Hey all,
I wanted to share a thought from the road, and this is something we see on a regular basis and thought I should share it with rest of Team Titleist. When we are out fitting golf balls, we watch players hit wedge shots on our launch monitor, usually less than 75 yards, and we ask them to hit the shot as if they were on the course. A very common thing we see daily is a players wedge shot that the ball is hoisted up into the air, to which the player thinks that the ball is spinning a lot. In actuality, the ball is hardly spinning as the player is "scooping" at the ball instead of hitting down and throguh the ball.
So ask yourself, if you hit your wedges really high and your ball creates a "crater" type ball mark, does your ball have enough spin? If your irons also take a similar high ball flight, are you "scooping" at those as well?
As we get deeper into the golf season and the greens firm up, will your ball have enough stopping power? Remember as amateurs we only make 15% of our 12 foot putts; if your ball is rolling out more than12 feet past the hole, statistically you do not have a great chance of making that putt. So again, does your current ball have enough spin for your game?
Just a thought starter.
Keep it in the short grass,
PH