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No matter how good a golfer may be, he or she will not be any
good at all without golf balls. Granted, it is a no-brainer that
golfers need to have golf balls in order to play. But, the
question is, which golf balls are the best.
This is a sticky situation and depends almost entirely the
individual golfer and his or her tastes, what he or she expects
out of the ball, and, quite frankly, how much money he or she
wants to spend.
There are golfers out there who will play with nothing but one
brand of ball. No matter what else happens, they will only and
always use this particular brand. What these balls cost is
irrelevant to them. It is this ball or no golf. Yes, this going
to the extremes, but, let's face it, there are people in this
world who prefer living life at the extreme edge of sanity.
Now, let's get down to some common sense when it comes to the
golf ball. We shall start with the beginning golfer. The
beginner needs to forget what he or she may have heard about any
brand or type of golf ball, what it does and how far it goes.
Beginning golfers are going to lose a lot of golf balls. They
need to think more about price than quality. The beginning
golfer needs to purchase "been around" balls, which are balls
sold in bulk (around 50 to a bag), that have been found on golf
courses and recycled, for lack of a better word.
OK, these used golf balls are more often than not name brand
balls, but this does not matter. The beginning golfer, in
learning how to hit the ball straight, keep it in the fairway,
out of the woods and water, will go through dozens, if not
hundreds of golf balls. Therefore, the logical thing for the
beginning golfer to do is buy in bulk.
As the golfer gets better, the best idea would be to move up to
a better grade of ball. This, though, does not mean to rush out
to the nearest golfing supply house and buy the most expensive
ball on the shelves. Again, think about the price of the ball
and the level of your skill.
If a player has a tendency to slice the ball, or tends to top
the ball (this is where the club head hits the top of the ball.
While it gives the ball a lot of top spin, the ball does not
travel far, and tends to be gashed by the club), stick with
cheap balls. This does not mean stay with the bulk recycled
balls, but inexpensive new ones.
In theory, players get better the more they play. As the skill
level increases, the golfer can experiment with different brands
of golf balls, checking to see which ones he or she may like the
best. And, a lot of thought should be given to the type of
course the golfer will be using these balls on.
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