Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

[golfpop]

. . . a found ball has had.
Think about it. Guy buys a sleeve for his round... 5 percent of players? will almost never lose a golf ball. 20% will lose maybe 1 ball a round.
these guys buy probably 1% of all the golf balls.
The other 25%, at the bottom, buy 75% of the balls. Go through 6+ a round.

Now to the economics.
Almost certainly a like new Pro V1 you find has been hit ... maybe.... 5-8 times.

And you can typically buy it for 20% of retail.

why buy new balls?
(just starting a conversation)

[nearace]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

The places I play you don't find alot of titelists

[jaybudhwani]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

. . . a found ball has had.
Think about it. Guy buys a sleeve for his round... 5 percent of players? will almost never lose a golf ball. 20% will lose maybe 1 ball a round.
these guys buy probably 1% of all the golf balls.
The other 25%, at the bottom, buy 75% of the balls. Go through 6+ a round.

Now to the economics.
Almost certainly a like new Pro V1 you find has been hit ... maybe.... 5-8 times.

And you can typically buy it for 20% of retail.

why buy new balls?
(just starting a conversation)

It not the umber of hits I'm worried about, its the conditions the ball has been in while waiting for me to find it.

Water logged/weather damaged etc, no thank you, those go in the bag and get donated to the kid brother. One hit wonder tour balls, those stay with me.

[Jayhawker]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

1 to 300 hits.
Now who should and why buy new balls. imo no reason to buy any balls if you lose more than 20 a round. Just play the right courses and find what you need as you look for the ball you lost. I started that way and have boxes of balls. I moved up to sorting and playing like balls (still found) to first gain some consistency in my hits and second to find out which balls are good for me or more obviously which balls are NOT for me. Yeah Mojo I am looking at you. If you can go through most rounds loosing only 1-2 sleeves you should buy the balls that work for you from a good used guy like seetrout699. If you know your ball or balls and can use the same balls for usually the whole round buy new and enjoy. Probably retire the ball after the round or just wait for a scuff.

[muskokaERIC]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

the cover on a prov1 will start to bubble after roughly 90 days in water. this is what I was told by a "professional" ball re-seller. not sure if I buy it, but I only buy new balls

[AdiosAmigo]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

If you find it on the first hole it's probably a one hit goner lol

[bl8d]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

I don't think anyone knows for certain the lifespan of the new multi-layer synthetic balls we play today. They are almost impossible to deform or cut. Scuffs are the main reason they are pulled out of play.
I doubt they are susceptible to prolonged immersion.

By way of comparison the '70 Balata, with their wound rubber band core, wouldn't last through a hole.

[TourIQ]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

Now to the economics.
Almost certainly a like new Pro V1 you find has been hit ... maybe.... 5-8 times.

And you can typically buy it for 20% of retail.

why buy new balls?
(just starting a conversation)

why buy new Pro V1's?
The golfer who loses one after hitting it 5-8 times don't need this expensive of a golf ball.

[Marty Canuck]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

Seetrout on this board sells used balls at great prices. Great guy to deal with too. Highly recommend him.

[Pingnut]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

I found a dozen like new tour preferred yesterday.. if they were all from the same guy, guess they were lasting a hole and a half

[Albatross]

Re: Whats your guess on the average # of hits . . .

depends what hole you find them on. I love finding like new balls on the first couple holes. Especially on the first hole of Toot down the left side....lots of prov's in those trees