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Bertha 96 vs R1 98

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Jan 10 2015 9:25 AM

  SweetiePie:

  If it were offered with 4.0 speed I would gladly use it and save a ton.

  Speaking of preferences! I'd like to see it as fast as the Tour-SD.  ;-)

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Sat, Jan 10 2015 11:31 AM

  YankeeJim:

  SweetiePie:

  If it were offered with 4.0 speed I would gladly use it and save a ton.

  Speaking of preferences! I'd like to see it as fast as the Tour-SD.  ;-)

  +1 to both  :)

   

  Some days I need a faster meter, somedays slower.  Would be nice to be able to play the same ball with different swing speeds.  

• roadgrinderman 20 Posts

  Sun, Jan 11 2015 8:52 AM

  I just purchased the BB a week ago, I;m still figure out the distance. Can anyone give advise how to get the best both flight and roll distance

• JFidanza 1,676 Posts

  Sun, Jan 11 2015 11:20 AM

  roadgrinderman:

  I just purchased the BB a week ago, I;m still figure out the distance. Can anyone give advise how to get the best both flight and roll distance

   

  Natch, it will depend on conditions and topography but, in short, I've found that using an amount of TS into a bigger front wind helps.

  Conversely, BS with larger tail wind keeps the ball in the air so she gets a lot of distance.

  Results may vary.

  http://www.wgt.com/forums/p/195080/1811460.aspx#1811460

   

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Sun, Jan 11 2015 11:24 AM

  roadgrinderman:

  I just purchased the BB a week ago, I;m still figure out the distance. Can anyone give advise how to get the best both flight and roll distance

  With the callaway ball, I have found about 1/2 bs gets good carry and roll out.  On the Callaway ball, I use the logo on the ball as a reference point.  If I lower the spin dot to where just some of the chevron shows about the dot, that's where I like to hit my drives.  I say to myself, small horns, since to me it looks like the spin dot has horns lol.

  I see that you are playing a Nike ball.  Maybe use the number below the swoosh as a reference point.  I lower the dot on the nike ball just to where the spin dot no longer touches that little number on the ball.

  Taking the spin dot just above center (no spin)  seems to play the shot like the R1 I have found.

  Use a practice round, on the first tee just mulligan it over and over with different spin and see how it ends up.  

  YMMV

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Jan 11 2015 1:25 PM

  hpurey:

  With the callaway ball, I have found about 1/2 bs gets good carry and roll out

  Interesting factoid about that-I found your way and full back spin way are just about the same. One lands and rolls, the other lands and hops. You could throw a blanket over them. This is flat, no wind.  :-)

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Tue, Jan 13 2015 1:44 PM

  YankeeJim:

  hpurey:

  With the callaway ball, I have found about 1/2 bs gets good carry and roll out

  Interesting factoid about that-I found your way and full back spin way are just about the same. One lands and rolls, the other lands and hops. You could throw a blanket over them. This is flat, no wind.  :-)

  Maybe our avatars have slightly different AoA's lol.

   

  Edit, sorry, was at work and trying to sneak in the reply as someone was walking by lol.

  AoA (angle of attack)  producing different trajectory (carry and roll out)