Golf balls lower compression for seniors

[DonWon]

Read where lower compression golf balls allow people with slower swings to compress the ball. Like hitting a baseball when you compress the ball it seems to spring off the bat or club, adding distance. Also adds to control. Read that several places, seems to work. When I hit a big distance rated ball it can go anywhere - left, right, or wherever.   

Used to be I could find golf balls rated 80, 90, or 100 compression. Also it used to be in the good old days (long ago) I could compress a 100 pound ball.  At 70 I was driving 250.  Drives at my age are only going about 170 with roll. Appears an 80 or 90 would be best, can't find them shown that way to buy them. 

[Club Rat]

Two low compression balls are the Wilson Duo and Bridgestone E6.
Other good balls for Seniors are the OnCore Avant and Callaway SuperSoft.

[MarvChamp]

11 hours ago, DonWon said:

Appears an 80 or 90 would be best, can't find them shown that way to buy them. 

Right...Compression numbers are primarily given in very low compression balls (Wilson Duo 29, 35, 55). Google golf ball compression chart. There are a couple that helpfully rank balls as high, mid, low compression PLUS show recommended users' swing speed PLUS show actual compression. For example, golf-info-guide.com shows Bridgestone Tour B330 to be 100 compression for pro-type swing speeds. One of my faves, Srixon Trispeed, is a 64 compression ball for about 80 mph swingers. Hope that helps. Best, -Marv

[DonWon]

Great lead on Golf Info Guide, shows the chart for apparently all major golf balls made including compression.  At their site it's in Equipment Charts / Golf Balls Compression Chart, link: https://golf-info-guide.com/golf-tips/equipment-choices/golf-ball-compression-chart-and-rank/

There are about 150 golf balls listed on this chart, and if you don't have something like this chart I don't see how you will know for sure what is low compression.  When you have a swing like mine that was LONG ago fast but now is barely fast enough to make the "swish" that instructions talk about, from what I've read you need a ball rated low that you can compress it. Otherwise it feels like you're hitting a rock, appears to go less far, and often goes sideways.  Best of luck - it's golf!

[jrendavid]

I think you should search Google for this. It'll provide what you need

[DonWon]

Didn't see a link. Need to compress the ball or distance will be way down. A lot of guys whose swing speeds are way down want to use 100 pound compression golf balls and the hottest clubs they can get, but I go for what works the best. Bought a box yesterday, will try it out. 

Don W.