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Tired of buying golf balls so often

• sMcRocket 9 Posts

  Wed, Dec 11 2013 12:35 PM

  I have no problem buying credits to support the site, but having to buy a new sleeve of balls after 3 or 4 rounds, without having hit any into a hazard or OB, is growing tiresome.  Perhaps its time to look for anew on-line past time.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 10:39 AM

  Don't hit the ball as often. LOL

  Playing real golf I don't play a ball for more than 6 holes, or a new sleeve for each 18 holes. So to me WGT golf balls are a real bargain,

  The Nike balls I play give about 120 hits per ball or 360 hits per sleeve - about 5.5 full rounds at my scoring average of 65..

  It looks like the Callaway balls you play only deliver 100 hits per ball, or 300 hits per sleeve - about 4.25 full rounds per sleeve at your scoring average of 70.5. The lvl 35+ Callaway balls deliver 120 hits per ball, but you would lose some performance.

  You could save 25 credits per sleeve by forgoing the Vapor feature.and using the Lvl 43+/Legend + Callaway ball since it has the same performance with no Vapor.

  WGT Ball Durability

  The following ball durability chart chart was compiled earlier this year by a few members of The Peoples Club:

   

   

  Brand	Ball	Level-Tier	Credits per Sleeve	Durability	Hits*	9-hole round per ball**	Credits per 9-hole round
  Callaway	Tour i(s)	33+	250	2.5	120	5.70	14.62
  Callaway	Tour i(s)	Legend+	250	2.0	100	4.66	17.88
  Callaway	Tour i(z)	35+	300	2.5	120	5.70	17.54
  Callaway	Tour i(z)	Legend+	300	2.0	100	4.66	21.01
  Callaway	Tour i(z) Slow Meter	1+	300	2.5
  Callaway	Tour i(z) Slow Meter	34+	450	2.5
  MAX	Slow Meter	Hack+	450	2.0
  MAX	Slow Meter	Pro+	600	2.0
  Nike	20XI-S	47+	400	2.5	120	5.71	23.35
  Nike	20XI-S	70+	450	2.5
  Nike	20XI-X	48+	400	2.5	118	5.62	23.72
  Nike	20XI-X	71+	450	2.5
  Srixon	Z-STAR	11+	180	2.5	120	5.71	10.5
  Srixon	Z-STAR XV	13+	200	2.5	120	5.71	11.67
  Brand	Ball	Level-Tier	Credits per Sleeve	Durability	Hits*	9-hole round per ball**	Credits per 9-hole round
  WGT	B-ES	Any	10	2.0	125	5.95	0.56
  WGT	B-XD	Any	10	2.5	150	7.14	0.47
  WGT	Tour-S	Any	43	1.5	100	4.76	3.01
  WGT	GI-S	Any	44	2.0	120	5.70	2.57
  WGT	GI-D	Any	49	2.0
  WGT	GI2-S	Any	64	2.0	125	5.95	3.59
  WGT	GI2-D	Any	64	1.5
  WGT	Tour-SD	Any	65	1.5	110	5.24	4.13
  WGT	Tour GI-S	Any	82	1.0	90	4.28	6.37
  WGT	Tour GI-SD	Any	112	1.0	90	4.28	8.72
  WGT	GI3-S	Any	99	2.0	125	6.00	5.5
  WGT	GI3-D	Any	94	1.5	110	5.24	6.0
  WGT	GI-SD2	Legend+	120	1.0
  WGT	GI2-SD2	Legend+	155	1.5	95	4.52	11.43
  WGT	Starter Slow Meter	Any	100	1.0

   

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 12:26 PM

  +1!

  When playing, I don't have the individual ball costs in mind but rather a steady admission fee, "green fee". This is the fuel of WGT, a steady income.

  As a Master, with SD balls, I once counted the sleeves I bought and the rounds I played. This included the share of balls which I lost at that time. From that, as a rule of thumb, a nine hole strokeplay round may cost 1/10 of the price of a sleeve,
  6 crs with Tour SDs, 1 cr with B-ES, 60 crs with top MAX balls (maybe a tad more for those low durability dot balls). Of course it varies with balls lost (probably considerably more in CTTHs).

  Good thing to me is that ev1 can determinate the costs, i.e. the fee, for himself. You want less, you pay less (starting at zero); you want more, you pay more.

