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Guys, there is a booklet that comes out every years called "Golf
Balls". It compares every brand / compression of golf ball on
the market at 80MPH / 90MPH / 100mph plus in the last issue that I
got they also compared drivers hitting just one type/style/name brand
ball. The driver were a Titkest 975, a GBB, a
Callaway ERC and a NIKE. The longest ball, @ a 90MPH Swing
Speed by 6", was a Topflight. second was a Lady
Precept @ 80MPH. The over all range of all balls at all
swing speeds, if I remember correctly, was about 25
yards. Of course this test did not use the newer lower
compression balls.
RK
Manufacturer's of World Class Golf Club Repair
Equipment
-------Original Message-------
Date: Tuesday, July 02,
2002 05:29:42 PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk:
golf ball compression
Hi;
Even longer ago than the GD study, perhaps in
the mid-seventies, an
Australian University posted test results on golf
balls. They tested 100,
90, and 80 compression balls with a robot
device much like the one USGA
uses. The robot was set to make contact
at something like 100 mph. Balls
were all brand new, all from different
companies. The conclusion drawn,
based upon several hundred hits, was
that higher compression balls went
farther than did lower compression
balls when struck at the same swing
speed.
A couple of years
later, a university in the mid-west, it may have been Iowa
or Ohio, did
the same test and got the same results. Conclusion from both of
them?
100's went farther than 90's which went farther than 80's.
However,
feel is a major factor in selection a ball. Here in Central
CA, where the
temperature is hovering at about 100, hard balls don't
feel too bad. Top
Rocks feel like Noodles, and Noodles feel like
pancakes. In the winter
months with temps in the high 30's/low 40's,
the Precept Lady seems to feel
best.
TFlan
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Message -----
From: "Scott Bershing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
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Sent:
Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:27 PM
Subject: ShopTalk: golf ball
compression
> All this talk of compression and trampoline
effect has me curious.
>
> A few years back, Golf Digest
performed a study on golf ball compressions,
> and the effects on
distance. I don't remember the exact findings, but if
I
>
remember correctly, the gist was that the compression had more to do
with
> feel than distance. I think there was less than a yard
difference between
> the same brand balls of different
compression.
>
> Another thing is the recent popularity of
ultra-low compression balls like
> the Precept Lady and Laddie, and
now the Noodle. These things are like 60
> compression, and people
claim they are hitting them longer than anything
else.
>
>
I'm not sure how modern trampoline faces compare with each extreme, but
it
> sure would be neat to see how ultra-high COR heads and rigid
heads compare
> in hitting balls that range from marshmallows to
rocks.
>
> Scott
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