Hi,
I can see that older balls recovered from ponds could have been worse than new balls some time ago, but modern 2-piece balls? I don't really think so.
Yeah. The wound on a core balls will soak up water and some of the bands will break. That would indeed ruin them. But they are fragile balls anyway, and a top with a nine or wedge will kill them even if it doesn't break the cover (I know, killed a fair few and cut the cover off to see the damage :) )
But the solid balls which are the most common? I doubt that a few weeks of being in the water actually does them much harm. That being said, the cost of low end balls at Costco, etc., hardly leaves room for much savings in buying used balls.
There's a nice short history of the golf ball at http://www.attachemag.com/archives/05-02/p...s/passions1.htm -- very readable.
Although one should have as many weapons as possible at hand, rolling your ball over the green for short shots will help you learn and understand how to 'read' the Greens, and improve your putting skills.
Very true. It's been a while since I last did it, but a good exercise to improve one's "shot manufacturing" ability is to tackle a course with just a five iron and a putter. Works best on an "executive" length nine hole course. We used to call it a "Sam Sneed nine" when I was in high school. If nothing else, it is a good lesson on how little distance counts as compared to accuracy :)
(I'm not sure if it's the correct term in English, it's how we say it in Spanish).
It's how we say it in English, too :)
--Pete
I can see that older balls recovered from ponds could have been worse than new balls some time ago, but modern 2-piece balls? I don't really think so.
Yeah. The wound on a core balls will soak up water and some of the bands will break. That would indeed ruin them. But they are fragile balls anyway, and a top with a nine or wedge will kill them even if it doesn't break the cover (I know, killed a fair few and cut the cover off to see the damage :) )
But the solid balls which are the most common? I doubt that a few weeks of being in the water actually does them much harm. That being said, the cost of low end balls at Costco, etc., hardly leaves room for much savings in buying used balls.
There's a nice short history of the golf ball at http://www.attachemag.com/archives/05-02/p...s/passions1.htm -- very readable.
Although one should have as many weapons as possible at hand, rolling your ball over the green for short shots will help you learn and understand how to 'read' the Greens, and improve your putting skills.
Very true. It's been a while since I last did it, but a good exercise to improve one's "shot manufacturing" ability is to tackle a course with just a five iron and a putter. Works best on an "executive" length nine hole course. We used to call it a "Sam Sneed nine" when I was in high school. If nothing else, it is a good lesson on how little distance counts as compared to accuracy :)
(I'm not sure if it's the correct term in English, it's how we say it in Spanish).
It's how we say it in English, too :)
--Pete
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