For the regular golfer the news on the modern golf ball is all good. The ball doesnt slice or hook anywhere near as much as it did 15 years ago and it goes a lot further. But why hasnt the average club members handicap dropped. The answer is almost certainly in the golf ball you are teeing up.
Today a solidly hit golf ball doesnt move. The manufacturers designers have worked the long night hours to make it so. But for most of us the percentage of solidly hit shots hasnt improved that much and the ball, when hit poorly, will deviate from the straight and narrow.
And some balls will deviate more than others. Would you believe that the golf ball a Pro plays with will deviate more than many of the alternatives on the market!
The argument, then, is that most amateur golfers could be playing with a golf ball that will make them straighter but choose not to.
Of course the modern golf ball goes further, by quite some distance, leaving you much closer to the green playing from the rough.
The bad news, for those who pick the ball used by their hero on TV, is that the same golf ball, when hit with a swing speed of only 85mph, isnt going to perform...