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Knockahoma Member

Knockahoma

Do you switch to a different ball when it gets colder? I have heard that people switch to lower compression balls in the winter. Does it make a difference in performance or just feel? What ball do you like to play when its cold outside? Thanks.
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CassinoNorth Dedicated Member

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Definitely will get you some extra distance when the temps drop. The Titleist Gran Z is one of my favorite winter balls along with the Precept Laddie.

Waiting out the 2 feet of snow that just dropped on the course....

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Bridgestone e6. Great ball.

Driver:Titleist 910 D2
3 Wood: Titleist FT Fairway Woods (Old club)
Irons: Callaway Hot X-24 4-PW , SW
Putter: Odyssey Two Ball
Ball: Bridgstone e-6

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Robato Established Member

Robato

Never thought about this before, but I did play in about 50 degree weather yesterday, played a softer than normal ball, and it worked really really good.

Titleist 910D2 8.5° Diamana 'ahina 80 S
Titleist 909F3 3W 13° Diamana D83 S, Titleist 910f 5W 19° Fubuki Ax 80X
Taylormade RAC MB TP 3-PW Irons DG S300, Callaway Jaws 54° and 60°
Titleist Futura putter, Taylormade TP5 balls

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glk23 Well Established Member

glk23

I do. Love the TM Reds in the summer, but just don't feel like I can compress them when it gets colder. Last fall/winter I went to the TF D2 Feel and really liked it. There is very little need for alot of spin in my area (WA.) as things really soften up quite a bit. So far this fall, I have been using some Srixon Soft Feels that I found during the summer and kept for this time of year. Played Sunday in wet and cold (42 degrees) and I had no problem sticking everything from a 7-pw well under a foot from its mark. One of the guys I was playing with was using a Penta and it did the same thing.

Lots of good inexpensive 2 piece balls out there that still have a soft feel when it gets cold. Personally, I like the D2 Feel, Soft Feel, TM Burner, and the Nike PD Soft among a bunch of others.

In my Bagboy cart bag:
Driver: TM R11s 10.5 R-flex 3W: TM 09 Burner 3H: TM 09 Burner Irons: TM Tour Burner 4-PW r-flex
Wedges: Wilson TW9 GW, Ping Eye 2+ SW, Vokey SM 58.08      Putter:TM Rossa Spider Ball: TM TP/Red LDP, TF Gamer v2   Range Finder: GX-I

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glk23 Well Established Member

glk23

Forgot to add that price is also a factor for me. This time of year it is pretty easy to lose balls that are in or just off the fairways. Soggy places lead to pluged balls especially off the tee. Both guys I played with on Sun lost balls that plugged in the rough less than 10 yds off the fairway. I almost lost one amongst quite a bit of leaves just off the green.

I picked up two 15 packs of the D2 Feels last fall for $17 and found enough quality 2 piece balls during the season to keep me going until it warms up enough to switch to the Gamer V2 or TM Burner TP and then on to the Reds.

In my Bagboy cart bag:
Driver: TM R11s 10.5 R-flex 3W: TM 09 Burner 3H: TM 09 Burner Irons: TM Tour Burner 4-PW r-flex
Wedges: Wilson TW9 GW, Ping Eye 2+ SW, Vokey SM 58.08      Putter:TM Rossa Spider Ball: TM TP/Red LDP, TF Gamer v2   Range Finder: GX-I

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stebed Established Member

stebed

Played yesterday, it was about 1ºc so about 35ºf fairways were frozen, greens had snow on them you had to land an approach about 25y short and bounce it on, one of my playing partners bounced one in the middle of a frozen pond and landed on the green! It made no difference what ball you played, ended up with a yellow Donay, which don't exist in the US I don't think, but if they did they would be about $4 a dozen!

S83 Mid-size Tour bag
910D2 9.5º Aldila RIP Stiff C.3 setting
909F2 15.5º Diamana Stiff
909F3 18º Aldila VooDoo Stiff
909h 19º Diamana StiffAP2 4 iron  CB 710 5-PW KBS Tour stiff50º(bent to 52º) 56º54 60ºStudio select Newport 2 Pro V1

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hkphooey00 Established Member

hkphooey00

I play the Wilson Zips in the winter. They're super soft and cheap.

Driver...Ping G10 10.5* V2 High Launch

4-wood......Bobby Jones by Jesse Ortiz 2012 17*
3-4 Hybrid.......Bobby Jones Player Series 21* and 25*
Irons.........Mizuno MX-200
Wedges....Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 52*, Ping Tour-W 56*, Ping Tour-S 60*....Putter-Ping Redwood Piper.....Ball-Srixon TriSpeed Tour

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