While its still winter and the wife decided to keep us indoors for the weekend as part of the reaction to the coronavirus, I took the time to do what I have been wanting to do for a while which is spin balance my gamer balls. I took 2 dozen of the Tour B X that I just bought and decided to give them all a run through. If you aren't familiar with how to do this at home, take a look at this article: How Can I water balance golf balls?
In a nutshell, you take some water, throw enough epsom salts into the water to make the ball float. I would target enough salt so you can see about 1/2" to 3/4" of the ball poking through the surface. You'll need a sharpie and a towel. Just poke the ball once it comes to rest and then spin it. When it comes to rest again, mark it again.
Below is my setup. I used an old Callaway Chrome Soft, a Pinnacle Gold, and Top Flite D2 Distance as my control balls as all 3 of them had a distinct heavy end of the ball.
The tester balls that all have pretty significant out of balance situation. The little black dot on each was where the ball would quick spin back to, dot up in the water.
As far a results, I have really been pleased. So far I have done a 2 dozen of the new Tour B X and all of them have been damn near perfect. 2 were slightly off but nothing that makes it unplayable. I just need to put my putting alignment line over that spot and I am good to go.
Pretty simple to do and interesting to see the results. Give it a shot if you have some free time. Might be surprised by the results.
In a nutshell, you take some water, throw enough epsom salts into the water to make the ball float. I would target enough salt so you can see about 1/2" to 3/4" of the ball poking through the surface. You'll need a sharpie and a towel. Just poke the ball once it comes to rest and then spin it. When it comes to rest again, mark it again.
- If the ball settles on a different spot 3 times, then pretty sure that ball is very well balance and centered.
- If the ball slowly rotates back to the original dot, then its a slight bit off center but nothing unplayable from a putting perspective. Still might want to mark it so you know to put with it up or down or somewhere on the roll line.
- If the ball quickly rotates back to the original dot, then its way off and will potentially cause issues on putting.
Below is my setup. I used an old Callaway Chrome Soft, a Pinnacle Gold, and Top Flite D2 Distance as my control balls as all 3 of them had a distinct heavy end of the ball.
The tester balls that all have pretty significant out of balance situation. The little black dot on each was where the ball would quick spin back to, dot up in the water.
As far a results, I have really been pleased. So far I have done a 2 dozen of the new Tour B X and all of them have been damn near perfect. 2 were slightly off but nothing that makes it unplayable. I just need to put my putting alignment line over that spot and I am good to go.
Pretty simple to do and interesting to see the results. Give it a shot if you have some free time. Might be surprised by the results.
