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ROFL...

http://www.distancegolfball.com/Guide/I ... Golf-Balls

Apparently some of the stuff that goes on in the golf world parallels our own when it comes to equipment. Though there aren't companies (yet) that sell, for instance, too-thick sponge. These "super distance" balls remind me of carbon rackets, in a way - some of us who can't generate the sort of power the pros can compensate by using fast equipment, even though control suffers. Then there's the story of the "Lady Ball". I heard this on NPR years ago. Apparently there was a legal golf balls designed for people who can't produce the sort of power drives the pros can. These balls apparently don't break the distance rules - which means they don't give the Tiger Woods of this world any advantage over any other ball, but for those people with weak golf swings (in other words - most rec players!) it gives a little extra distance. Unfortunately, the maker of these balls made the unfortunate decision to market it as a golf ball for WOMEN. Which meant that most manly man players wouldn't be caught DEAD using one, even if it would help their game. Or they would, except they'd get them mail order in unmarked plain brown boxes, or sneak into pro shops outside the town where they live and whisper something about wanting to buy that "Lady Ball". And they wouldn't let others examine the balls they were using, or somehow disguise them.

Double ROFL:

http://thesandtrap.com/t/45292/is-it-il ... for-ladies

And this comparison table has ALMOST as much mumbo jumbo in it as you find in table tennis catalogs:

http://www.distancegolfball.com/Guide/D ... Comparison

Iskandar

USATT has now decided to use the plastic Nittaku Premium (Japan) 40+ ball for all events. This is much better than what they had decided to do before. Only problem is that at the moment these balls are not yet generally available. They will be on sale sometime next month. Hopefully they will be as good as the small number of balls that they had released for people to try.

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That's just for the Nationals correct? As far as I know most regular USATT tournaments are still using celluloid.

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In my area, the most recent tournament used celluloid. The ne before that used a polyball, as will the next one. Both kinds of balls are legal. It is up to the tournament organizers. I haven't followed what is happening outside of my area.

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Butterfly Viscaria Black tag
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