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Sat, Oct 15 2011 2:19 PM (7 replies)

Rzbk

376 Posts

Wed, Oct 12 2011 1:58 PM

Thanks to all who replied to my first post concerning "expensive balls".

I have completed another test and this one is much more accurate than the first one. I don't know how many hits a ball should take before being replaced and couldn't seem to find that info.

For this second test I used 'World Golf Tour Tour-SD Vapor Balls' that had 1 1/2 filled in dots of durability compared to the Callaway Tour i(s) Balls with 2 1/2 filled in dots of durability.

After going through my activity and score records I came up with;

4- 9 hole Blitz rounds...36 hits

2-18 hole rounds..72 & 75 hits

1-9 hole round..36 hits

For a total of 219 hits using 2 balls or approx. 108 hits per ball.

Does this sound about right per ball based on their durability? About 1 1/2 normal 18 hole games per ball.

Since I now know I can accurately, instead of guessing, use these records to determine my number of hits per ball, I'll go back and refigure the Callaway balls..

Seems this is a lot of ado for nothing but these balls are to expensive to buy a 3-pack per day.

hpurey

11,505 Posts

Wed, Oct 12 2011 2:48 PM

Rzbk:

2-18 hole rounds..72 & 75 hits

1-9 hole round..36 hits

Quick question in regards to your counting. Are you including putts with these numbers? As I recall, putts do not count toward a balls life expectancy.

Rzbk:
For a total of 219 hits using 2 balls or approx. 108 hits per ball.

otherwise these numbers may be off if you were counting the putts.

TWOMINUSONE

2,580 Posts

Wed, Oct 12 2011 3:03 PM

Racoondad has some info on his wall about ball life.

http://www.wgt.com/user/profile.aspx?UserID=617487

Rzbk

376 Posts

Wed, Oct 12 2011 5:03 PM

hpurey:

Rzbk:

2-18 hole rounds..72 & 75 hits

1-9 hole round..36 hits

Quick question in regards to your counting. Are you including putts with these numbers? As I recall, putts do not count toward a balls life expectancy.

Rzbk:
For a total of 219 hits using 2 balls or approx. 108 hits per ball.

otherwise these numbers may be off if you were counting the putts.

Hp

yes i did count the putts. at 2 per hole x 45 leaves us with 65 hits per ball.no the best deal around.

Rzbk

376 Posts

Wed, Oct 12 2011 5:11 PM

This chart compliments of Racoondad

Don't be fooled by the durability dots. The rule-of-thumb is: better balls cost more -- no kidding.

Ball Type	Durability	Hits	9-hole round per ball*	9-hole round per $**	Reported or confirmed by
WGT GI-S	2-dot	120	5.7 Rd/ball	35 Rd/$
WGT GI3-S	2-dot	125	6.0 Rd/ball	18 Rd/$	twominusone
WGT GI3-D	1.5-dot	110	5.2 Rd/ball	16.7 Rd/$	andyson
WGT Tour GI-SD	1-dot	90	4.3 Rd/ball	11.5 Rd/$
WGT Legend GI2-SD2	1.5-dot	95	4.5 Rd/ball	8.8 Rd/$	andyson
Callaway Tour i(s)	2.5-dot	120	5.7 Rd/ball	6.9 Rd/$
Callaway Tour i(z)	2.5-dot	120	5.7 Rd/ball	5.7 Rd/$
Legend Callaway Tour i(z)	2-dot	98	4.7 Rd/ball	4.7 Rd/$	twominusone

* It is calculated based on 21 hits per 9-hole round (par 36 with 67% green-in-regulation).
** This is the number of 9-hole rounds you can play with every dollar (or 100 credits) you spend on the type of balls (base price)

LeonDelBosque

1,551 Posts

Sat, Oct 15 2011 12:09 PM

For what it's worth, after seeing this chart I counted shots on a WGT Tour SD (1.5 dots) -- got 110. A Srixon will be next. I thought they'd be a "cheaper" everyday ball cuz of the extra durability dots, but maybe not...