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Golf is expensive. Not only
do you spend a small fortune
buying clubs, you pay $30,
$50, $100, or more for green
fees, but the worst is the cost
of golf balls. Every time you
lose a new ProV1, say good-
bye to $4.00.
There is an easy way to save
money on golf balls, several
companies find the balls we
hit into the ponds and forests
and sell them at a huge
discount online.
Yeah, but do they perform
like new ones, you ask?
Here are the results from Golf
Myths Unplugged research.
Myth #1 – Used golf balls
DON’T Feel as good as New
In this test, we evaluated
four different grades of used
golf balls, AAAAA (the best),
AAAA (mid grade), AAA (low
grade), and Refinished. We
tested each of these qualities
with previously used Titleist
ProV1’s versus brand new
ProV1 balls.
To evaluate Feel, our testers hit
putts with their eyes closed,
not knowing whether they
were hitting a new or used
ball. They were asked to report
any differences they noticed.
For Performance testing, we
hit 50 quality shots with each
grade of ball. We rotated
through a dozen balls of each
grade, only used data from
swings that fell within our
parameters for strike quality,
club speed, club path, and
face angle.
In our Feel testing,
no one
could distinguish between
new, used, or refinished golf
balls
.
Our testers were told to
hit as many putts as they
wished. Most of them stated
that every ball they hit felt the
same. A couple asserted that
some balls felt different, but
there was no correlation with
the grade of golf ball.
Myth #2 -Used golf balls
DON’T Perform like new
with a wedge
On a 30-yard pitch shot,
we found
no consistent
difference between new
and used golf balls
. Not
only was the launch monitor
data nearly identical when
averaged across fifty shots,
there was no discernible
Are used golf balls as good as new?
By: Matt Saternus,
PluggedinGolf.comNWO Golf Links