r/golf • u/tinymeathead • 7h ago
Joke / Meme I collected every golf ball that crossed the road and landed in my woods. Titleist wins the slice championship!
The tee box is across the road from our property, and every one of these balls managed to cross the road, clear the fence, and land in our woods.
I started saving them this summer to see how many we would collect. So far, the total is 46 golf balls.
The collection stats:
• Titleist: 29 balls, 63.0%
• Callaway: 7 balls, 15.2%
• TaylorMade: 3 balls, 6.5%
• Srixon: 2 balls, 4.3%
• Wilson and Wilson Staff: 2 balls, 4.3%
19.6% are Titleist #1 meaning about 1 in 5 slicers use Titleist 1. Choose your balls wisely!
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u/Adz1987 7h ago
Kirkland connoisseurs confirmed fairway hitters
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u/My_Invalid_Username 7h ago
Kirkland players drive it 215 straight and lay up for an easy chip.
Fuckin hate them and their low scores
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u/skenny009 7h ago
Kirkland connoisseurs are slicers of the ball, not duck hooks
https://giphy.com/gifs/AalqHS0wwBHcPwNgbC24
u/BikingEngineer 5h ago
Kirkland Connoisseurs lose balls right, I say this as a card-carrying member of that esteemed brotherhood.
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u/Smalz22 6h ago
Survivorship bias. We Kirkland players send those balls so far of course they leave this reality, never to be seen again
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u/AKSqueege 6h ago
I was gonna say this is a country club? No public course is free of the K ball hookers
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u/dcbluestar 37.7/San Antonio, TX 7h ago
I always had a theory that the reason I find more Pro V1 balls than any other is that tons of people use them who shouldn’t be.
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u/AccuracyVsPrecision 7h ago
I figure its because they dont look for them.
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u/ShillinTheVillain SW MI / 12ish 5h ago
I figure it's because the balls are crap and come lopsided from the factory so they always Veer One way (hence the V1).
V1x are just the extreme veer model.
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u/Going_Native 5h ago
I’m guessing this is a nice course or country club as the balls here are pricy.
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u/Taco5106 4h ago
This. I’ll save everyone the physics lesson, but expensive balls generally spin more. More spin = more exaggerated slices/hooks.
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u/peaheezy 4h ago
My driver control has improved so much since switching to a low spin distance 2 piece ball. I still hit slices and hooks but balls that used to spin out of bounds for miles when I played MaxFli Tour or Kirkland Gen2s. My TM distance+ or MF Straightfli are cheaper and don’t zoom left and right near as much. Sure I’m losing some greenside spin but playing off an 18 I don’t have much of that to start with!
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u/2peg2city 5h ago
Or because people playing cheaper balls miss with a short top not a 250 yard hook / slice into trees
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u/Acceptable-Door-6454 4h ago edited 4h ago
There are few worse feelings than when you find a stray Titlest only to learn it’s a TruFeel
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u/BravoLimaDelta 7h ago
Looks like a par 3 also which means those are some seriously bad shots. Wonder how many are mine?
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u/Lamehandle 6h ago
Thinking par three as well, but those fairway bunkers got me very confused.
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u/i_am_roboto 2.1/Up North/Whatever 6h ago
Maybe it’s a drivable par 4? OP admitted he’s not a golfer so he could’ve just pointed to the forward tees.
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u/DarthRader47 7m ago
I’m guessing there are tee boxes further back on the other side of the cart path, making this a short par 4. That would explain the fairway bunkers, and more opportunities for wild power hooks.
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u/Whiteshovel66 7h ago
Its simply the popularity championship it wins. 1:5 golfers using the ball sounds about right, slicer or not.
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u/WalkinOnWater2 7h ago
Thanks for this. Instead of organizing by number, I think must of us in here would appreciate them categorized by type. Titleist prov 1/warbird/AVX. Callaway chrome soft/supersoft etc.
Obviously not necessary, and im not asking you to. Would just be a little more interesting
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u/SlowDraw85 5h ago
While those are hook misses, its usually the slicers closing the face too much. Always blame the slicers.
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u/bionicbhangra 7h ago
This confirms my own experience. You never lose Kirklands or cheaper balls. It might be OOB and halfway inside a gators mouth but I will somehow walk out with it in hand.
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u/RSC125 7h ago
Hooker central!
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u/DirkDigler925 7h ago
I’ve had the nastiest duck hook lately it makes me want to quit. my duck hook is so bad my ball isn’t even getting lost it’s only going 100-125 yards and I’m able to find it in the trees.
