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Can anyone help ?, I play off 15 and when playing in some competitions at my club, I notice some players talking re compression of golf balls, I understand with two piece and balata, but does the compression of the ball make a lot of difference, I play a parkland course which is a real test, not too long, but you have to be accurate with your drive, if anyone can shed some light on this, and does anybody know how "STAPLEFORD" got it’s name Mike (the draw)
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it is Stableford but i don’t know why Brendan <clip – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -, and does anybody know how "STAPLEFORD" got it’s name Mike (the draw)
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Compression of a ball makes very little difference unless you are talking something well outside the 90 or 100 compression range. It’s a measure of hardness. And has virtually no impact on distance or spin — certainly far less impact than does cover material. If you are a playing very fast greens, you might want to consider a "soft ball" such as a 90 or 80 compression. The way it is measured is a ball is put in something that looks like a vise. This machine exerts 200lbs of pressure on the ball. For every 1000th of an inch the ball compresses under this weight, 1 is deducted from 200. In other words a 100 compression compresses about 1/10th of an inch and is slightly harder than a 90 compression. It’s tough to manufacture a ball to an exact compression so most ball makers who choose to market different compression balls use a range — i.e. anything 95 to 105 becomes 100 compression etc. — joe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I play off 15 and when playing in some competitions at my club, I notice some players talking re compression of golf balls, I understand with two piece and balata, but does the compression of the ball make a lot of difference, I play a parkland course which is a real test, not too long, but you have to be accurate with your drive, if anyone can shed some light on this, and does anybody know how "STAPLEFORD" got it’s name Mike (the draw)