What golf ball do you use? Even with serious golfers the answer is often ‘whichever one I pull out of my bag next’.
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Being honest, how many of you use the same model of golf ball every time you play?
I have the best intentions of sticking to the same ball but on occasions I’ll lose one and not have any more of that model in my bag.
It’s annoying but it happens. Sometimes I’ll just stick a sleeve of my ball of choice in my bag and then I’ll lose more than I think I’m going to.
There are lots of different golf balls out there, each with different performance benefits.

And we wouldn’t dream of telling you which one to use.
But does is matter which one you use? We think it does because it’s the only piece of equipment you use for every shot so why wouldn’t you have the one best suited to your game?
We wouldn’t use a driver or a set of irons that was totally unsuitable would we?
But does changing balls from round to round or even hole to hole have a negative impact on your golf?
We spoke to Titleist golf ball specialist Ant Williams to get some of the important questions answered.
How big are the differences in performance characteristics between different balls?
“There are many game-changing performance and quality differences between golf ball brands and their various models.
“At Titleist we design all our golf balls to be long off the tee, but where the golf balls will separate themselves from one another are shots getting hit into and around the green.


