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after all these pages, my own opinion is just be consistent, at least through a round. if you're playing a urethane cover stick with that. don't go from a pro v on first 3 holes, lose it, and switch to Nike velocity, then to nxt, then to TM lethal. you'll never get a feel for what the ball will do inside 100. i agree with op, if you're consistent, playing a nxt tour when you had always played a pro v1 won't affect score because you'll adapt. you'll have times where ball release slightly more and it hurts you, and other times it will help. i do think that once you get to scratch or better the spin around greens will start saving you shots.

 

OMG, I love when someone agrees with me :)

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FWIW i have played a lot of balls this year for at least 1 round, from my recollection of what i've used:

 

-Callaway SuperSoft

-Srixon Qstar

-Pro V1

-Pro V1x

-Tour Preferred X

-NXT Tour S

-Srixon Z star

-Callaway Hex Chrome

-Callaway Diablo Tour

-Taylormade Penta TP

-Nike 20XI

 

I haven't noticed any difference in scores, or how the ball moves on solid shots. I prefer the feel of some of them (Pro V1 at the top of the list) and some like the SuperSoft i find is harder for chipping as it doesn't bite as much on crisp chips

 

But usually it's like 1 chip and i adjust

 

For a competitive round i'm not sure what i would use. Probably a Pro V because i like the feel, but i would use anything

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wow some of you guys have a lot of time on your hand or nothing better to do. Maybe you guys should try golfing has a hobby instead of debating. LOL

 

I'm still waiting for one of the detractors to play 5 rounds with a particular ball and 5 more with a different one ... forget about the fact that I played 40 rounds before coming to a conclusion.

 

9 pages of responses and not a single poster has said "I alternated balls every day for a week and shot significantly different scores".

 

The sum total of responses seems to be: "Let's spend $1,000,000 to conduct an experiment that may or may not produce valid data" or "I don't (do) think it matters".

 

 

Oh my goodness. Forty whole rounds, Brian? A few more years of that and you will arrive at "validity for one." You've already been proved wrong, and now it seems you're doing everything you can not to engage with the reasoning. Frustrated little distractions like this post only serve our other viewpoint.

 

And what makes you think that at some point in my 25 years of playing golf that I haven't played a lower tier ball and noticed the difference? What do you think led me to a balata/urethane in the first place? ;)

 

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wow some of you guys have a lot of time on your hand or nothing better to do. Maybe you guys should try golfing has a hobby instead of debating. LOL

 

I'm still waiting for one of the detractors to play 5 rounds with a particular ball and 5 more with a different one ... forget about the fact that I played 40 rounds before coming to a conclusion.

 

9 pages of responses and not a single poster has said "I alternated balls every day for a week and shot significantly different scores".

 

The sum total of responses seems to be: "Let's spend $1,000,000 to conduct an experiment that may or may not produce valid data" or "I don't (do) think it matters".

 

 

You've already been proved wrong,

 

 

 

 

I could go back and read all the posts over the last year, but as near as I recall, not a single person has posted any contrary data points, derived over more than a couple of rounds ... including yourself.

 

Everyone seems to have an opinion, but other than MtlJeff and a couple of others, hardly anyone has said ... "I played xyz ball and my scores changed significantly".

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wow some of you guys have a lot of time on your hand or nothing better to do. Maybe you guys should try golfing has a hobby instead of debating. LOL

 

I'm still waiting for one of the detractors to play 5 rounds with a particular ball and 5 more with a different one ... forget about the fact that I played 40 rounds before coming to a conclusion.

 

9 pages of responses and not a single poster has said "I alternated balls every day for a week and shot significantly different scores".

 

The sum total of responses seems to be: "Let's spend $1,000,000 to conduct an experiment that may or may not produce valid data" or "I don't (do) think it matters".

 

 

You've already been proved wrong,

 

 

 

 

I could go back and read all the posts over the last year, but as near as I recall, not a single person has posted any contrary data points, derived over more than a couple of rounds ... including yourself.

 

Everyone seems to have an opinion, but other than MtlJeff and a couple of others, hardly anyone has said ... "I played xyz ball and my scores changed significantly".

