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Ball Longevity?

• gherkinhead1 245 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2020 10:11 PM

  If you pay for a sleeve of balls,  does the wear & tear on the ball apply?    (for example,  if you hit the ball on a path or a rock and does putting a ball count for a hit?)

• ScottHope 10,086 Posts

  Sun, Nov 15 2020 5:01 AM

  As far as I am aware, ball wear is only caused when the club strikes the ball (except the putter), not when the ball makes contact with any other surface.

• MarchieB 1,525 Posts

  Sun, Nov 15 2020 7:56 AM

  Someone on Facebook did a pretty detailed "study" of this.

  • 1 stroke = 1 Hit off your ball's Hit Meter
  • It does not matter if its from the fairway, rough, sand, brush, ect; 1 stroke = 1 hit
  • A balls Hit Meter is not affected by hitting off cart path, rocks, ect.
  • Any stroke taken from "On the Green" does not count as a hit on your ball's Hit Meter
  • The stroke taken after using a Mulligan will count as two hits to your ball's Hit Meter. This also includes mulligans used "On the Green" for Putts
  • Every Ball (other than the starter Ball) has a Durability rating. This can be from 1.0 - 2.5. This will give you somewhere between 90-120 hits on each ball depending on its rating. 
  • 1.0 = 90 hits
    2.0 = 100 hits
    2.5 = 120 hits   

   

   

   

• gherkinhead1 245 Posts

  Sun, Nov 15 2020 12:24 PM

  Thank you both for the information. 

• alosso 21,034 Posts

  Sun, Nov 15 2020 1:02 PM

  MarchieB:

  Someone on Facebook did a pretty detailed "study" of this.

  • 1 stroke = 1 Hit off your ball's Hit Meter
  • It does not matter if its from the fairway, rough, sand, brush, ect; 1 stroke = 1 hit
  • A balls Hit Meter is not affected by hitting off cart path, rocks, ect.
  • Any stroke taken from "On the Green" does not count as a hit on your ball's Hit Meter
  • The stroke taken after using a Mulligan will count as two hits to your ball's Hit Meter. This also includes mulligans used "On the Green" for Putts
  • Every Ball (other than the starter Ball) has a Durability rating. This can be from 1.0 - 2.5. This will give you somewhere between 90-120 hits on each ball depending on its rating.

That's a good summary!

Let me add two wee details:

- Only putts from the greens do not count. Mulligans do count as stated, and, AFAIR, other clubs from greens do count one on one.

- Durability of some ball type has been counted to 125. My guess: Probably older balls which may no longer exist.