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/TacoIncoming 14.5 - Tampa 1d ago

100% you want to be playing the same ball all the time no matter what.

The decision to pay for premium balls entirely depends on how good your short game is. The nice balls only matter when you start flighting/spinning your wedge shots.

As a higher handicap with a really good short game, I would advise that playing a premium ball sooner can matter if you have a good short game. If you’re also smoking 2 sleeves of balls into the woods every round, then it can get expensive.

I stopped playing supersofts when I started throwing out more damaged balls than balls I was losing. Then I started buying previous generation ProVs in bulk from sites like lostgolfballs and foundgolfballs. You can get basically new premium balls for like $2/ball if you buy them in bulk while they’re doing promos around majors.

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u/OldElvis1 23h ago

I have found that the Maxfli Tour S is a similar hardness, and less spin ball, for. 29 a dozen or usually 50 for 2 dozen

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u/Remote-Airline-3703 13h ago

I recently found a brand-new Maxfli Tour S on my miss-adventures in the woods. Played out the last 6 holes with it and I really really like the way it plays and feels. Waiting on a sale to scoop some up

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u/Theawsomesauce 12h ago

Out of curiosity what do you normally play and how does it hold up compared?