 

Brain, you claim to be too lazy to read, but when your method is flawed on its face, that means I don't have to post data because...you didn't post any "data" either. Despite that, here is the standard of evidence needed to disprove your claim:

 

"Just speculation, but it probably matters on the Pro Tour and likely in national caliber Amateur tournaments, but I don't think anyone at a lower level than that, has sufficient consistency that the ball will substantively effect his score."

 

For such a broad suggestion, if even a single person out there had a different outcome it would disprove your claim, and here I am (for lack of a better example) - the ball makes a difference in my game, and I play worse when I don't have a urethane in play. And now fast forward to this latest grab at legitimacy - you are in one post saying 100,000 golfers need to be surveyed to prove you wrong, and now less than 100 responses in this thread are enough to prove you right? Further proof that you don't know a lick about data gathering, and that you would rather mislead anyone reading this than admit you exaggerated.

 

And by all means, keep pulling out only those part of my posts that you think you can take on. I'll take that practice to mean that you can't account for the rest.

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and that you would rather mislead anyone reading this than admit you exaggerated.

 

And by all means, keep pulling out only those part of my posts that you think you can take on. I'll take that practice to mean that you can't account for the rest.

 

Those things go on around here ?!?!?! :dntknw:

 

Say it ain't so,,,,,,,,,,,, :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

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This thread is pure gold. A candidate for the GolfWRX thread HOF.

 

 

I may regret this post, but what the heck. Let's invert the problem. Doesn't the USGA rules and regulations governing golf balls that results in the USGA Conforming Golf Ball list essentially support Brian's conclusions? It seems to me that the rules result in each conforming ball performing essentially the same within a small margin of difference. The only true difference between balls is spin characteristics. This is obvious to us all that if we use a ProV1 vs a Pinnacle that the ProV will spin more. So with that in mind, let's assume we can conduct a test that meets the most rigorous scientific standards so that we can control for all the variables needed except for spin.

 

Does anybody really think that if the study were applied across a wide cross-section of golfer's that the single variable of "spin" would have any statistically significant effect on overall scores?

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and that you would rather mislead anyone reading this than admit you exaggerated.

 

And by all means, keep pulling out only those part of my posts that you think you can take on. I'll take that practice to mean that you can't account for the rest.

 

Those things go on around here ?!?!?! :dntknw:

 

Say it ain't so,,,,,,,,,,,, :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

 

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As a higher handicapper I feel the op's premise is legit when referring to higher handicaps. Alot of the detractors probably have a better game anyway so it doesn't apply to them but it's the internet and it's where people go to argue.

 

Now to my game. I am a higher handicapper but I practice my short game 10 times to one to my long game. I can get a wedge to stop but not back up. I can get chips to check when using a premium ball but not out of the rough where alot of us higher indexes wind up. I read the entire thread and alot of talk was about 150 yard approach shots. Well I haven't played yet with a high index that hits the green consistently from 150 and further out.

 

I play a variety of courses with greens ranging from granite counter tops to shag carpet. On faster greens i like a ball with more spin but it doesn't really produce better scores when it is more crooked for me off the tee. Remember the original premise of the op was about score. Not feel. Not spin. Not the sound the ball makes coming off the club. It was simply about the score. This year I have played very consistent for me score wise and it did not matter what ball i used. Five so far.

1. Prov1

2. Prov1x

3. Nike crush

4. Strata tour (new favorite)

5. Pinnacle precise

 

Can I tell a difference in them. Yes. Do some make a different sound. Yes. Was I blown away with how much lower i scored with one. Ha absolutely not. Was this some test I conducted with statistical significance, nope. Just something I noticed playing twenty rounds or so this year and pretty much every year leading up to this one. I think most of it is attributed to inconsistency, and the whole gamut of problems high indexes have. Now would more established players benefit more from a premium ball? I have no problem concurring with that. But in all the golf i play, in the groups i play with, there are more confirmed sightings of Bigfoot than someone who would score lower with a $50 box of golf balls.

