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Iowa Hawkeye

By Iowa Hawkeye
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Damien45 Well Established Member

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Never heard of getting fitted for a ball, how does one go about doing this?

Bridgestone has a ball fitter application on their website. They generally take some stats and provide recommendations. Much like getting fitted for clubs. The thing about it is that stores don't generally do it, but find a demo/fitting day for ball manufacturers.

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Pretty similar weather and terrain to Omaha. I would make the choice based on what part of your game you feel you depend on. If it is short game and you play a lot of bump and runs, the low spin choices people listed make sense, they will help with straighter tee shots, especially on windy days. I am older and for me short game is where I score, I couldn't overpower an executive course. The only other issue is I think low spin balls into elevated greens are difficult to judge distance wise. They come in so flat that you never know how much they are going to release. If you are long and usually hitting into the green with a 7 iron or less this is probably not an issue for you. Unfortunately I am usually hitting a mid or long iron.

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Iowa Hawkeye Dedicated Member

Iowa Hawkeye

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I'd look towards very low spin balls.

By that I mean that while I sometimes can get balls to spin and bite, sometimes I can't and they just run once they hit. I don't use the same ball consistently right now, but I plan on starting to once I find one right for me.

FTi 10* Draw w/ ProLaunch Blue 65g Stiff
5 Wood
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Iowa Hawkeye

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Ok, update. I picked up a dozen HX Hot Bites and a dozen Cxr's. I'll see how they work out. The shop at my regular course carries Bridgestone, so I'll stop out there soon and see what they have to say.

FTi 10* Draw w/ ProLaunch Blue 65g Stiff
5 Wood
Walter Hagen Ultradyne Blades 3-PW
52*
X-Tour Vintage 56.13 X-Forged Chrome 64.09 Dual Force BladeBall: B330Rx or Pro V1


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Ok, update. I picked up a dozen HX Hot Bites and a dozen Cxr's. I'll see how they work out. The shop at my regular course carries Bridgestone, so I'll stop out there soon and see what they have to say.

Just saw Callaway HX Hot Bites for sale at Wally Mart for $20 and HX Hot Plus for $20 also. looks like a pretty good deal, I've played the HX Hot before and it was a good ball. JMHO

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JCDot33 Well Established Member

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That price on the Callaway Hot Bite just might actually make a trip to Wally-World (Clarke W. Griswold) worth it for once ...
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Iowa Hawkeye

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I picked them up yesterday @ walmart for 19.94 each. 10 off of golf galaxy and Internet prices.

FTi 10* Draw w/ ProLaunch Blue 65g Stiff
5 Wood
Walter Hagen Ultradyne Blades 3-PW
52*
X-Tour Vintage 56.13 X-Forged Chrome 64.09 Dual Force BladeBall: B330Rx or Pro V1


JCDot33 Well Established Member

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Just saw Callaway HX Hot Bites for sale at Wally Mart for $20 and HX Hot Plus for $20 also. looks like a pretty good deal, I've played the HX Hot before and it was a good ball. JMHO

That price on the Callaway Hot Bite just might actually make a trip to Wally-World (Clarke W. Griswold) worth it for once ...

Yeah, so for those of us in the North East, Wal-Mart HAS NOT lowered thoses prices on the Callaway balls .... I have been to 2 Wal-Marts in the last 24 hours (which is a practice I totally try to avoid) and the price is still $29.98 ...

... which is still not a BAD price, but I am not going to purchase at Wal-Mart for a difference of $5 ....
In my Bag:

Driver: Burner 10.5* Stiff shaft
3 WoodBurner 15* stiff shaft
5 WoodBurner 18* stiff ShaftHybrid3DX (18.5*)Irons: (4-LW):Putter: Rossa Indy SportBalls: Reds

TheNatural Dedicated Member

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Bridgestone has a ball fitter application on their website. They generally take some stats and provide recommendations. Much like getting fitted for clubs. The thing about it is that stores don't generally do it, but find a demo/fitting day for ball manufacturers.

from your earlier quote, the ball your using is the cause of your lowering HC? thats awesome.

I would have steered the OP away from ProV's due to their extreme spin. Amazing that they can craft a low spin driver ball and high spin iron ball in the same cover. How did they do that? I was using a wilson pro staff fx4 just to experience the hardest ball out there. It can be interesting at times off the tee. GOing to the PinnGold FX Long next round.

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from your earlier quote, the ball your using is the cause of your lowering HC? thats awesome.

I'm not an expert, so this is just a guess, but here goes. I would think that it has to do with getting bit by the grooves. Like if its hit square it wont spin, but once the grooves and clubface grab the ball it gets the core moving.

FTi 10* Draw w/ ProLaunch Blue 65g Stiff
5 Wood
Walter Hagen Ultradyne Blades 3-PW
52*
X-Tour Vintage 56.13 X-Forged Chrome 64.09 Dual Force BladeBall: B330Rx or Pro V1


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