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Even golf magazine editors sometimes need to see things for ourselves.
Throughout the year, we’re inundated with countless “golf ball test
results,” indicating the performance benefits of one ball versus
another. We admit there are real differences between golf ball
categories—we don’t dispute that. But we’re also clever enough to
understand that no two golf ball tests are exactly alike. In fact,
they’re all done under different conditions, with different clubs,
swing speeds, launch conditions, weather types and a bunch of other
variables that are hard to quantify.
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No, it’s not the surface of the moon (left), it’s a super-close-up
shot of a golf ball. In golf’s modern era, the small, round dimpled
orbs that fill the pockets of your golf bags are truly the sum of their
parts. From the materials that make up their covers to how it’s filled
inside, a golf ball’s composition greatly affects its behavior on the
course.
When Wayne Levi collected his winner’s check for the 1982 Hawaiian
Open, little was made of his 11-under score. Rather, Levi retains the
dubious distinction for being the first golfer to win a PGA Tour event
using a colored golf ball. And not just any colored ball—an optic
orange Wilson Pro Staff colored ball.
While most of us tend to disparage the notion of using colored spheres,
colored golf balls once were somewhat popular (in the 1980s, colored
golf balls accounted for 25% of all balls sold). And though the trend
faded, colored golf balls are back with a vengeance in 2006. Sure, their
looks are radical, but so, too, is their performance.
Golf ball fact: Most of the multi-layer, urethane-covered,
high-performance models won’t provide significant benefits for anyone
who swings the driver less than 100 mph. These models are built with
cores and mantle materials that require a lot of compression in order
to create the desired high velocity.
