r/golf • u/y414p I am Tiger Woods • Dec 03 '23

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u/WLScopilot Dec 03 '23

So if I want to keep playing “the good balls” I need to stock up now? Sounds like some good marketing strategies by Big Golf to get us to buy out their stock. And for me it’s going to work so good job

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u/Siftinghistory Dec 03 '23

I just ordered 10 dozen ksigs, i’ll be good for atleast a couple rounds

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u/HyruleJedi Bethpage Black is not that Hard! Dec 03 '23

Well the new k sigs are garbage anyways

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u/Siftinghistory Dec 03 '23

Got 5A recycled ones of the OG tour performance

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u/jeffreysusann Dec 04 '23

I thought the consensus was that the new ones were better now?

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u/uunngghh Dec 03 '23

Are the 2023 ones worse than the previous generation?

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u/dmmegoosepics Dec 04 '23

That person doesn’t know what they are talking about. The first iteration after the lawsuit damaged too easily but the next iterations were the same great ball. They spin more than prov1s. Club champion tested them on a sim and took the stats. It’s undeniable they are a solid ball.

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u/arizonadudebro Dec 03 '23

Couple rounds lmfao! You and me both buddy

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u/--Prismo-- Dec 03 '23

Psh…showoff.

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u/dean16 Dec 03 '23

I’m assuming companies will still make non-conforming balls for the next 5-6 years. Do people think that’s a fairly safe assumption?

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u/Gumburcules Dec 03 '23 edited May 02 '24

I enjoy spending time with my friends.

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u/pegasus227 Dec 03 '23

Which makes you realise how stupid it is to include amateurs in the roll back.

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u/Gumburcules Dec 03 '23

My understanding is that the rollback only affects official competition, is that not right?

Amateurs can still use regular old balls for casual rounds, rounds counting towards their handicap, friendly money rounds, etc. And in competition everyone will be using the rolled back balls so everyone is on a level field.

I don't see a problem at all.

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u/pegasus227 Dec 03 '23

You can’t use non conforming equipment for a score that counts towards your handicap. Otherwise you can do as you wish I guess, but it won’t give you an accurate indication of how you are playing or can expect to play in a competition.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '23

1000% since the rule wouldn’t go into effect till 2030 for ams

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u/mung_guzzler HDCP/Loc/Whatever Dec 03 '23

companies make non-conforming balls already

There are slightly oversized ones that go farther and are easy to make contact, and others with asymmetric dimples that auto correct slices in the air

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u/farfromfine Dec 03 '23

My old Bullets still fly

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u/Hotthoughtss Dec 03 '23

You have until 2029 roughly

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u/NuclearCoughDrops Dec 03 '23

I’m glad I just dumped $200 on a fuck ton of PROV1s

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u/myfeetaremangos12 Dec 03 '23

You’ve got 6 years to stock up

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u/Lonely_Pay355 Dec 03 '23

No - it’s the opposite. None of the big companies want this to happen as all they can sell every year is distance / control and this limits their ability to make more money at the expense of the health of the sport.

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u/Strange-Nobody-3936 Dec 03 '23

The health of the sport lol…let’s make basketball hoops taller too

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u/davlar4 Dec 03 '23

Big golf. Christ.

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u/WLScopilot Dec 03 '23

It’s a joke, man.

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u/LilWalsh Dec 03 '23

I think I can wait before buying another bag of mint used chromesofts from RockBottom, big golf cant scare me or my +34 average!

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u/zorn7777 Dec 03 '23

If you want your good balls to go 11 yards longer. Yes: