Robert Peterson

Pretty much. In the same way you can't have a chip inside the ball and say you just aren't using it and you left the remote in the car.

Yes, that's it as well. The flashlight. It was an issue. I asked if it could conform if we did absolutely nothing and the flashlight was not involved. Their response was that if it had the possibility of being jacked in some way it would have a hard time getting approved. Thank you for helping jog my memory. Hit away. We have a great following at 5am believe it or not. You will like how soft our skin is compared to LED balls. Enjoy your round.

Regretfully yes. An artificial light source be it battery powered of artificially created by using UV activated materials is considered an unfair advantage. In fact, I am not sure if the Volvik neon balls are conforming either. The LED balls don't conform because of their obvious weight and flight issues. Note that the USGA is very protective of their standards, and I suspect they don't want to open up a flood gate of innovation per ball standards. Right now they keep the golf ball at it's present compression so it doesn't over shoot dog legs and create new legal issues with people getting hurt in their homes because of a new longer ball. Right now home owners who get hit with a USGA approved golf ball have no recourse because they knew the golf course was there before their home and the ball is standardized. If they made a hotter ball people could have a position to sue over increased danger. That doesn't have anything to do with approvals, but it's a cool piece of golf ball legal trivia. All in all you can't do a whole lot to the skin of a golf ball if you want it USGA approved. But we are still an awesome twilight to night golf ball.

Actually the Volvik balls simply have neon in their skin, so they reflect the flagging twilight better than a straight white ball. But when you actually power up the skin with UV, it significantly out shines the Volvik neon balls for sure.

Chspeed, I can definitely answer your questions pretty accurately. I own Glowgear golf that makes the GlowV1. The best rated tour quality night golf ball on the market. It's a two piece ball with a proprietary glow pigment in the skin. It charges up with a UV flashlight/torch. Per the ball, it hits as far as a Callaway HX and a bit short of a ProV1. It out distances traditional LED balls by up to 3 clubs. Per being USGA compliant, we've had several conversations with them and it turns out that even though our ball complies with all distance and compression guidelines, they will not approve us because of an augmented skin that they say gives a player an unfair advantage. So to answer your question, yes, our night golf ball doesn't hit like a rock and performs like your favorite daytime ball, but simply can't get the USGA stamp of approval because of it's glow skin and how that makes more visible at twilight. Hope that answers your question. Feel free to check us out at Glowgear.net