 

I read alot about people wanting a ball that will be consistent. I want a swing that is consistent. A higher index without a consistent swing is not going to have a consistent ball reaction to any ball. So the op's original premise was to score, so if you can't produce consistency shot to shot I would like to see the data analysis on how a more expensive ball magically finds its way to the hole. If it exists i will buy it to help win more beer off my playing partners. Now after reading this thread, it was average players the op referred to. I understand there are a bunch of players on here are just one backed up wedge from going pro, i don't think the study he did was aimed at you, but more towards me and the unwashed i associate with.

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As a higher handicapper I feel the op's premise is legit when referring to higher handicaps. Alot of the detractors probably have a better game anyway so it doesn't apply to them but it's the internet and it's where people go to argue.

 

Now to my game. I am a higher handicapper but I practice my short game 10 times to one to my long game. I can get a wedge to stop but not back up. I can get chips to check when using a premium ball but not out of the rough where alot of us higher indexes wind up. I read the entire thread and alot of talk was about 150 yard approach shots. Well I haven't played yet with a high index that hits the green consistently from 150 and further out.

 

I play a variety of courses with greens ranging from granite counter tops to shag carpet. On faster greens i like a ball with more spin but it doesn't really produce better scores when it is more crooked for me off the tee. Remember the original premise of the op was about score. Not feel. Not spin. Not the sound the ball makes coming off the club. It was simply about the score. This year I have played very consistent for me score wise and it did not matter what ball i used. Five so far.

1. Prov1

2. Prov1x

3. Nike crush

4. Strata tour (new favorite)

5. Pinnacle precise

 

Can I tell a difference in them. Yes. Do some make a different sound. Yes. Was I blown away with how much lower i scored with one. Ha absolutely not. Was this some test I conducted with statistical significance, nope. Just something I noticed playing twenty rounds or so this year and pretty much every year leading up to this one. I think most of it is attributed to inconsistency, and the whole gamut of problems high indexes have. Now would more established players benefit more from a premium ball? I have no problem concurring with that. But in all the golf i play, in the groups i play with, there are more confirmed sightings of Bigfoot than someone who would score lower with a $50 box of golf balls.

 

I read alot about people wanting a ball that will be consistent. I want a swing that is consistent. A higher index without a consistent swing is not going to have a consistent ball reaction to any ball. So the op's original premise was to score, so if you can't produce consistency shot to shot I would like to see the data analysis on how a more expensive ball magically finds its way to the hole. If it exists i will buy it to help win more beer off my playing partners. Now after reading this thread, it was average players the op referred to. I understand there are a bunch of players on here are just one backed up wedge from going pro, i don't think the study he did was aimed at you, but more towards me and the unwashed i associate with.

 

 

+1. My bil plays only provs. He is a 8 hccper. Have I seem him spin it? Yes, but rarely to his advantage. The infatuation of spinning a ball is almost hilarious.

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As a higher handicapper I feel the op's premise is legit when referring to higher handicaps. Alot of the detractors probably have a better game anyway so it doesn't apply to them but it's the internet and it's where people go to argue.

 

Now to my game. I am a higher handicapper but I practice my short game 10 times to one to my long game. I can get a wedge to stop but not back up. I can get chips to check when using a premium ball but not out of the rough where alot of us higher indexes wind up. I read the entire thread and alot of talk was about 150 yard approach shots. Well I haven't played yet with a high index that hits the green consistently from 150 and further out.

 

I play a variety of courses with greens ranging from granite counter tops to shag carpet. On faster greens i like a ball with more spin but it doesn't really produce better scores when it is more crooked for me off the tee. Remember the original premise of the op was about score. Not feel. Not spin. Not the sound the ball makes coming off the club. It was simply about the score. This year I have played very consistent for me score wise and it did not matter what ball i used. Five so far.

