Can someone help my find my type of ball?

[CodyM]

Here are my 'stats' so to speak:

Swing Speed: 107 mph average

Tendancy: Slicing Right

Drive Length: 260- 300 yards

Current Ball: TaylorMade Penta TP

Penta's tend to fly a little high for me and I like a mid trajectory.

Can anyone recommend something?

[sean_miller]

These "stats" rock for a 27. Maybe a high ball flight is just your cross to bear.

Originally Posted by CodyM

Here are my 'stats' so to speak:

Swing Speed: 107 mph average

Tendancy: Slicing Right

Drive Length: 260- 300 yards

Current Ball: TaylorMade Penta TP

Penta's tend to fly a little high for me and I like a mid trajectory.

Can anyone recommend something?

[CodyM]

Really? thank you. I have only been golfing 4 times besides the driving range, and been to 3 lessons. I have a lot of power because I can hit my 9 iron 170 yards. I just cant figure out how to control it all the time, unfortunately.

[twilliams16]

In my opinion, unless your a 10 Hdcp or under the ball makes minimal to no difference

[shades9323]

If I was you I would pick up some Bridgestone e6's or Top flite d2+ straight and see how they work for you. The Top flite's are a more economical approach to the experiment. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

[MiniBlueDragon]

Originally Posted by twilliams16

In my opinion, unless your a 10 Hdcp or under the ball makes minimal to no difference

Noted and duly ignored.

Ball makes a massive difference if you're at the point where you're hitting straight and with a reasonable swing speed.

Take a cheap, hard nasty range ball and see what distance you get on a drive compared to a reasonable quality ball.

Likewise try hitting a 150 yard pitch shot and landing it on the green. More often than not a hard "rock" of a ball will land on the front of the green and roll out of the back whereas even a mid range ball could land at the front of the green and stop before it rolls off the back. When you get to tour quality balls it can bounce and stop a ft or two later or even spin back. By playing a semi-decent standard ball you don't have to play for corrections, e.g. "15o to the middle of the green. 7i" rather than "I know it's 150 to the middle of the green, I hit a 7i 150 but I know it'll roll out because I'm using a Srixon Distance ball so I'll hit my 8i and let it roll onto the green, hopefully to the middle"

Regarding Shades9323's recommendation for Bridgestone e6's I decided a week ago to take a similar path for ball selection. I found they're pretty good but harder than they felt in store. The slice you mentioned in your first post should be lessened by them but you may find as I did that the ball tends to skitter a little way before rolling correctly on putts. It also rolls-out longer than the Penta by far. I now have 3 sleeves of yellow e6's here that will be my "oh crap, my tee shots are going horribly wrong" ball of choice.

[Cman13]

I have a very high ball flight and have similar stats...I tried the Bridgestone e7 to lower my trajectory and it did work nicely in that regard (although I still hit it high - just not as high as others).  I found the loss of feel around the greens to be too much of a tradeoff for the lower ball flight so I don't use it anymore.  Believe me a high trajectory is a blessing more often that not...there are many dog legs and long carrys that I have no trouble with and my playing buddies with lower ball flights can't even attempt.  That being said, the great equalizer for the high ball flight is wind...so learn how to hit a knock down shot for the wind and I say play the high ball flight all day long.

[RoyPinhey]

as said above i also hit the ball very high i mssed around with balls for ages (still do from time to time) and the best i found although not the cheapest is the pro v1x (which is the harder version of the pro v1) which is suited to players who create more spin naturally. it doesnt really lower my ball flight but i have full control of my ball without trading touch around greens and whilst putting.

That said i wouldnt recommend a 27 handicap spending that amount on a golf ball

[B-Con]

Likewise try hitting a 150 yard pitch shot and landing it on the green. More often than not a hard "rock" of a ball will land on the front of the green and roll out of the back whereas even a mid range ball could land at the front of the green and stop before it rolls off the back. When you get to tour quality balls it can bounce and stop a ft or two later or even spin back. By playing a semi-decent standard ball you don't have to play for corrections, e.g. "15o to the middle of the green. 7i" rather than "I know it's 150 to the middle of the green, I hit a 7i 150 but I know it'll roll out because I'm using a Srixon Distance ball so I'll hit my 8i and let it roll onto the green, hopefully to the middle"

I'll second this. You can be a 20 HDCP and not only notice a difference between balls, but benefit from some of them. When I played rock-like balls, iron approaches released and frequently dumped off the back. I never aimed for the center of the green because I knew if I actually hit it I'd dump off the back, and usually I'd rather miss short than miss long. Playing balls that actually stop within a few feet for short irons is wonderful, and playing balls that will stop with wedges in one-hop and a couple feet of roll-out is also wonderful. It brings tucked pins into play and allows for tricky shots where you don't have as much green to work with as you'd wish. It also gives you the option of playing chips as short pitches, because the ball can actually stop promptly. I highly recommend players play a reasonably spinny ball if they can tell a difference. And you don't have to pay more than $27/dozen to get more than adequate spin, you can even get it for $22/dozen. You don't have to go for the spinniest ball you can find, obviously, but using something that stops faster than a cheap rock is very helpful.

[Cman13]

Agreed re: the Pro V1x...but as an aside last year's version is much better than the new one.  Hence my change to Penta...unless I can find a supply of the 2010 Pro V1x :|)

[RoyPinhey]

for a good all round budget ball try the nike mojo . . i use them during winter (which is pretty much all year round in engalnd) and switch to the pro v1x over the summer

[Pleadguitar]

nike mojo or bridgestone e6

i use e5 but i dont have asmuch of a slicing problem, thats probably from you tryign to kill it all the time

[Yukari]

Swing speed of 107 and slicing right seems to indicate over swinging with your arms rather than leading with your lower body.

Rather than trying to find the ball to fit your over swinging, I would recommend getting a lesson to fix your swing first.

Just my 2 cents...

[Tumbler]

Taking the Bridgestone e7 might give you what you're looking for, althought I'd personally learn to play with the high ball flight.  I don't have any experience with the 'e' series of Bridgestone golf balls yet, but I recently played with some Bridgestone Fix that my dad gave me, and they felt much better than any other brand of ball I had previously tried in the same price range.  I have the opposite problem, and am right now trying out the Callaway HX Bite to get my approach shots to sit down a little more.  Picked up a dozen e5s and am planning on trying them after I lose all the Bites.

[cart7]

Rather than trying to find the ball to fit your over swinging, I would recommend getting a lesson to fix your swing first.

Just my 2 cents...

Yep. Trying to correct a swing problem with the ball is going at the problem from the wrong end. Fix the swing then modify trajectory with the ball.

[Grunnsetning]

While I also agree, he is taking lessons he said.

But I will also say just this week I switched from top flite xl's to callaway warbirds and played my best round by about 6 strokes on sunday.

I am not saying it was definitely the balls because I was striking very well but I also don't believe heavily in coincidences.

[shades9323]

Originally Posted by Grunnsetning

While I also agree, he is taking lessons he said.

But I will also say just this week I switched from top flite xl's to callaway warbirds and played my best round by about 6 strokes on sunday.

I am not saying it was definitely the balls because I was striking very well but I also don't believe heavily in coincidences.

It was all you man.  Give yourself a little credit. A ball will not account for 6 strokes, no way no how.

[BenGolf19]

Try the bridgestone e6. It is long, generates decent spin but more importantly it will calm down that slice of you have with anti sidespin. And it will be a pay cut from those pentas