Chinajohn:
It's going to seriously screw with your stats though and I can't help thinking that after a month or two playing with starter balls on slow greens your 'eye' is going to be seriously out when you get back to 'real putting. Having said that if I was anything like 'in range' I would probably do the same.
Stats are stats, personally they mean nothing as it is only a career overview. If you used starters for a year like me, they will always look poor. Every player knows his or her strengths and weaknesses. However this could count in your favour if people are scoping out MPC's etc.
The benefit is the starters ball, and I do this every so often. Use it for a practice round or two, then any ball feels like a Max in comparison (especially with the R11 irons). The greens speed could be an issue IMO lol, I cant handle slow at the best of times!
But as I said in another thread, all these players just trying to level up - really is a loss for WGT as they are all using starters balls - I think it would be prudent to say folks, level 91 or 92 it is yours, please stock up on balls on the way out of the proshop., have a great day.