1. Prov1

2. Prov1x

3. Nike crush

4. Strata tour (new favorite)

5. Pinnacle precise

 

Can I tell a difference in them. Yes. Do some make a different sound. Yes. Was I blown away with how much lower i scored with one. Ha absolutely not. Was this some test I conducted with statistical significance, nope. Just something I noticed playing twenty rounds or so this year and pretty much every year leading up to this one. I think most of it is attributed to inconsistency, and the whole gamut of problems high indexes have. Now would more established players benefit more from a premium ball? I have no problem concurring with that. But in all the golf i play, in the groups i play with, there are more confirmed sightings of Bigfoot than someone who would score lower with a $50 box of golf balls.

 

I read alot about people wanting a ball that will be consistent. I want a swing that is consistent. A higher index without a consistent swing is not going to have a consistent ball reaction to any ball. So the op's original premise was to score, so if you can't produce consistency shot to shot I would like to see the data analysis on how a more expensive ball magically finds its way to the hole. If it exists i will buy it to help win more beer off my playing partners. Now after reading this thread, it was average players the op referred to. I understand there are a bunch of players on here are just one backed up wedge from going pro, i don't think the study he did was aimed at you, but more towards me and the unwashed i associate with.

 

 

+1. My bil plays only provs. He is a 8 hccper. Have I seem him spin it? Yes, but rarely to his advantage. The infatuation of spinning a ball is almost hilarious.

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I am a 15 handicap and have experimenting with the pro v1's and the Bridgestone B330S Tours. My usual ball is the Top Flite XL distance, which stays straight and long. Personally I don't notice much of any difference in my game using the top-rated golf balls as opposed to my top flights. Actually the top-flight stay straight for me then the high price golf balls. I guess that's just the nature of my skill set but that's the way it is. The biggest issues in scoring for higher handicap golfers is not how well you can spend it on the Green, it's all about keeping the ball in play and good course management. Does anybody think it will do me any good to be able to stop my ball on the green if it takes me 6 Strokes to get there? Heck it's hard to even hit the green for higher handicap golfers let alone trying to stop it when you actually do hit it.

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I agree that expressing opinion is a good thing, and I also wrote that the OP's attempted work was a good thing as well. What I was writing to had nothing to do with anyone's belief about golf balls. My concern was with the OP's insistence that his experiment was both proof positive of his opinion, and that it was generalizable in it applicability. When other people spoke of their opinions to the contrary the OP referrenced his experiment's results as proof that contrarian opinions were mute. Those two points were the only issues that I wrote to. I also agree with you that research is difficult work. Furthermore, I agree with you that we may not be able to construct such an encompassing experiment to begin with. However, what we do seem to be getting here is that some people are more or less affected by differences in balls than others, or they at least reason that this could be the case.

 

So to the point of a potential experiment:

 

Potential variables for consideration:

- Spin (Side, Back)

- Feel (Compression, Construction, Materials)

- Condtions (Course/Hole Layout, Fairway/Green Firmness, Penalty Constructs, Distance)

- Player (Shot Shape, Consistency, Typical Miss Shot Shape, Short Game Prowes)

 

Potential Questions:

A) What effects do side and back spin have on accuracy and distance?

B) What effects can/do conditions have upon the exaggeration of side and back spin?

C) Can combinations of side and back spin and course conditions impair different player's ability to adjust to balls that have more or less types of spin?

D) What constitutes a negative scoring impact?

E) How would standardization with a player's control ball be kept over time for possible scoring deviations between side spin and back spin category balls?

F) Does course familiarity impact a player's ability to adapt to the selected side spin and back spin balls, and if so to what degree does it impact scoring differentials?

G) Is there a difference in score between playing the different spin balls vs the player's standard ball on different holes within the round?

H) Will there be a difference in scoring for each ball when playing multiple balls (with random order) from each category per hole?

I) Are we measuring player adaptive capacity instead of ball differentiation characteristic impact?

 

Potential Experiment Parameters:

1) Differentiating Player types based upon degree of shot shape. This would require determining minimum and maximum values of typical deviation from target.

2) Determining ball type categories for minimum and maximum side spin values, and separately, for backspin values (yes balls may blend these two).

3) Creating Course Layout impacts on scoring per shot shape categories (which tracks more heavily penalize slice vs hooks).

