BDTWEET5 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I’ve started in a league at my local x-golf and often laugh and the inconsistency of distances (“good feeling” drives will go 230-300). One thing I’ve noticed is that the balls at the facility are nearly bald and feel hard as rocks. The manager told us from the start to use their balls as they have a transparent top coat with bold markings underneath to help the sim cameras best. That being the case, I’m tempted to get those Taylormade balls with repeated logos and try them there but curious if anyone else has info to weigh in on? P.S. I haven’t tried hitting any of my own regular balls in there yet so I should also experiment with that too, probably. Quote Link to comment
toehold57 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Although I cannot say with certainty it would make sense that the ball would have an enormous effect on the outcome of any shot. If your ball is faster in real life then it should be faster on the sim as well. Your ball is spinning more in real life, it would be spinning more on sim as well (assuming the camera can pick it up. The sims I’ve played on provided ProV practice balls to use. Quote Link to comment
DiscipleofPenick Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I believe it would. I went to a sim and the balls were beat. A club shorter on irons and a swing from the heels maxing out at 230. I'm going back next week and plan on using my balls. I want to compare the regular version to X versions of a couple balls, Take Dead Aim Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment
skyryder Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I actually took a sleeve of about 4 different balls to practice session at GolfTec to see which ball to use going forward. I hit shots with wedge, 8 iron, 7 wood, and driver. There was substantial difference between the TP5's that particular facility uses for routine practice and my personal brands I brought along. I know it may seem a little bit A-R (never was sure if that word is hyphenated or not), but I have narrowed it down to two selections. I am going to play a couple of rounds with each and try to make a decision on which one I "like" the best. I was also told that using personal balls in the sim can get expensive in a hurry because the constant hitting them at speed into the net/screen and them striking the floor on the rebound with some force takes its toll pretty quickly on the "real" golf balls. toehold57 1 Quote Link to comment
juspoole Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 It definitely makes a difference ball type even on SIM. Hope you can narrow down to one you like that still gets read well on the Simulator. If you interested in the Taylormade Pix ball to get picked up easily. Golf Discount has practice version of the ball for 19.99 a dozen. These are the same quality as the normal ball but just have a logo misplaced or something like that. https://www.golfdiscount.com/taylormade-2019-tp5x-pix-20-practice-bagged-golf-balls BDTWEET5 1 Quote Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero 9* (Set to 10) Ventus Blue 6X 2 Hybrid: TSI3 Hybrid Tensei Blue 80 X (17.25*) 3 Hybrid 818 H2 Hybrid Hzrdus RDX Black 6.5 (20.5*) 4 Iron - T200 4 Iron Graphite Design Tour AD IZ X Hybrid Shaft Irons 5-PW: T100-S 5 - GW KBS Tour 130 X Gap/Sand Wedge: Vokey SM6 49* SM8 54* Lob Wedge: Jaws 5 Wedge 58* DG Tour Issue Stiff Putter: Phantom 5.5 34" Pro Platinum Newport 2 35" Taylormade Tour Black Spider 34" Link to comment
null Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 What type of system is being used to read the ball? cnosil and JohnSmalls 2 Quote Link to comment
Chip Strokes Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 my local sim makes you use their balls. they’re marked up in a way that lets the machine pick the ball up. when you hit a ball that’s faded a little bit, the shot doesn’t register. i’ve been considering borrowing a ball and using it as a template to mark half a dozen of my gamers and comparing them to the range balls, just to see if there’s a performance difference Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment
BDTWEET5 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, jlukes said: What type of system is being used to read the ball? Not sure - x-golf makes it sound proprietary but might also be a bunch of marketing jargon Info: https://www.xgolfsimulator.com/technology/ Quote Link to comment
BDTWEET5 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 58 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: my local sim makes you use their balls. they’re marked up in a way that lets the machine pick the ball up. when you hit a ball that’s faded a little bit, the shot doesn’t register. i’ve been considering borrowing a ball and using it as a template to mark half a dozen of my gamers and comparing them to the range balls, just to see if there’s a performance difference Not a bad idea! Only downside would be the annoying permanent marker “tattoos” that would be left to clean off your club face after most shots. Quote Link to comment
cnosil Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 You are getting into the specifics of the simulator and the system it uses to read balls. Some require the balls be marked up in a specific way and even placed on the ground in a specific way to get accurate results. If you really want to know the answer, try calling or sending a question to the sim manufacturer and see if they will answer your question. Chip Strokes 1 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment
RollingGreens Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 16 hours ago, BDTWEET5 said: I’ve started in a league at my local x-golf and often laugh and the inconsistency of distances (“good feeling” drives will go 230-300). One thing I’ve noticed is that the balls at the facility are nearly bald and feel hard as rocks. The manager told us from the start to use their balls as they have a transparent top coat with bold markings underneath to help the sim cameras best. That being the case, I’m tempted to get those Taylormade balls with repeated logos and try them there but curious if anyone else has info to weigh in on? P.S. I haven’t tried hitting any of my own regular balls in there yet so I should also experiment with that too, probably. I have read in the manual it is not recommended to use balls that are not the plain white coloring or with any extra logos or patterns. Supposedly the the cameras aren't able to pick up the balls as well. I.E the memo plus likes balls to be marked with the metallic sticker. Quote Stealth 2 Plus 9deg Kai' li Red Stealth 2 13deg Aldilla Rogue Silver Stealth 2 15deg Aldilla Rogue Silver JPX 921 Hot Metal 4-PW Nippon Modus 120s SM8 54 and 58deg Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Titleist ProV1 Hoofer Stand Bag Stewart Q Follow Electric Caddie 300 PRO Rangefinder Official Nippon Regio B+ Driver Shaft Review Official Stewart Q Follow Review Link to comment
Pandaman Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Yes, different balls can absolutely make a difference. Any sim/monitor that captures ball data will measure what the ball actually does. So balls with different launch charactrristics will naturally give differrent results. Depending on the monitor, appropriate markings and 'dots' etc can help the monitor see what the ball is doing, giving better readings, but shouldn't affect ball performance in themselves. I tested this on SkyTrak a while ago, and different models can and do perform differently for launch angle and spin, and therefore flight too. The biggest difference I noticed being eurethane covers compared to others. Launch was lower and spin was higher for eurethane, at least with the models I tried. I could actually see the launch angle difference visually too, so the monitor certainly seemed to register it properly. Quote Link to comment
Bossfan Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I’ve played in a sim league the last couple of years and I agree different balls will read differently. When we first started playing we’d use whatever balls were there and distances were all over the place. I tried some lower compression balls I use in early spring and fall ( DT Trusoft and Wilson 50/50) and my distances were more consistent and more in line with what I normally do outside. My accuracy also Improved quite a bit. Not sure that works for everyone but it helped me. Quote D- Tour Edge EXS 220 4W- Sub 70 949X Hybrid- Sub 70 949X Utility- Sub 70 699 U 21 degree Irons- Sub 70 749 5-PW Wedges- Sub 70 286 50+54, Tour Edge 1 out 58 degree Putter- Cleveland Huntington Beach soft # 11 Ball- Titleist Tour Soft Link to comment
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