As I was reviewing the 2023 ball test results and looking at my bucket of best round balls(I do mark them and keep them) I realized how very few expensive balls(4 piece, tour type) I have in my bucket.
Golf has so many external variables impacting our scores - course difficulty, weather etc. and I do understand my personal sample size is too small to draw any type of conclusion, but I am curious if anyone has tracked their best rounds and balls they used?
Chipping is the worst part of my game (inconsistent contact, double chips on bad days, etc.) so for me it seems to remove greenside spin benefit of the tour type balls if I am scoring well and hitting my 13-15 GIR. Also, the muni’s I play on here in Dallas sometimes does not care how many layers/greenside spin your ball says it will give you, and you are left saying “not even a tour ball will stop while chipping around these greens”.
Last weekend I shot a +1 playing a Taylormade Distance+, which I didn’t plan on using, but given the wind and water at the course I started with it and stuck with it. I have other examples, best round, -3 was with a Taylormade Burner many years ago.
I have a Mevo+ so do most of my practicing on it, not paying too much attention to spin rates as I think trajectory/real ball flight is very important.
Curious to know if anyone has similar stories to tell using “Cheapo’s” and going low.