4) Categorizing course layout impacts on both distance and green receptivity.

5) Determining environmental categorization constructs for weather, course, and time impacts (these are some of the external validity points that would exist).

6) Determining representative balls for each category of side spin and back spin.

7) Creating Std Deviation reference platforms of each player's standard ball in relationship to the side spin and back spin reference balls.

8) Drafting course rotation schedules (alternate between standard ball round at one course with high side spin ball at another, then the low side spin ball representative at another course, etc, etc, etc, until one round with each ball has been played in a scrambled way).

 

This above only represents a possible foundation for constructing a more generalizable experiment

 

I know what you meant, The point of bringing in a full scientific thesis to this topic, is just plane overboard.

 

By dissecting's OP post, we can find every flaw in the way a test was done including 99.99999% of all "said test on Golf WRX". But the point that the OP was expressing and I say "POINT" not scientifically, flux-capacitor, 121 jiggawatts test that was conducted. Was that at a mortal level at a normal round of golf, The ball does not really matter.

 

Yes yes, we can do all that test... feel free to do so and take the time out, but I personally feel, it wont matter.

 

 

a higher spinning ball, personally is that 1 benefit..... more spin, other than that......Again you have to have greens that are receptive to the increased spin and the actual skill to manipulate the spin on command.

 

If you have neither, then the shot consistency that will ALWAYS occur is a roll out and thus players should adapt to that roll out until, they either play greens that are impossible to hold and or they develop a skill to manipulate a golf ball.

 

I appreciate your point, however you only site one variable which is backspin, and further, you only site one application of backspin which is in "holding greens". The reality is that backspin can affect distance, even for the average player as well. Also, side spin will affect deviation from the target line, and THAT can affect just how much "Army golf" a person is playing. It can also significantly impact a player's score depending upon course layout and OB. Remember, Bridgestone DOES market a ball that they tout as having less side spin in order to cut down on slices (what the majority of right hand golfer's do) and hooks, with the expressed point that it will help you to SCORE better. LOL

 

Regarding the "dissection" of the OP's experiment NOT needing to be done: my point was that it DID need some review for the claims that he was making regarding it's applicability to all but the super small minority of pro golfer's. There are a number of people who not only disagree with the OP's findings, but THEY have experienced for themselves, and or seen others experience that the ball CAN and DOES make a difference. The OP strongly inferred and basically wrote that HIS testing PROVES that they are wrong. Thus, since the OP wanted to have his experiment hold as proof that his hypothesis applies to just about everyone else it made it fair game to examine it from a scientific research methodology perspective.

 

Just take a moment to think about it please. When the OP did his "experiment" what balls did he use? How close were the characteristics of those balls to his own in both side spin and back spin? How did he "rotate" the balls; was it between holes or rounds? Did the OP ever question or realize how good HE may actually be, in the sense that he may not put any significant side spin on his shots unless he WANTS to? If that's the case then the OP effectively confined the test to more of a "distance" test, where he primarily only had to adjust for the roll out that you speak of. Taking that one step further, if he played on greens that were not very firm, or that had large amounts of run out area, and or that were not sloped, then the OP REALLY took even the green holding factor out of the test, thereby further narrowing it to a "distance" ADJUST ABILITY test. In fact, the whole test may have been measuring how well the OP could adjust to a ball's characteristics, instead of how much those characteristics, left unchecked, would have impacted his scores. Then the OP's conclusions ASSUME that everyone else could make the same adjustments, and thus charges them to be as adaptable as he may be. In other words, the OP may not, and probably did not, measure what he intended to measure, and that means the test wasn't internally valid; let alone generalize-able to the vast amount of golfers.

 

The point of the OP, and it seems based upon what you have just written, yourself included, is that the ball doesn't matter: primarily it seems, due to the ability of people to adjust to any differences in ball characteristics that may exits, or because the differences simply do not make enough of a difference to negatively impact anyone. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. What people aren't entitled to is to create an "experiment" that isn't well constructed according to even basic research methodology principles, and then say that their test "proves" that they were right and anyone else that thinks and or experiences anything differently is simply wrong. In my opinion, doing THAT is going overboard; using voodoo science and telling everyone that they simply must accept your conclusions because they are "scientific" when they aren't.

