goldeena:
Yes they are very expensive but consider what you'd go through in the bar if you weren't playing WGT at home, for me they will be used on very special occasions and it's nice to treat yourself now and again.
At the end of the day its just another product you may wish to buy or not, nobody is forcing anyone, besides I manage quite well on 2 spin 49 credit balls - you can get on MOST greens with them, even the difficult ones if you take a considered approach shot.
All well and good for you, goldeena. But consider that we're not talking about a REAL golf ball. The MAX ball is nothing but a code snip, a mathematical algorithm. It's not like more expensive materials went into making it. So why the exhorbitant price tag?
Look, golf is a competitive game. I know very few people -- on WGT or in The Real -- who are built of the stuff to stay satisfied on the non-competitive driving range or who enjoy best the non-competitive solo round. It's not a failing of character to want to do your best, it's human nature to compete and a "friendly" quarter game, for most, is a kazillion times more fun than the bar you reference, or the dreary prospect of nobody to play with or against. Even a solo round of Ready Go is competing against the scores of others, and that's for more real money than the "friendly" quarter Nassau out there in the real sunshine.
But you're certainly right. Nobody is forced into buying the more expensive items of equipment. We can all just go along to get along. Keep shelling out real money in deposits to replenish lost or dead balls, not compete in any games for credits, be placid little sheep, drink our milk and go to bed early.
OR, politely suggest that a price point or some other value factor of an item is out of line, and request consideration. Again, it's not that these MAX balls are made out of any sort of exotic materials or that some geek named Becky had to be called in from Siberia to program them. One little tweak to the algoritnym and all the olphardts are, to some appreciable degree, equalized with the young bucks. If that's not a valid consideration, then why do REAL golf courses offer senior tees?
Nutshell -- the 5-ball FEEL factor to slow the swing meter is a valuable feature to an olphardt like me. And the sacrifice of distance and spin, while not relished, are acceptable as trade-offs. But the price and Mayfly-like lifespan rating are nothing short of a punishment, and a gouge. There is no reason for the exhorbitant price and 2-ball Durability rating other than the same motive that animates the Sham-Wow hustler. NOT a customer-friendly move, WGT.
3-or-more balls Durability -- 400 credits or less in cost, PLEASE!