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Well, I have good news and bad news.
Good: tested these balls again this past weekend and they continue to perform very well
Bad: I lost another 3
So we took to the course on Saturday teeing off around noon with 65* temps and winds varying from 10-25. I’m really beginning to learn more about ball flight and what is good/bad for me. I tended to always think that I was getting too high which would lead to a distance loss from ballooning and also because the ball would lose all momentum into the wind. Now, it’s a given that the wind will affect distance but what I’ve seen from some of the newer balls (including the e5) is that that height is not an enormous indicator of distance loss due to the way that the dimples are designed to cut through the air with less resistance.
While the e5 is designed to be a higher launching ball with more spin (most in the e series), it can undoubtedly be flighted down using tee height and ball position in stance. As I mentioned last week, I was astonished when I hit 3 balls well into the wind and the e5 launching the highest also went the furthest. Needless to say, I’m over the thoughts that the e5 launches TOO high for me…simply not true.
Around the greens I had a better go of it on Saturday as I added a new wedge to the bag which I gained quick confidence with that allowed me to judge this ball on chipping performance. Is it the spinniest ball on the market? No. Does it spin well enough for me where I can play an aggressive shot that takes one nice bounce then settles up nicely? Yes.
I saw one shot on Saturday where I was 112 to the flag and hitting into the wind. Took a PW and was trying to keep it slightly down into the wind and it was one of those shots where I nipped the ball just perfect at impact. End result was landing 3 feet left of the flag pin high and spinning back 10 feet. As with anything golf, it still requires technique to get the most out of something and I saw that when executed a shot to the best of my ability.
I still have 6 balls of the original dozen left. Does this ball have everything I could want to be my daily gamer? No. It’s not yellow.
In all seriousness though, I wish it was available in yellow. But yes – for a sub $30 ball, I’m not sure there is a better one available for me. The durability is incredible and it does everything well enough where I could (and likely will) game it for 2015. This was a solid improvement on the previous version which I also enjoyed. Higher flight and more spin……which is a good thing for me.
If you have any questions, feel free to throw them at me! I’ll be playing in a tourney on Saturday morning and these will be put to the test again.
Good: tested these balls again this past weekend and they continue to perform very well
Bad: I lost another 3
So we took to the course on Saturday teeing off around noon with 65* temps and winds varying from 10-25. I’m really beginning to learn more about ball flight and what is good/bad for me. I tended to always think that I was getting too high which would lead to a distance loss from ballooning and also because the ball would lose all momentum into the wind. Now, it’s a given that the wind will affect distance but what I’ve seen from some of the newer balls (including the e5) is that that height is not an enormous indicator of distance loss due to the way that the dimples are designed to cut through the air with less resistance.
While the e5 is designed to be a higher launching ball with more spin (most in the e series), it can undoubtedly be flighted down using tee height and ball position in stance. As I mentioned last week, I was astonished when I hit 3 balls well into the wind and the e5 launching the highest also went the furthest. Needless to say, I’m over the thoughts that the e5 launches TOO high for me…simply not true.
Around the greens I had a better go of it on Saturday as I added a new wedge to the bag which I gained quick confidence with that allowed me to judge this ball on chipping performance. Is it the spinniest ball on the market? No. Does it spin well enough for me where I can play an aggressive shot that takes one nice bounce then settles up nicely? Yes.
I saw one shot on Saturday where I was 112 to the flag and hitting into the wind. Took a PW and was trying to keep it slightly down into the wind and it was one of those shots where I nipped the ball just perfect at impact. End result was landing 3 feet left of the flag pin high and spinning back 10 feet. As with anything golf, it still requires technique to get the most out of something and I saw that when executed a shot to the best of my ability.
I still have 6 balls of the original dozen left. Does this ball have everything I could want to be my daily gamer? No. It’s not yellow.
In all seriousness though, I wish it was available in yellow. But yes – for a sub $30 ball, I’m not sure there is a better one available for me. The durability is incredible and it does everything well enough where I could (and likely will) game it for 2015. This was a solid improvement on the previous version which I also enjoyed. Higher flight and more spin……which is a good thing for me.
If you have any questions, feel free to throw them at me! I’ll be playing in a tourney on Saturday morning and these will be put to the test again.