Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Time for a change in the market?

Is it all in a name?

Having spent the best part of the morning hitting a new ball that i had never heard of before i began to ask myself, am i playing my current ball because the marketing geniuses call it the 'no 1 ball in golf'? Granted its a great ball and it does what it says on the label. It goes far, it spins lots and it 'drops and stops' if you don't know what ball I'm talking about it's call a T......t
Now the ball that's had me looking forward to the warmer weather of the summer when really you get the best out of your ball is a ball that is designed and made in South Korea. The company is Nassau Golf who have been stocking the driving ranges of the world with great decent range balls, but the ball in question is not a range ball. Its the Pro Cyber. A ball that felt like i want it to feel with a wedge, you know that feeling when you tap it on the face of the club a few times and it feels like a marsh mellow. The ball had a very penetrating flight that stayed stuck it didn't bellow upwards and felt incredible off the face of a driver. After measuring it against my ball the results to were surprising. It was the longest ball in both the 6 iron test and driver test, sometimes by more than 8 yards, that's a whole club shorter. Coupled with the fact the drives were also longer. Means I'd be finding t myself hit a short iron into the green by two clubs. The short game test too was a nice surprise, a 50 yard test is always a good test of a balls response, how quick it sticks to the green is important and i wasn't disappointed. Three balls within 4 foot of each other and 2 yards long of the flag.

The problem i can see with it is the market has already decided. The consumers that have there favorite ball is always a hard resell but i think if you give a new product a chance you might just be surprised and save yourself a few bob.

The ball in question is the Nassau Pro Cyber. No image but I'm sure google will find something out there. Happy Golfing.

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