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Originally Posted by dewilson58
May want to double check qualified research:
"High compression golf balls don't necessarily help all golfers. In general, golfers with faster swing speeds benefit from high compression balls, while slower swing speed golfers are better served by lower compression balls. Higher compression balls offer increased distance, control, and spin for those with faster swings. Conversely, lower compression balls allow slower swing speed golfers to maximize distance and also offer a softer feel and better control on short shots."
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Actual robotic test (as opposed to marketing slogans) show that most everyone will benefit by using a harder golf ball. There are some exceptions, relating to how much spin a specific swing, applies to a specific golf ball. Spin rate, angle of attack, swing speed, launch angle, descent angle all effect distance. 10th grade physics proves the concept that more "power" is supplied when compression is reduced (less energy is lost from compression).
When we were kids and had "super balls" to bounce on the pavement. Those babies were hard as a rock & rebounded way better than "tennis balls". Harder = more rebound ... usually. Rocks don't rebound so well.
The "compression" thing primarily applies to "spin", which has an effect on trajectory & curvature ... which is why everyone is different when it comes to hitting a golf ball.
Everyone is different and there's no "magic formula", but "soft" for slow swings is often untrue.
Just a moment...
Just a moment...