Absolutely. Shaft weight is even more important in this respect

Great shafts too those

Very kind and glad you enjoyed it

We certainly do

For flex alone only feeling softer, possibly a hair more flight but the flex will only very marginally affect direction and flight. If you react to the soft feeling shaft by backing off the swing then that will cause the bigger misses

Great shafts these and we’re seeing some good results with them for sure

Very stable for spin is what we are seeing

Thanks Alan. Hope to see you soon!

So pleased you enjoyed this. He’s is an utterly delightful gentleman and it’s been a privilege to work with him and enjoy his company outside of work.

Absolutely true, until they release it there is nothing to test with so as we had done balatas we thought it would be an interesting comparison to what used to be used

@@Precision_Golf Oh absolutely, it was still a very interesting comparison even just for some additional context regarding how that much more spin with the same club affects the flight dynamics and outcome. Keep up the great work!

It’s a very fair point and one that I myself have strongly felt. Most amateur players do not need to lose any performance but it is also now impossible to argue that with the distance the top players hit it, unless they get Troon-like conditions, they just render most courses obselete

Thank you Mark, glad you enjoyed 👍🏻

Absolutely - but often more than you wanted!!

Still can’t beat the feel of balata on persimmon

Actually we have tested this and with a Pro V1 you can still get almost identical speed from a centre strike - but no forgiveness off centre!

Oh the cost of a smile 😂

Once the rolled back balls are released that will be possible to test

First the ball, then maybe they will lift the COR restriction for amateurs, then bring back square grooves for amateurs, what will be next? One thing I love about golf is that I can test myself on the same courses with the same equipment and (sometimes) even same course conditions against my idols, the best players in the world. As a serious amateur player, I would under the new rules fall in a bracket where I would have to play with the roled back ball at times, then with current balls in another event. I don’t like it one bit!

Yes, a foil dot is applied to the ball and the result is the same as RCT internally

Not at all, depending on how they limit performance it will mean the parameters we term “optimal” will shift but the relevance of fitting and coaching will remain exactly the same as played will still want your optimise their clubs for them and get swing technique as good as possible

The wedge groove rule did change and as a result all wedges for the last number of years have been confirming to the new rules. What happens is that the manufacturers find ways of getting back a good amount of the initial performance loss over time

Thank you. That smooth tempo of Colin’s has always been fabulous

Thank you - I’ll see what we can find!!

At this point we are not certain but we thought it would be interesting to compare to an “old” ball to show just how much progress there has been from the ball but what could he achieved with a structural change to ball design

They did render a balata unusable after one wedge shot!!

I always knew you were a traditionalist!

Thanks Sean

He’s on the mend for sure! Thanks for asking though

This is the real Colin that we have been fortunate to know for a long time. He really is one of the nicest and most genuine people

Absolutely, couldn’t agree more. Why eat soup with a knife when you could use a spoon! 😂

Thanks Paul. With Colin we could get him on every week and never run out of subject matter!

Certainly will do!

So pleased you enjoyed it

Thank you so much

Thanks! Would be a long commute for us!

He uses a tee!

Great Monday live!

@@radikaa2095 thanks Radika!

He’s brilliant

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it. We could have done a 3 hour show and not run out of content!!

Thanks Kevin