Learn About Golf Balls and Yardage Chart - By: Crystal Chan

When you first walk into a golf shop you will be
totally confused at the numbers of choices of
golf balls with which you are confronted. Not
only are there innumerable brands, but also
within the brands there are many choices. But
basically there are only three types of balls;
the one-piece, two-piece, and three-piece.

A one-piece ball is molded of one material and
primarily used as a driving range ball, where a
particularly devastating hit splitting the one
piece ball into neat halves does not make it a
two-piece ball. A two-piece ball is constructed
of a rubber core and a cover. A three-piece ball
is a complex mechanism, made of a core of some
sophisticated material, such as titanium, around
which are wound many yards of thin rubber thread.<
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Golf balls hava a characteristic called
compression. When a golf ball is struck it is
compressed, or squashed, literally, on the face
of the club. The more difficult it is to compress,
the higher its compression number, ranging from
80 to 100. Lower-compression balls are about 80
on the compression scale. These balls do not have
to be hit as hard to be compressed on the club
face.

There are two types of material used in the
covers of balls. One, called balata, is a softer
material, vulnerable to damage from mishit shots,
but it produces a better "feel" for the player.
The other material, called surlyn, is a boon to
less skilled players because it is cut-resistant
and not easily damaged by mishits. Balata balls
easily develop what golfers nickname "smiles",
gashes in the covers of the ball that look like
smiles.

For beginning women players I recommend a surlyn
cover,80- or 90- compression ball. The packaging
will include words like distance and durable. Do
not choose a golf ball because it is pink or
fuschia and is called the Flying Princess or
otherwise appears ladylike.

You will need to continually update this due to
improvement or changes in the yardage you hit
each club. It is important to remember that there
is no distance you "should" hit each club, but
you do need to know how far you do hit each club.<
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The charts here are examples. You will need to
create your own with help of your professional.
Do not rely on your husband, boyfriend, or caddy
to choose the appropriate club for you. The
number of very independent women who will ask
their significant other what club to hit in their
playing lessons always shocks me. Be self-
sufficient and use your yardage chart in your
golf. Be as independent in your golf as you are
in your life.

The maximum number of clubs a player is allowed
to carry is 14, including the putter.

One of my most successful new students, and my
friend, a really fun lade named Jeane, took the
yardage chart that we madde for her, wrote the
numbers down in her computer, made several copies
of the chart, took them to an office supply store,
and had them laminated. She then punched a hole
in the corner of the chart, put a string through
the hole, and tied the yardage chart onto her
golf bag.

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