https://pinhighpress.com/tags/golf-balls/ Recent content in Golf Balls on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/what-actually-matters-when-choosing-a-golf-ball/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/what-actually-matters-when-choosing-a-golf-ball/ <p>Ask ten amateurs why they play the ball currently sitting in their bag and at least half will mention compression at some point, usually something like &ldquo;I need a low-compression ball because I don&rsquo;t swing that fast.&rdquo; It sounds like sound reasoning, borrowed from the fitting world&rsquo;s own language, and it is almost entirely beside the point for the overwhelming majority of golfers who buy a sleeve off the shelf rather than sit through a launch monitor session. Compression is real, it is measurable, and it has almost nothing to do with which ball will actually help a mid-handicap player shoot a lower number.</p>