Big SoIL
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I cut open the only Chromesoft ball I had in the retired pile, and found a great example of a perhaps borderline ball. The core is visually off center but not horrible. I measured with calipers and the thinnest part of the orange layer is ~0.300 and the thickest ~0.345, so 0.023. 1 of 1 sampled. Now what?
I’m of the opinion that balance is important, and that some of the more extreme examples of core shift are concerning. I’m not sure what tolerance is deemed acceptable or how that relates to actual on course performance, but even 0.023 on .323 is 7% off. 14% different layer thickness one side to the other on a marginal example.
That has me curious what’s acceptable from a QC standpoint for the core being centered throughout the golf ball industry. Just by my eye the ball Dax cut is a bit off center also. Has anyone cut open something like a TP5 to see how well 5 layers can be manufactured?