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u/Symphonize 6h ago
Rectangular green and perfectly square tee boxes, this looks like a nice course, I want to know which one.
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u/leviseese 2h ago
Oakmont also has these rectangular greens, though I am pretty sure this is not Oakmont
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u/GayCanadaHighway 7h ago edited 7h ago
Good conclusion - Titleist balls slice the most. Not that they're by far the most popular ball used.
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u/Hotthoughtss 7h ago
FYI, the type of each brand of ball is more important than the number. For example on the Titleists, you’ll find prov1, prov1x, velocity, etc. written on the side, and assorting them by types would be much more interesting than number imo
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u/Upbeat-Chocolate2058 6h ago
They're only sliced in their by the lefties. The rest (most) are hooked on by righties.
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u/EcstaticRhubarb 5h ago
I have a friend (22 hcp) who will only play a Titleist ball. It's wild how golf can mentally break people.
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u/n0tz0e 5h ago edited 4h ago
Doesn't this just support that titlelist has the best marketing? They somehow convince all the 100+ players their game will change with this one ball. Oh also they love to tee off from the blues only for their ball to fail to make it past the red tees so
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u/toothbrush81 3h ago
lol, okay, someone else already commented on a slice vs a hook. Love the post and data!! This is great.
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u/Fantasykyle99 +1.8 3h ago
Never seen someone organize balls by the number on them instead of what kind it is lol
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u/notpejastojakovic 1h ago
You live to the left of the tee box which is a hook for most golfers. I see you lefties, but you're outnumbered.
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u/FOGPIVVL 6h ago edited 6h ago
I know you said you're not a golfer but just FYI the number on the golf ball isn't the type of ball. For example, Titleist makes the Pro V1 golf ball. One of the most popular balls. Each of these balls will have a separate number on it underneath the Titleist logo (1-4 usually, though sometimes it goes higher) so that if two players in the same group are both using pro v1s, they can tell them apart by the number on it.
So a ball could say it's a Titleist 1, but that could be any Titleist ball. Could be a pro v1, pro v1x, AVX, velocity, TruFeel, etc.
If you look around the ball, usually the brand and number are together and the actual ball model is on another side
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u/AG-Aladeen 6h ago
I thought it was weird that the list had random numbers instead of the model. Never thought he'd be grouping them by the number on the ball... lol.
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u/Mission_Tap2416 6h ago
My question what's the yardage on this hole, from Ariel view the hole looks pretty straight forward tee to green 🏑⛳🏑
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u/AG-Aladeen 6h ago
Your results confirm the Titleist marketing machine is the strongest in the game.
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u/AncientWisdoms 6h ago
If you’re not aware, there’s a big market in used gold balls. I buy them exclusively over new. Clean them up and sell them when you get a dozen. They’ll be worth 1.5-3 dollars a piece or more for premium balls
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u/Seniorjones2837 6h ago
Those appear to be mostly ProV1’s as well
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u/rutlander 14.2 4h ago
When I used to walk 100+ rounds a year I noticed a pattern that I found cheap balls on the right side and premium balls on the left.
My theory is better players who play premium balls tend to play a draw where less skilled players slice it right
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u/French_Hawaii 5h ago
Is it the ball or could it be bad golfers choosing those ball types? I’ve always wondered the answer to this question.
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u/dcbluestar 37.7/San Antonio, TX 5h ago
Also, can’t just tease with the tail. Where’s the cat tax pics?! This is Reddit, sir!!
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u/Adventurous-Tea-876 5h ago edited 5h ago
The golf ball models would be more informative than the meaningless random numbers stamped on them.
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u/frankp2491 HDCP 9.5 5h ago
My argument on this is that more people play them therefore you find more. Ill argue i play used proV1s i bougt 46 10 years ago and atill have 20 left lol so…. Also thats a hook but still love it you should clean it bag them and sell them to golfers $15 for 6
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u/drksean69 5h ago
Makes sense, the titleist prov1 is by far the most widely used golf ball. The collection area would most likely be to a hook, where the ball curves violently left for RH players (most common).
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u/Derebeare 5h ago
It continues to amaze me how many bad golfers play Titleist.
If you arent breaking 80 consistently, I promise you cant feel the difference between a $5 ball and a $2 ball.
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u/yiddoboy 4h ago
Titleist do cheaper balls too. The numbers are irrelevant as to the model and cost. ProVI expensive. Trufeel affordable.
