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Golf Balls: Colored OK to play or noway?
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I don't think any manufacturers make decent golf balls that are not white. It I remember Titleist used to make the PTS (DT in the USA) in yellow and I used them a few times in the snow / frost but on the whole they where not great balls.
Stick with white!
Stick with white!
If you're a high handicapper and aren't liable to know the difference, then play with a colored ball. Golf is about having fun, and you should be allowed to play with whatever equipment you want that allows you to have fun. However, if you are a better player, you simply won't find colored balls up to the performance of white ones.
I played with yellow golf balls once, and i couldn't find them in the grass.
I'll stick with white
I'll stick with white
I used to scour the woods around the golf course (my high school had a golf course) to find balls to play, so in time, I found a number of colored balls and played them, but they never seemed as good as some of the other ones I found, or as easy to find in the grass. Personal preference I guess, but I really enjoyed finding an unopened package of Callaway balls that someone had undoubtedly thrown into the woods in a rage. Those were some fabulous golf balls.
Colored golf balls are just fine, as long as you don't mind the rest of your foursome making fun of you for the entire round. And probably after you leave, and the next time you play, too.
Kind of reminds me of when I played with a friend (a new golfer) a few months ago. We were looking for an errant shot of his, I asked what he was hitting, and he said "topflite with 2 red stripes". He was playing range balls. Why pay $20 or more per dozen, when you can get a whole bucket for $6? Nobody has let him forget it since.
Kind of reminds me of when I played with a friend (a new golfer) a few months ago. We were looking for an errant shot of his, I asked what he was hitting, and he said "topflite with 2 red stripes". He was playing range balls. Why pay $20 or more per dozen, when you can get a whole bucket for $6? Nobody has let him forget it since.
Hilarious!
Avoid colored balls. It will save you some embarrassment. Not to show my age, but does anyone remember the half-and-half Ping balls from the mid to late 80's? They were usually white on one half and another color (e.g., red, blue, etc.) on the other half. Those things were impossible to find in the rough when the white side was facing the ground.
I use white primarily because I always have, and for practical reasons (finding it in the rough, etc...).
A buddy of mine told me a story how once he was playing a round with some friends from work and all he had in his bag was one old range ball, so he played with it. He said they all made fun of him for using it, but he got the last laugh because he had an awesome round and finished one over par, easily beating his friends by 11 strokes or more.
That's how I feel about playing pool. I've ran the table on many people using a house cue when they're playing with a $300+ cue. It makes me feel good when I do that.
A buddy of mine told me a story how once he was playing a round with some friends from work and all he had in his bag was one old range ball, so he played with it. He said they all made fun of him for using it, but he got the last laugh because he had an awesome round and finished one over par, easily beating his friends by 11 strokes or more.
That's how I feel about playing pool. I've ran the table on many people using a house cue when they're playing with a $300+ cue. It makes me feel good when I do that.
I usually only play white golf balls. Unfourtunately they only make the balls I prefer in white, bummer, because I would totally play yellow or orange ones just to make people think I'm terrible and then hopefully keep up with them or beat them, good way to get some sweet sucker bets on the first tee.
Honestly, it doesn't really matter what you play, as long as you have fun and you feel confident with what you're playing. I've played with people who play pinnacles that are as hard as a rock and have single digit handicaps. Heck, I played to a 4 at one time and all I played was ProV1s, but honestly, I probably would have shot similar scores with a $25 box of NXTs. Most golfers worry about clubs and balls too much, go out and practice instead of spending that 2 hours in the golf shop testing clubs and buying golf balls. Find something you like, get them custom fit, and stick with them (have loft, lies, etc checked once in a while though).
Honestly, it doesn't really matter what you play, as long as you have fun and you feel confident with what you're playing. I've played with people who play pinnacles that are as hard as a rock and have single digit handicaps. Heck, I played to a 4 at one time and all I played was ProV1s, but honestly, I probably would have shot similar scores with a $25 box of NXTs. Most golfers worry about clubs and balls too much, go out and practice instead of spending that 2 hours in the golf shop testing clubs and buying golf balls. Find something you like, get them custom fit, and stick with them (have loft, lies, etc checked once in a while though).
I don't care, really.
You may be playing with white balls* today, but tomorrow, you may fall in love with another set of balls of a different race, and it may be the best thing ever.
*golf balls
You may be playing with white balls* today, but tomorrow, you may fall in love with another set of balls of a different race, and it may be the best thing ever.
*golf balls
Hey they work well in the snow. And sometimes I pull out the orange ball and tee it up on special holes when I want to intimidate the competition.
Otherwise they remind me of miniature golf.
As far as looking down on someone who plays a colored ball, well I am more concerned about how well he hits it if there is money on the hole.
Otherwise they remind me of miniature golf.
As far as looking down on someone who plays a colored ball, well I am more concerned about how well he hits it if there is money on the hole.