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Saintnine Golf Ball Review
We had never heard of Saintnine until a representative from the company contacted us. Like Bridgestone Golf, Saintnine is also an offshoot of a tire company. Nexen Tires, a long established Korean company, has applied their expertise in rubber manufacturing of tires to golf balls. Saintnine recently hired The Big Timer Charlie Rymer as a brand ambassador so you may start to hear a lot more about them. There are currently 4 different balls in the Saintnine portfolio, we review the U-PRO and the Super Soft Gold balls below. The U-PRO is the only 2-piece urethane ball on the market and...
USGA and The R&A Distance Insights Project Key Findings
The USGA and The R&A have issued the Distance Insights Report, which provides comprehensive research and analysis on the contributors to, and long-term impacts of, hitting distance in golf. After extensive stakeholder research, the report features more than 100 years of data, informed by a library of 56 supporting documents. It is accompanied by a 15-page conclusions paper from the governing bodies that summarizes their perspectives on the long-term implications for the sport. The reports and library have been publicly released and can be found at usga.org/distanceinsights. To facilitate input from manufacturers and other stakeholders in the golf community, specific...
Ladies, Are You Playing The Right Golf Ball For Your Swing Speed?
The Titleist Pro-V1 is the most popular ball on all the professional golf tours and a top seller for amateurs; but, ladies, is it the right ball for you? Well, the answer is it depends on your swing speed. Take a look at the following graphic from Sports Sensors, Inc. that shows how swing speed affects ball distance. As you can see from the graph, there is a direct correlation between swing speed and distance. You will also notice how drastically different the swing speeds are between tour players and average amateur golfers. The table below shows a further breakdown between...
Sphera Pro Threes Golf Ball Review
Sphera is Latin for "Ball" and is the impetus behind, yet another, direct to consumer golf ball company. By cutting out distributors, not paying for retail shelf space or sponsoring tour players, these upstart ball companies have been able to bring the consumer a pro tour ball at a fraction of the cost of the big boys. Sphera is a company shrouded in a bit of a mystery as their website offers very little information on the company or its products. Their offerings are a 4 piece ball called the Pro Fours and a 3 piece called, you guessed it,...
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