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Thu, Apr 11 2013 1:19 PM (10 replies)
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  • adtjoel
    124 Posts
    Mon, Apr 8 2013 10:23 PM

    Hi,

    regarding the distance rating where does this come into effect - is it just from the tee, when you hit with full power on the fairway or every shot?

    I always thought it was just from the tee.

    The reason I ask is that I was recently using some balls with 0 distance rating and it was actually ok from the tee but I seemed to be coming up short on almost every approach shot.

  • bubbadork
    984 Posts
    Mon, Apr 8 2013 11:39 PM

    Every hit. You might think of it as being an expression of the coefficient of restitution.

  • phil909
    2 Posts
    Mon, Apr 8 2013 11:53 PM

    Every shot u do is has distance value, topspin rolls further obviously but a(3rd) bpsin gives a longer traveled hit and normally rolls and ends up being a longer hit.

  • alosso
    21,094 Posts
    Tue, Apr 9 2013 12:19 AM

    ...except of putts AFAIK.

  • adtjoel
    124 Posts
    Tue, Apr 9 2013 2:24 PM

    Thanks for response, any good threads or info on how far in distance the dots make?

  • bubbadork
    984 Posts
    Tue, Apr 9 2013 6:08 PM

    Go into practice mode, hit one into the fairway, then hit it back and forth with the same club until you get an average distance for that club/ball combination. Rinse and repeat.

  • Woodoworkery
    3,498 Posts
    Tue, Apr 9 2013 8:29 PM

    Yeah do that and watch your ball go out of bounds, happens to me all the time .It starts to get expensive

  • bubbadork
    984 Posts
    Tue, Apr 9 2013 11:30 PM

    Well, you need to pick a sensible hole to do it on...and hit it straight.

  • borntobesting
    9,774 Posts
    Wed, Apr 10 2013 2:59 AM

    It is about 3 yards per dot but balls with more dots of backspin lose a slight amount of distance.

  • kilbraur
    219 Posts
    Thu, Apr 11 2013 1:56 AM

    For your wedges as a starting point

    64 wedge try half a yard per dot

    60 wedge try a yard per dot

    56 wedge try 2 yards per dot

    I not having your irons but try 2 yards per dot to start it all be different with the different balls you need to try out.

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