 

Look, there are very serious flaws on a basic level here with the construction of the OP's tests if he is going to generalize it to the overwhelming majority of golfers; it's not nitpicking. Trying to discount these flaws as being insignificant or overburdening as a way of ignoring that the OP's experiment ISN'T as applicable as he, and others may want it to be doesn't make sense. Why? Because we all have the right to use whatever ball we want to, and we all know what we do on the course and can/have tried things (including different balls) to help us with our own individual idiosyncrasies.

 

Furthermore, we all know that for SOME "X" % of golfers the ball doesn't matter. We can also hypothesize that for SOME "Y" % of golfers the ball will have less of an impact on their scores then the "Z" golfers. We can even Hypothesize that the "A" golfers, the very few that they are, maybe would experience a significant impact to their scores with different ball characteristics. However, to say that the ONLY group that would experience an impact in their scores based upon ball characteristics are the type "A" golfers, because those people are "good", and thus everyone else just needs to forget about it because the OP's tests proved they are all wrong and just deluding themselves??? Well, that simply doesn't work. Therefore the OP doesn't get a pass when he wants to tell everyone else that they are delusional because he and his experiment say so.

 

Now with that written, there really isn't anything else to be said; it's all been laid out by all of the posters on this thread. When you look at it all, we see that there ARE NON-low to + handicap players that DO believe/find that differences in ball characteristics can impact their scores. We also see that others believe/find that ball characteristics can not only impact their scores, but do so to an extent that they struggle to adapt well enough to the differences to negate them. And still others believe/find that they/golfer's in general, are able to adapt, or even find no disconcerting differences that would significantly impact their scores.

 

And THAT'S what I think we can all take away from this: The fact that a golf ball's characteristics May, or May Not impact YOU. Therefore you have to try it for yourself and see, instead of simply accepting someone's belief/logic that it will or it won't.

 

 

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I am a 15 handicap and have experimenting with the pro v1's and the Bridgestone B330S Tours. My usual ball is the Top Flite XL distance, which stays straight and long. Personally I don't notice much of any difference in my game using the top-rated golf balls as opposed to my top flights. Actually the top-flight stay straight for me then the high price golf balls. I guess that's just the nature of my skill set but that's the way it is. The biggest issues in scoring for higher handicap golfers is not how well you can spend it on the Green, it's all about keeping the ball in play and good course management. Does anybody think it will do me any good to be able to stop my ball on the green if it takes me 6 Strokes to get there? Heck it's hard to even hit the green for higher handicap golfers let alone trying to stop it when you actually do hit it.

 

i.e. you agree with those who suggest that the lower the handicap the more the ball matters,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

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Just signed up this morning. Read through this rather long topic from beginning to end. I certainly have had favorite brands or models of golf balls over the years. I don't hit a lot of greens in regulation but use mid-level balls with a bit of spin just in case I do hit the green! I believe the OP has done a reasonable job of representing how we can adapt to different types of golf balls. Because I miss so many greens in a round I usually chip or pitch a ball onto the green. I practice this a lot because I know from experience that I will miss greens from even a 7 iron distance! I get most of my pars with a short one putt.

Fall has arrived here and the softer feeling entry level golf balls I have found all summer long are now in the bag. They fly fairly well in the colder weather without shocking the hands too much! The approach shots won't hold on the colder, harder greens so when I miss the greens short as so often happens many shots roll up to the edge or onto the green. If my putting holds up I'll score better than in the Summer!

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      Please put your comments or question on this thread. Links to all the threads are below...
       
