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jonwil Member

jonwil

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Are you finding your blades’ higher center of gravity a problem given new ball designs(less spin, post-balata), and if so what adjustments are you making?

ry1808 Established Member

ry1808

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Well I never really hit blades in the balata days but my new blades give such a strong penetrating ball flight that I think the COG is perfect. Also the control with the long irons is just mind-blowing.

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R9 TP Driver Stiff 9.5deg
R9 TP 4-Wood Stiff 17deg
X-Forged Prototype 3-9 Stiff (rifle flighted) 48deg, 52deg, 56deg, 60deg CG12 Wedges Newport Longneck TeI3 One Black


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Are you finding your blades’ higher center of gravity a problem given new ball designs(less spin, post-balata), and if so what adjustments are you making?

I opened this thread ready to direct you to the search window - I see this isn't a debate. This is also not a 2010 issue - when was the last time you played a wound ball? Did you just step out of a time machine?

Only played one box of balatas, but I did played a lot of wound balls. They didn't go too high, but they were too erratic due to the design and my swing - 2 piece didn't feel as good but they were same ball from box to box. I also tried the Maxfli HT Tour balls for a while but too many out of round after a couple holes. Even the worst balls on the market (insert most hated ball here) are still better than the balls I typically played 10-15 years ago, so I got no issues.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.


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Are you finding your blades’ higher center of gravity a problem given new ball designs(less spin, post-balata), and if so what adjustments are you making?

No and none.

Whats in my Four5....

10.5 degree R7 460
Great Big Bertha 3W
Bazooka Geo Max 3H MP-32 3 - PW 588 Raw Tour Grind 52 degree 588 Raw Tour Grind 56 degree BC1


rebby Great Member

rebby

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Not at all. If anything, I wouldn't mind launching the ball a bit lower even. I like a higher COG though, it means that I can get away with playing with a softer shaft. If I go w/a lower COG, I have to go with an X100 (or even a X100 tipped) to get the ball flight down. With the higher COG of my musclebacks, I can get away with an S300 (tipped roughly 1/4").

Yonex Ezone Type 380 | Tour Edge Exotics CB Pro | Miura 1957 Irons | Yururi Wedges | Scotty Cameron Super Rat | TaylorMade Penta


Harry SasQuatch Member

Harry SasQuatch

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Actually the old tour wound balls launched lower with more spin than today's multi-layer balls. Balata was the softest cover created and much softer than today's urethane. You think you scuff a ball with a well struck spin milled wedge? Hitting a balata with worn V grooves tore it to shreds. Blade technology hasn't changed much in the last 15 years (at least center of gravity wise) and it's easier to get a pro V1 in the air than an old balata. If you remember when the pro V1 first came out it included "drop and stop technology" since the ball didn't spin as much as the softer covered wound balls. They just made them launch higher so they would descend steeper and hold the greens with less spin.

In my sack:

Driver: VR STR-8 Fit Tour 10.5 VooDoo stiff
3 wood: 909F2 13.5* stiff Diamana
Hybrid: Rescue 19* stiff3-6: MP 52 S3007-PW: MP 62 S300Wedges: 54-12, 58-8Putter: Newport 2 TeI3


IcemanYVR Dedicated Member

IcemanYVR

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No problems here, I like the ball flight I get with them... it's very true and consistent.

Cheers, Allan

In my Ping Hoofer II bag: Titleist 975J | Callaway Big Bertha 3 Wood S2H2 | Mizuno Fli-Hi 18˚ Hybrid | Mizuno MP-33 3-PW | Cleveland Tour Action 900 54/60 | Ping Anser II BeCu | Titleist ProV1

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