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Found this strange ball in the creek on hole #12 at my course.

Tried searching for them online but most of the sites are either in japanese or not helpful. Anybody really keen on golf ball rules know if this design is legal? I know the dimple pattern has to be symmetrical which it is, but are there any other rules regarding such designs? I will knock it around a bit sometime this week to see how it performs.

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It is on the conforming list for this year.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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It's a cool pattern. Is it:

  • A bunch of flowers?
  • A bunch of circles with a design going through them?
  • A bunch of footballs?
  • A bunch of thong bikinis?

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It's a cool pattern. Is it:

A bunch of flowers?

A bunch of circles with a design going through them?

A bunch of footballs?

A bunch of thong bikinis?

That's the best visualization!

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It's a cool pattern. Is it: [LIST] [*] A bunch of flowers? [*] A bunch of circles with a design going through them? [*] A bunch of footballs? [*] A bunch of thong bikinis? [/LIST]

An interesting test. While I can visualize all the things you mentioned, the flowers stand out to me. Anybody else?

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iacas

It's a cool pattern. Is it:

A bunch of flowers?

A bunch of circles with a design going through them?

A bunch of footballs?

A bunch of thong bikinis?

An interesting test. While I can visualize all the things you mentioned, the flowers stand out to me.

Anybody else?

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RayG Great Member

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I don't know how it would perform, but the "dimple coverage" is probably closer to what it was like in the 60's & 70's. These days, maximum dimple coverage gets you the air time and distance.

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I don't know how it would perform, .........These days, maximum dimple coverage gets you the air time and distance.

Perform - apparently not enough dimple coverage to get over that creek

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It's a cool pattern. Is it:

A bunch of flowers?

A bunch of circles with a design going through them?

A bunch of footballs?

A bunch of thong bikinis?

Eric, you need to get out more. Go Christmas shopping or something. I know it's cold up there, but cabin fever doesn't usually onset until January-February. :)

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Perform - apparently not enough dimple coverage to get over that creek

Well, there you go...


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I don't know how it would perform, .........These days, maximum dimple coverage gets you the air time and distance.

Perform - apparently not enough dimple coverage to get over that creek

Yeah it was only about 100-125 yards away from the tee box. The creek runs up the entire right side of the hole.

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An interesting test. While I can visualize all the things you mentioned, the flowers stand out to me.

Anybody else?

Before Erik's post, I saw flowers, immediately after Erik's post I saw panties, several minutes after Erik's post I can see right through the panties.

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Before Erik's post, I saw flowers, immediately after Erik's post I saw panties, several minutes after Erik's post I can see right through the panties.

Clearly @iacas is a bad influence on you ;-)

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Clearly @iacas is a bad influence on you

Not really, I've just come full circle.

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I don't how I would feel playing with someone's used panties ball....

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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