Advantages: Lots of spin and a bit of extra distance Disadvantages: Still marks and scuffs fairly easily
...to a ‘one piece’ solid ball, is that the balata stays on the clubface of the golf club fractionally longer at impact, thus allowing the grooves on the clubface to have more effect.
~ ~ But the balata golf ball also has its drawbacks.
A one-piece solid golf ball is virtually indestructible, and will take all sorts of punishment and beating without losing its shape, whereas the softer balata ball doesn’t take to rough treatment at all well, and will distort and cut very easily.
Because the balata ball is softer, it doesn’t ‘bounce’ of the clubface with such venom, which means that it doesn’t travel so far as a solid golf ball. And because it spins more in the air, it doesn’t roll so far on landing.
When you are a young fit fella like Tiger Woods, then this doesn’t matter that much. He hits...
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