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Drive For Show Putt For Dough

So today I was cleaning out my bag and I found a Top-Flite Spalding ball from back in 1982. I decided to chip with it in the yard and compared it against the Pro v1 and Taylormade TP Red. The ball went much higher then the other two and seemed to shoot off the face.

Anyone ever hit one and know why it even compares to todays balls?

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Ft-i Imix Fubuki 60g Stiff
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Snake Well Established Member

Snake

If it's that old, I'm guessing it probably has a wound core making it more lively (for lack of a better word) than a solid core ball.

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tjy355

So today I was cleaning out my bag and I found a Top-Flite Spalding ball from back in 1982...

You should clean out your bag more often!!

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TheWarHound Well Established Member

TheWarHound

You should clean out your bag more often!!

That was my first thought!

I have no idea . . . I figured a 25 year old golf ball would hit like a rock.

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Driver: R7 Draw 9*
3W: Ovation 15*
Hybrid Halo 19* 2H, Halo 22* 3H
Irons: i/3 O-Size 4-PWSW: Vokey SM 56*Putter: Anser

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Dub Great Member

Dub

Sweet find.


I also cleaned out my golf bag this morning and found several dollars in change and some dollar bills.
909D Comp 9.5* (house MATRIX OZIK XCON-6)
Burner Superfast 3 & 5 woods (house MATRIX OZIK XCON-4.8)
G15 Hybrid 23* (AWT shaft)
G5 5 iron-PW-46*, UW-50*, SW-54 & LW-58 (AWT shaft)
Studio Select Newport 2 Mid SlantGrips: PING cords & Golf Pride New Decade Multi-Coumpound Bag: C-130...
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MGP Well Established Member

MGP

Sweet find.

Yeah but it was Confederate money...

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Exotics 12°, Aldila VS Proto 65S
Exotics CB1 4W, 16.5°, Fujikura Stiff
3DX DC Ironwood 20°, 23°, 26º Hybrids, Proforce V2 Stiff Acer XP905 Pro 6-PW, Dynalite Gold S300Inazone CNC Spin Satin GW 50°/8°, SW 54°/14°, LW 58°/4°Boccieri...

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beachbreak Well Established Member

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The wound balls back then spun like crazy. We used to use the TopFile Superflights on windy days. On less windy days, I used Titleist DT Wounds. 90's. It's amazing how ball technology has progressed since then.

PS - There was also a great little ball back then called the Acushnet - Club Special. Some kind of Titleist wound ball.

I'm down to a 10 handicap. At this rate, I'll get to scratch at 90 years old!

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misty_mountainhop Great Member

misty_mountainhop

Rock, sorry Top, Flight made some OK balls but I doubt they ever made wound balls in living memory i.e. 30-40 years. The old Tour Edition was a real breakthrough ball which gave real spin with a non-cut cover; if you ever hit a true balata ball thin you'll realise how good the new covers are in terms of resilience.

I imagine the one you found basically bounces off the clubface without actually gripping it like a ProV1 or similar and therefore flies much higher. I wouldn't mind betting the Top Flight will have minimal spin on it.

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