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Heard those are great balls for the price. Anyone have experience playing them? What did you like or dislike?
The Laddie and Lady are supposed to have similar specs. The Precept Lady sort of initiated the low compression/longer distance fad. My experience, when compared to other similar balls on the market, find the Laddie and Lady only what I would call average. The Noodle is longer... The Titleist SoLo is longer and will spin a little more... I used to keep the found Laddies, but now they get tossed in with the Top Rocks and other rejects.
Many are found on our course, so know there are plenty of golfers playing them. So, please, take my comments as my own personal experience. Your mileage may vary!
The Noodle is definately conforming, and the Long and Soft is a very nice low compression ball. Much better than the Precept IMO.
Not meaning to rehash something from another thread, but I have to ask out of curiousity. At least to me, it doesn't make sense that if you have the distance to play off the Tips, that a low compression ball may not be the best choice for your game. Just my opinion, and something to consider. Then again, as Jeff said, it may not be bad this time of the year if you live in colder climates. Again, just curious.
gl, I've heard they're good balls so I picked up a 24 pack last night...hard to beat Wal-Mart's 19.99 price for 24 balls!!
gl, I've heard they're good balls so I picked up a 24 pack last night...hard to beat Wal-Mart's 19.99 price for 24 balls!!
If you are pretty long with your clubs, and have a higher swing speed you will likely be disappointed in the results of a ball that compresses at a lower speed. You would be better suited and benefit from a 3 piece, as is the Pro V1 and Pro V1x(edit 1 - Pro V1x is a 4 piece). Understand, the Pro V1x has a very high compression rating and unless you have extreme speeds and hit the ball extremely far, you will likely be just as disappointed as you would with a low compression ball, as you are likely not compressing the ball enough as opposed to too much. So unless you have a swing speed in excess of 110-115+ mph, the standard Pro V1 may be a better match. Where as the Noodle and Precepts that you mentioned are more designed for a driver speed around 80 mph for best results. If you do not know your speed, in general you will get about 2 1/2 yards per MPH with a driver on the average. Just do the math. If you hit your driver in the 250-275 range on the average, you would likely benefit from a 3 piece ball, with a mid compression rating.What balls are you currently playing?
I was playing ProV1 but it was too expensive and I thought that it had too much spin. I tried ProV1x and love those but couldn't see spending that kind of money. They Wilson Staff True balls IMO hit similar to the ProV1x.
Does anyone else know of balls similar to the ProV1x but not as costly?
Understand, the Pro V1x has a very high compression rating and unless you have extreme speeds and hit the ball extremely far, you will likely be just as disappointed as you would with a low compression ball, as you are likely not compressing the ball enough as opposed to too much.