!!

stick with the cheap ones until you hit 12-15 handicap or so
until then you swing is the most important (damaging!) part of your game

Re: Balls!!!!

I'm sure there are plenty of things MORE important than the ball, but personally I've found, that using the same ball for an extended period of time fascilitates a part of the game that just isn't available using whatever lakeball you can get your hands on.

Beginners need to be able to rely on their distances just as much as the better players do - even if the actual shot often doesn't end up where it was intended.

If you can't rely on your distances, you'll have to base your game on some kind of average, which will make you take the wrong club more often than not.

IF you have the same ball, then you can look back and say - "ok, I hit 120 last time I hit it well with my 9 iron" - and then pick the 9 when you're 120 yards out.

Based on averages, you might pick the 7 instead, and when you then - unexpectedly - hit it well - and hit a distance ball instead of the spin ball you hit the last time, then it's 25 yards long and out of bounds behind the green.

And that sucks.

Get the best golf ball you can afford to consistently replace with new balls of the same type. That will help your game in the long run!

Re: Balls!!!!

That Nike PD Super Soft is a perfectly fine ball. You don’t need more expensive balls, and the Nike PD SS balls are a pretty good compromise, IMO.