No matter how good a golfer may be, he or she will not be any
good at all without golf balls. Granted, it is a no-brainer that
golfers need to have golf balls in order to play. But, the
question is, which golf balls are the best.
This is a
sticky situation and depends almost entirely the individual
golfer and his or her tastes, what he or she expects out of the
ball, and, quite frankly, how much money he or she wants to
spend.
There are golfers out there who will play with
nothing but one brand of ball. No matter what else happens, they
will only and always use this particular brand. What these balls
cost is irrelevant to them. It is this ball or no golf. Yes,
this going to the extremes, but, let's face it, there are people
in this world who prefer living life at the extreme edge of
sanity.
Now, let's get down to some common sense when it
comes to the golf ball. We shall start with the beginning
golfer. The beginner needs to forget what he or she may have
heard about any brand or type of golf ball, what it does and how
far it goes. Beginning golfers are going to lose a lot of golf
balls. They need to think more about price than quality. The
beginning golfer needs to purchase "been around" balls, which
are balls sold in bulk (around 50 to a bag), that have been
found on golf courses and recycled, for lack of a better word.
OK, these used golf balls are more often than not name brand
balls, but this does not matter. The beginning golfer, in
learning how to hit the ball straight, keep it in the fairway,
out of the woods and water, will go through dozens, if not
hundreds of golf balls. Therefore, the logical thing for the
beginning golfer to do is buy in bulk.
As the golfer gets
better, the best idea would be to move up to a better grade of
ball. This, though, does not mean to rush out to the nearest
golfing supply house and buy the most expensive ball on the
shelves. Again, think about the price of the ball and the level
of your skill.
If a player has a tendency to slice the
ball, or tends to top the ball (this is where the club head hits
the top of the ball. While it gives the ball a lot of top spin,
the ball does not travel far, and tends to be gashed by the
club), stick with cheap balls. This does not mean stay with the
bulk recycled balls, but inexpensive new ones.
In theory,
players get better the more they play. As the skill level
increases, the golfer can experiment with different brands of
golf balls, checking to see which ones he or she may like the
best. And, a lot of thought should be given to the type of
course the golfer will be using these balls on.
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