• royphillips1 1,278 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 12:49 PM

  the Game Has to Pay its a Buisness and the Game  is only as Exspensive as you make it for yourself  

• IRISHPUNK 4,019 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 2:51 PM

  ApexPC:

  Don't hit the ball as often. LOL

  Playing real golf I don't play a ball for more than 6 holes, or a new sleeve for each 18 holes. So to me WGT golf balls are a real bargain,

  The Nike balls I play give about 120 hits per ball or 360 hits per sleeve - about 5.5 full rounds at my scoring average of 65..

  It looks like the Callaway balls you play only deliver 100 hits per ball, or 300 hits per sleeve - about 4.25 full rounds per sleeve at your scoring average of 70.5. The lvl 35+ Callaway balls deliver 120 hits per ball, but you would lose some performance.

  You could save 25 credits per sleeve by forgoing the Vapor feature.and using the Lvl 43+/Legend + Callaway ball since it has the same performance with no Vapor.

  WGT Ball Durability

  The following ball durability chart chart was compiled earlier this year by a few members of The Peoples Club:

   

   

  Brand	Ball	Level-Tier	Credits per Sleeve	Durability	Hits*	9-hole round per ball**	Credits per 9-hole round
  Callaway	Tour i(s)	33+	250	2.5	120	5.70	14.62
  Callaway	Tour i(s)	Legend+	250	2.0	100	4.66	17.88
  Callaway	Tour i(z)	35+	300	2.5	120	5.70	17.54
  Callaway	Tour i(z)	Legend+	300	2.0	100	4.66	21.01
  Callaway	Tour i(z) Slow Meter	1+	300	2.5
  Callaway	Tour i(z) Slow Meter	34+	450	2.5
  MAX	Slow Meter	Hack+	450	2.0
  MAX	Slow Meter	Pro+	600	2.0
  Nike	20XI-S	47+	400	2.5	120	5.71	23.35
  Nike	20XI-S	70+	450	2.5
  Nike	20XI-X	48+	400	2.5	118	5.62	23.72
  Nike	20XI-X	71+	450	2.5
  Srixon	Z-STAR	11+	180	2.5	120	5.71	10.5
  Srixon	Z-STAR XV	13+	200	2.5	120	5.71	11.67
  Brand	Ball	Level-Tier	Credits per Sleeve	Durability	Hits*	9-hole round per ball**	Credits per 9-hole round
  WGT	B-ES	Any	10	2.0	125	5.95	0.56
  WGT	B-XD	Any	10	2.5	150	7.14	0.47
  WGT	Tour-S	Any	43	1.5	100	4.76	3.01
  WGT	GI-S	Any	44	2.0	120	5.70	2.57
  WGT	GI-D	Any	49	2.0
  WGT	GI2-S	Any	64	2.0	125	5.95	3.59
  WGT	GI2-D	Any	64	1.5
  WGT	Tour-SD	Any	65	1.5	110	5.24	4.13
  WGT	Tour GI-S	Any	82	1.0	90	4.28	6.37
  WGT	Tour GI-SD	Any	112	1.0	90	4.28	8.72
  WGT	GI3-S	Any	99	2.0	125	6.00	5.5
  WGT	GI3-D	Any	94	1.5	110	5.24	6.0
  WGT	GI-SD2	Legend+	120	1.0
  WGT	GI2-SD2	Legend+	155	1.5	95	4.52	11.43
  WGT	Starter Slow Meter	Any	100	1.0

   

  Great advice.  You're just on a different level, man.  This is one sharp dude.

• chuddlymccannon 298 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 2:55 PM

  Hey Apex

  i counted my shots last month using the Nike XI_X and I got 194 hits out of them

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 3:08 PM

  chuddlymccannon:

  Hey Apex

  i counted my shots last month using the Nike XI_X and I got 194 hits out of them

  You must have been counting putts as well?

• chuddlymccannon 298 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 7:07 PM

  MBaggese:

  chuddlymccannon:

  Hey Apex

  i counted my shots last month using the Nike XI_X and I got 194 hits out of them

  You must have been counting putts as well?

  Why wouldn't you count a putt.  It is still striking the ball..... is it not??

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 7:18 PM

  chuddlymccannon:

  Why wouldn't you count a putt.  It is still striking the ball..... is it not??

   

  Yes, it counts as a stroke...but putting strokes on the green do not decrease ball usage.

   

  The above tables are known via "ball usage" strokes...i/e Irons and woods and fringe putts.

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Thu, Dec 12 2013 9:37 PM

  sMcRocket:

  3 or 4 rounds, without having hit any into a hazard or OB, is growing tiresome.  Perhaps its time to look for anew on-line past time.

  x 3 beers every say 40 minutes for  hours on a boozer - call it a say $90 just at the pub.  crotchet is cheap I hear but effin boring to.