       
       
       
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    • 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Discussion and Links to Photos
      Please put any questions or comments here
       
       
       
      General Albums
       
      2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Monday #1
      2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Monday #2
      2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Monday #3
       
       
       
       
      WITB Albums
       
      Matt (LFG) Every - WITB - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
      Sahith Theegala - WITB - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
       
       
       
       
       
      Pullout Albums
       
      New Cameron putters (and new "LD" grip) - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
      New Bettinardi MB & CB irons - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
      Custom Bettinardi API putter cover - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
      Custom Swag API covers - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
      New Golf Pride Reverse Taper grips - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    • 2024 Cognizant Classic - Discussion and Links to Photos
      Please put any questions or comments here
       
       
       
       
      General Albums
       
      2024 Cognizant Classic - Monday #1
      2024 Cognizant Classic - Monday #2
      2024 Cognizant Classic - Monday #3
      2024 Cognizant Classic - Monday #4
       
       
       
      WITB Albums
       
      Brandt Snedeker - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Max Greyserman - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Eric Cole - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Carl Yuan - WITb - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Russell Henley - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Justin Sun - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Alex Noren - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Shane Lowry - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Taylor Montgomery - WITB - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Jake Knapp (KnappTime_ltd) - WITB - - 2024 Cognizant Classic
       
       
       
      Pullout Albums
       
      New Super Stoke Pistol Lock 1.0 & 2.0 grips - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      LA Golf new insert putter - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      New Garsen Quad Tour 15 grip - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      New Swag covers - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Jacob Bridgeman's custom Cameron putter - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Bud Cauley's custom Cameron putters - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Ryo Hisatsune's custom Cameron putter - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Chris Kirk - new black Callaway Apex CB irons and a few Odyssey putters - 2024 Cognizant Classic
      Alejandro Tosti's custom Cameron putter - 2024 Cognizant Classic
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    • 2024 Genesis Invitational - Discussion and Links to Photos
      Please put any questions or comments here
       
       
       
      General Albums
       
      2024 Genesis Invitational - Monday #1
      2024 Genesis Invitational - Monday #2
      2024 Genesis Invitational - Tuesday #1
      2024 Genesis Invitational - Tuesday #2
      2024 Genesis Invitational - Tuesday #3
      2024 Genesis Invitational - Tuesday #4
       
       
       
       
      WITB Albums
       
      Rory McIlroy - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Sepp Straka - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Patrick Rodgers - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Brendon Todd - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Denny McCarthy - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Corey Conners - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Chase Johnson - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Tiger Woods - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Tommy Fleetwood - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Matt Fitzpatrick - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Si Woo Kim - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Viktor Hovland - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Wyndham Clark - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Cam Davis - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Nick Taylor - WITB - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Ben Baller WITB update (New putter, driver, hybrid and shafts) – 2024 Genesis Invitational
       
       
       
       
       
      Pullout Albums
       
      New Vortex Golf rangefinder - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      New Fujikura Ventus shaft - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Tiger Woods & TaylorMade "Sun Day Red" apparel launch event, product photos – 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Tiger Woods Sun Day Red golf shoes - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Aretera shafts - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      New Toulon putters - 2024 Genesis Invitational
      Tiger Woods' new white "Sun Day Red" golf shoe prototypes – 2024 Genesis Invitational
       
       
       
       
       
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    • 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open - Discussion and Links to Photos
      Please put and questions or comments here
       
       
       
       
      General Albums
       
      2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open - Monday #1
      2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open - Monday #2
       
       
       
       
      WITB Albums
       
      Ben Taylor - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Garrick Higgo - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Billy Horschel - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Justin Lower - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Lanto Griffin - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Bud Cauley - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Corbin Burnes (2021 NL Cy Young) - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Greyson Sigg - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Charley Hoffman - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Nico Echavarria - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Victor Perez - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Sami Valimaki - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Ryo Hisatsune - WITB - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Pullout Albums
       
      Jake Knapp's custom Cameron putters - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      New Cameron putters - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Tyler Duncan's custom Cameron putter - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Greyson Sigg's custom Cameron putters - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Sunjae Im's custom Cameron putter - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Ping's Waste Management putter covers - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Vincent Whaley's custom Cameron - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Odyssey Waste Management putter covers - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Super Stroke custom grips - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Cameron putters - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Zac Blair's custom Cameron putter - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
      Bettinardi Waste Management putter covers - 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open
       
       
       
       
       
       

       
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