Many of Your Golf Balls Might Need to be Thrown Away
Did you know that there is a center of gravity in a golf ball? Well actually there is a center of gravity to almost everything, but rarely do we think about a golf balls COG. Most of the terminology we here today is about drivers. You here about COG’s and MOI’s a lot right now but it never refers to a golf ball. Well today I am going to let you in on a little secret on how to see if your golf balls and not your driver is responsible for those double bogeys.
All Golf Balls Are Not Balanced Properly
You might not know this, but all golf balls are not balanced properly on the inside. Many balls have a COG that is imperfect, and ANY imperfection of the COG can cause your ball to go off line. These imperfections can cause not only your putts to go off line but your drives as well. Recent testing done by Roger Maltby (Video Below) and other designers, has shown that even using while using “Putting Robots” they would get inconsistent results with dead center strokes of the putter. Maltby knew something had to be wrong so he looked into what was cauing these results and found out that it was actually the golf ball and not the putter.
How to Test Your Golf Balls at Home
There are a couple different methods to test this out on your golf balls you have at home. Problem is you have to buy them before you can get them home. And people are paying around $50 a doz. so you might be a little pissed when you find out that some of them aren’t balanced properly.
3.The Salt Water And Sharpie Method
Both work but here is the thing: Either Check-Go will find the sweet spot and have it corrected by placing a mark on the ball. But do you really want to play with golf balls that are not balanced properly in the first place? Most people dont mind and they hate to throw them away so it is up to you. Take a look at Roger’s video below it gives a great explanation of the process as well.
Andy
2 years ago
“Either Check-Go will find the sweet spot and have it corrected by placing a mark on the ball. But do you really want to play with golf balls that are not balanced properly in the first place?”
Of course!! Once I find the true equator of the golf ball (and disregard the incorrect markings from the manufacturer) and mark the axis with my Check-Go Pro… it rolls pure (as long as I put a good stroke on the putt!). What a difference it makes!! If you can get past how ugly the ball looks with a true equator line and the false one from the manufacturer, you’ll appreciate how much of a difference it makes on how the ball tracks off your putter. With the axis dot you mark on top of the ball, you can hit tee shots that will spin true (depending on how well you strike it). If you stripe it, you’ll no longer see the wicked slice or dreaded hook!