low compression golf balls

[MGP]

Originally Posted by eclark53520

So if what i gather about compression is true(the further youy compress the ball the harder the ball needs to be) why arnt all balls this 'gradational compession core'?

Seems that if that technology exists it would be possible to make a ball or a series of balls that would fit almost all golfers.

Its obviously not manufacturing costs as the treosoft claims to have this technology yet is oneof the cheaper balls on the market. Or is this just a marketing scheme and a play on words whent a TRUE gradational core is a physical impossibility?

What about some sort of nutonian liquid core?

I was actually reading about this a while back and found the Precept site that has a great presentation of how golf balls work. If you go to the last page they explain the relationship between cover, core materials, multidensity cores and multilayer balls. Cools stuff and they are getting closer to a golf ball that works well for almost any golfer except at the very extreme ends of the spectrum.

The Science of Golfballs

Oh yeah, after watching the "How It's Made" video of a visit to Titleist and watching them make Pro V1's, I find it hard to believe it costs much more to make them vs. any other ball. I'm an engineer (although not a golf ball engineer ) and work around plastic molding production quite a bit. I would be surprised if the actual manufacturing cost differences from a company's high end ball and low end ball are more than pennies per ball. My guess is that the only cost differences are in materials and possibly some assembly cost but golf ball manufacturing is pretty much all automated.

I suspect that just like golf clubs, the major difference in cost is in the sales and marketing side and not the production/manufacturing costs themselves.

[88cupfan]

Every time I try to play the ball up and tilt my shoulders back to catch the ball on the upswing.... I hook the crap out of it!

[indacup]

Originally Posted by keithpbz

does anyone know what the compression rating is for the treosoft, i have been looking and cant find it anywhere and all i can find is that is a soft gradational compression and i have no idea what that means. I have only played 2 rounds with the ball and both were windy days and mid 40's temp but i didnt seem to lose any distance. I dont mind playing expensive balls but i have never been a fan of the prov's, i like a ball to release on chip shots and i could never seem to predict how much they would check and it always cost me a few strokes a round. I played the bridgestone e5+ last year and also was playing the top flite gamer at the end of the year but had problems with cutting the balls whenever i would hit wedge shots, and also have the same problem with the prov's

I agree with your findings....this is the best golf ball value on the market...It will replace the Pro-V's and Srixon Z's that I used to play, this upcoming season.