![]() ![]() Demand, based on our review of the marketplace success and consumer enthusiasm, accounts for 5 percent of the score. Innovation, which is our assessment of each ball’s technology and each company’s manufacturing rigor and sophistication along with a company’s commitment to ball fitting, represents 30 percent of the score. Performance, which is based on player evaluations of golf balls (with all identifying marks blacked out) and a review of robot testing conducted by Golf Laboratories and using Foresight GC Quad launch monitors, accounts for 65 percent of the score. One other change this year: Our star ratings now reflect three scores that comprise the total evaluation of each entry. As always, let the Hot List help you start that process. ![]() In the end, it’s the shot that matters most to you-off the tee, into the green, around and on the green-that should dictate which is the right ball for you. All of which makes it clear that you should find the ball that resonates with you the most in the short shots (assuming there is one) and then make sure it doesn’t compromise any other shots from tee to green. Now, will every average golfer notice those differences? Our research in that area is not as clear. Our data from players and robot testing by Golf Laboratories using the Foresight GC Quad launch monitor shows that with short wedge shots, the urethane cover balls, which are the construction played exclusively by tour players, have a distinct advantage in spin. That’s why this year, we’re separating our list into just two categories: Urethane Cover and Non-Urethane Cover. Those numbers have shown us that there is a distinct difference between two kinds of golf ball designs. ![]() “It is not uncommon for us to send a customer out to find the ball that works best for them within 150 yards, and then we might refit the driver based on that ball.” Still, there is no doubt that the launch monitor numbers provide direction. “We believe golf balls should be fit by the customer’s own spin needs within 150 yards,” says Bo Hodnett of Golf Tech, a Golf Digest Best Clubfitter in Plano, Texas. The right one for you, though, goes beyond our recommendations and rests squarely in your hands. ![]()
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