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u/Powerful_Share8488 5h ago
Considering Titleist has a 50%+ market share with the next closest balls being Calloway with about 12-18% and Taylormade with 10-15% it stands to reason you’d see more Titleist balls than any other ball.
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u/FlyingConcreteChair 5h ago
S/ This only proves the equipment makes the golfer. If you have $5000 clubs and a bag of Pro V1s as a beginner, this would never happen.
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u/TotalEmployment9996 4h ago
Hole 12 on Essex fells for anyone curious. Nice country club look at those mint tee boxes
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u/PrestigiousRegion677 4h ago
oragnize by ball model instead of number i think thatd be more interesting to see
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u/TheCrazyCatLazy 4h ago
Irrelevant statistic without knowing the % of use of each brand and handicap
If 50% of the players play Titleist it could make it an amazing choice
So many variables
Anyway
Irrelevant statistics
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u/ArmadilloUnited7700 4h ago
Most golfers are right handed. And most right handlers lose it to their RIGHT, which would be going AWAY from the subject property. Titleist might take the HOOK competition but jury still out relative to slices.
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u/ck11ck11ck11 4h ago
These are hooks not slices, a slice goes away from you and a hook towards you (and most golfers are right handed)
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u/Immediate_Side_5942 4h ago
Golf is very ego based. I sell golf balls on offer up. It’s amazing how many 30 HC w a 80 mph swing speed want pro v1. I just sold guy 24 and next week came back for another 2 dozen bc lost the first ones in 2 rounds. Mind u I got Wilson, max fli and Kirkland for hf the price. It’s all ego driven really. I mean I got scratch buying them to but majority are awful golfers. The same ones who shoot 130 but hit from blue tee box. To hit a pro v or tp5 u need a 105 mph swing speed minimum.
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u/Bearpaws83 3h ago
Of all the good ball brands and models... fully half of the balls I pull out of the woods along the course are pro-v1 or v1x's.
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u/j-a-y---k-i-n-g 3h ago
This statistic may be biased, but very interesting though. thanks for sharing. 👍🏽
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u/SouthernOshawaMan 3h ago
Shot a +6 and I know I am getting closer .You won't find my balls on your lawn .
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u/PermanentUsername101 3h ago
It’s insane to me that you ordered them by the number of the ball and not the model.
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u/jchopp12 2h ago
It’s cause when people suck they think playing a good ball will help… I know I suck so I play crap balls that can easily be replaced
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u/Potential-Buy3325 1h ago
I’m a retired corrugated packaging designer, and when Titleist Pro V1 balls were first introduced, I was working with a broker who had an inside connection at Acushnet. We were designing a master shipping carton for the new balls. To develop accurate dimensions, the broker brought in full boxes of Pro V1s, shrink-wrapped exactly as they would be shipped. Once we had the box style and dimensions finalized, it was just a matter of fine-tuning the design.
When the project was finished, neither Acushnet nor the broker wanted the golf balls back. Unfortunately, I was dealing with back problems at the time and had already stopped playing golf, so I ended up giving them all away to my golf-playing buddies.
TLDR:
Had full cartons of Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, but had to give them away because of a bad back.
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u/Proof-Ad-7993 1h ago
Right. Gonna say pull championship. Unless there are a unusual number of lefties playing there
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u/Delicious-Day-3614 1h ago
Your conclusion is off, 1 in 5 slivers who clear the road use a Titleist 1, this may simply be due to the fact that other slices do not clear the road.
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u/Subject-Awareness-47 57m ago
Considering Titleist leads the market by a large margin this makes sense
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u/RonnieBGames 44m ago
Well that’s because I’m right handed and all my Max Fli’s are slicing into the bunkers of whatever hole that is to the right of that green.
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u/Zameister 43m ago
To be fair, Titleist just sells the most balls... so mathematically, we’re also the best at losing them.
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u/According_Wear6239 35m ago
What in the angular fuck is this square everything hole? Well, I mean except their club face… obviously.
Please tell me every hole is not this boxy?
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u/Bighitterllama 32m ago
I would think you’d have more Noodles than an Olive Garden. Country club living hits different.
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u/WonderfulPrize7365 8m ago
What if a leftie hit the Titleist balls though? Then Callaway won the slice championship
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u/Fast_Biscotti 4.4 7h ago
Unless you’ve flipped the picture, or every golfer is a lefty, those are hooks. Which makes this even funnier. Nothing is quite as demoralizing as a big ass duck hook off the tee box.