Wet Weather Golfing......

YAY!!!

Finally we are getting some decent rain down here......!!!!

Following a record dry spell across summer, aside from all those very good things this means for our water storages and stuff like that down here, it also means I now have to negotiate my way around my course tomorrow in the rain. First time for a long time...

I'm sure if I looked hard enough, I'd find some tips in here about the question I have, but, what the hey. I'll ask again anyways...

The going will be soft under foot and I have already arranged an extra towel or two in the new bag. My question relates to ball choice.

Given the likely soft ground conditions, is a "distance" ball going to be the more prudent choice over a soft covered "spin" ball...?

Cheers

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As you know, on this side of the Tasman ditch, we play in the rain more often than not. I find that I like to play a higher quality 2 piece ball. My fav at the moment is Callaway HX Black.

I am heading out this Sunday to the local course. It has been 4 weeks since I picked up a club,,, so I am going to be happy to stay under 95 and very happy if it gets any lower than 92.

Good to hear that it has started to rain over there. I lived in Alice for a couple of years, and during the dry season the local club claimed to be spending 12,000 a month on their water bill.. Yikes.

Best of luck on your game.

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SumoSid
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You ask an interesting question about ball choice in wet conditions. I always play the same ball regardless of weather conditions simply because I have a good idea how that ball is going to react while close to, or on the green. But I do understand the merits of a distance ball during wet, soft conditions which will allow the ball to stop quicker, from a longer approach distance. This topic of discussion is not very common, but important. GJS

Thinking about this topic a little more, perhaps in wet/soft conditions, club selection is more important/relevant than ball choice.

One of the questions for me is, in wet/soft conditions is a soft covered ball more likely to drag itself out of a plug mark and go backwards than a distance ball.

If not, and assuming (happy to be corrected here) a distance ball might "fly" further than a softer ball, when you take run out of the equation, it becomes a matter of remembering to take enough club so you can "fly it all the way" to the pin, rather than landing it short and watching it hop on....

The thinking aspect of our game is what draws me to it....

Cheers

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You have to be careful what you say on these subjects as often someone with a PHD in golf ball design who is a distant relative of Isac Newton jumps in and shoots you down in flames

You are corrects Scraggs it is a subject that can be a little subjective as a number of factors apply. In (Non global warming) UK winter conditions I prefer a slightly harder distance ball that gives me a little more off the tee and as most longer shots plug and stop you get little carry anyway.

There are all the intermediate conditions where there has been a heavy rainfall during a previous dry session, the green can stop up well and you can still get an amount of carry on the fairway. Wetter greens suit my game as where possible I play fairly high approach shots that I want to check up fast, the dry greens where the ball can bounce anywhere is not so good for me.

So! ball and club selection mapped to the wetness of the course is something well worth considering IMHO.

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Best Regards
Brian

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Funny o'l game!

Scragger what ball do you play last weekend? Was it raining?

I shot a 92 in wet conditions---very happy with that.

Hey Sid, good job on the 92 in the wet...

When it came time to tee off, I had a look in my bag as I was certain I had a couple of Maxfli D-Tec Distance rocks in there somewheres, but, couldn't locate them. It was then the little light above my head clicked on and I remembered that I had cleaned out my bag in the process of changing it for the new one I was carrying for the first time.

Only had a few (read 6-8) Maxfli Revolution Tour Spin balls in my bag, left overs from a box I'd bought 4 weeks earlier "on sale" at one of the larger retail golf outlets here.

And, I would go on to shoot 82 gross, (nett 65), carding 43 stableford points on a day where the CCR was 37 saw me drop 1.8 off my playing cap. Very happy

All the details are in my Journal...

Cheers.

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Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe....