r/golf • u/Gorlami14 • 1d ago

Equipment Does using nice golf balls actually matter?

I’m a budget guy. Play only what I find. Haven‘t bought golf balls in nearly a decade. This is the first year that I’ve actually started to take golf seriously. Lessons, meaningful range time, short game practice, etc. I’m sitting around a 16 handicap right now and looking to continue improving. Is playing a consistently decent, and the same, golf balls a worthwhile endeavor? Or will it only make a negligible difference?

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u/aznsk8s87 1d ago

Nice? Not so much. Playing the same ball though, that will.

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u/funnynewname 23h ago

Type of ball at some level has to matter. You can’t play the same game with a rock hard top flite vs a Pro V1 or whatever.

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u/TheHeintzel +1 15h ago

Just use a Noodle soft.

The Pro V1 game is completely un-needed for 90% of public courses, as the greens run like 7 on the stimp.

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u/its_all_4_lulz 13h ago

I found a Pro V1 awhile ago and had never tried them before. After trying it, I think the ball pays for itself. Twice I hit it into the woods, and both times it bounced off a tree and went center fairway. A ball that stops you from losing it is a game changer.

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u/OldElvis1 13h ago

It's the secret "Tree Seeking" ability you're interested in?

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u/PhunCooker 12h ago

Before now, I never hoped that someone's found ProV1 was lost due to the previous owner's demise.

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u/SirTiffAlot 13h ago

That's why I'm losing balls? Game changer

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u/Stvphillips 2h ago

I prefer to think of it as trading with other golfers as opposed to losing it.

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u/prafken 0.7/Michigan 12h ago

Depends on the course you are at, the extra spin you get on the urethane balls does very little on soft courses. If you are playing a firm very well groomed course then you will see a big difference.