Clubhouse Yarns

If you’re playing whatever ball you found in the bushes last week, fair enough.    But if you’re actually trying to score better, the type of golf ball you play does matter.    Most golfers are playing a ball that doesn’t suit their swing, and it quietly costs them distance, control, and consistency.    Golf balls differ in layers, compression, spin, and feel.    Tour performance balls are built for fast swing speeds and low handicaps.  They’re brilliant if you can compress t

Let’s be honest — golf already costs a small fortune.    Green fees. Clubs. Carts. Beers after the round. And then you stripe a brand-new premium ball straight into the drink on the third.    So it’s a fair question:  Are used golf balls actually any good?    Used balls don’t lose performance just because they’ve been hit once. What matters is cover condition and grading quality.    A clean, properly graded used ball performs nearly the same as a new one.    Putting feel, iro

Walk into any pro shop and you’ll see shelves of premium golf balls promising better golf for a higher price.    Are they actually better — or just better marketed?    Premium balls are more complex to make, but price alone doesn’t guarantee performance.    Distance off the tee mostly comes down to swing speed and strike, not cost.    Driver spin varies far more by how you hit it than what you hit.    Where premium balls can help is around the greens — if your strike is alrea

A Day in the Life of a Weekend Warrior (And the Language That Keeps Us Sane) It was 6:12am on a Saturday. The kookaburras were laughing. The sun was just creeping over the gums. And four grown men (probably primed and hungover after racking points up with the Mrs the night before), stood on the first tee and pretending they hadn’t been thinking about this round all week. Welcome to Aussie golf. If you’re new to the game, golf has its own language. If you’ve been playing for y

You finish 18 holes feeling alright… then the next morning rolls around and you move like you’ve gone ten rounds with a concrete mixer.    Sound familiar?    Most golfers put a heap of effort into their swing, their gear, and their pre-round routine — then completely ignore what happens after the round. That’s fine if you’re 22 and made of rubber. The rest of us need to show the body a bit more respect.    This isn’t about ice baths, yoga retreats, or pretending you’re a prof

Walk into any pro shop and it’s wall-to-wall big-name golf balls, all promising better performance.    Do they actually make a difference? Sometimes — but not by default.    Modern golf ball tech has levelled the field. Smaller brands now match big brands for spin, distance, and consistency.    Greenside spin is no longer exclusive to tour logos. Distance off the tee depends far more on strike than branding.    Feel is personal, not proof of performance.    Final word:  Don’t

Let’s be honest — most of us have teed up a golf ball with no real idea where it came from.    Maybe it was found in the trees. Maybe it floated out of a dam. Maybe it’s been rattling around in the bag for years.    For a lot of golfers, that’s fine. But as your game improves, the ball you play can start to matter — not in a miracle way, but in a quiet, consistency-building way.    Golf balls differ in layers, compression, spin, and feel. Different stages of golf want differe

Every golfer hits this point.    You stand on the tee already annoyed. Swing thoughts everywhere. Patience gone. And somewhere around the 12th hole, the thought creeps in:    “Why do I even bother?”    If you’ve ever thought about quitting golf — or “just taking a break for a bit” — you’re not weak. You’re just a golfer.    Most people don’t quit golf because they hate it. They quit because they’re stuck.    Scores aren’t improving.  Practice feels pointless.  One bad hole ru

Golf’s a funny old game.    One minute you’re striping it. The next, you’re eyeing off new gear like it’s going to save your round.    Truth is, most of the things that actually make golf better don’t cost a cent.    Time on the putting green.  Extra chips after the round.  Turning up early and staying late.    Practice doesn’t need to be fancy to be effective.    Slow down.  Breathe.  Pick a target.  Commit.    Presence beats perfection every time.    Golf gets easier when y

Every golfer knows this moment.    You’re standing over a shot that looks unreal if it comes off — carry the water, cut the corner, thread a gap that barely exists.    And then reality shows up and ruins your scorecard.    That’s where the 80 Percent Rule comes in.    Don’t play a shot on the course unless you can pull it off successfully at least 80% of the time in practice.    If you can’t hit the shot most of the time on the range, expecting it to work under pressure is fa

Every golfer says it at some point — usually leaning on the bar after a round.    “Mate… if I could just score a bit better, I’d be dangerous.”    Then next Saturday rolls around and they aim at the same sucker pins, guess the same distances, pull the same hero shots, and act shocked when the handicap doesn’t budge.    Here’s the truth: lower scores aren’t hiding in a magic swing thought or the latest shiny club. They come from smarter decisions, better habits, and a bit of b

Alright, let’s rip the Band-Aid off.    If you’re hunting the magic drill, miracle club, or one lesson that fixes everything — this might sting a bit.    The ugly truth is simple:  Consistency wins. Every time.    Golfers who improve aren’t more talented — they just show up more often.    One massive range session every few weeks won’t do much.  Small, repeatable effort done regularly will.    You don’t need hours.  You don’t need perfect conditions.  You just need to do some

If you’re playing whatever ball you found in the bushes last week, fair enough.    But if you’re actually trying to score better, the type of golf ball you play does matter.    Most golfers are playing a ball that doesn’t suit their swing, and it quietly costs them distance, control, and consistency.    Golf balls differ in layers, compression, spin, and feel.    Tour performance balls are built for fast swing speeds and low handicaps.  They’re brilliant if you can compress t

Let’s be honest — golf already costs a small fortune.    Green fees. Clubs. Carts. Beers after the round. And then you stripe a brand-new premium ball straight into the drink on the third.    So it’s a fair question:  Are used golf balls actually any good?    Used balls don’t lose performance just because they’ve been hit once. What matters is cover condition and grading quality.    A clean, properly graded used ball performs nearly the same as a new one.    Putting feel, iro

Walk into any pro shop and you’ll see shelves of premium golf balls promising better golf for a higher price.    Are they actually better — or just better marketed?    Premium balls are more complex to make, but price alone doesn’t guarantee performance.    Distance off the tee mostly comes down to swing speed and strike, not cost.    Driver spin varies far more by how you hit it than what you hit.    Where premium balls can help is around the greens — if your strike is alrea

Let’s be honest — most of us have teed up a golf ball with no real idea where it came from.    Maybe it was found in the trees. Maybe it floated out of a dam. Maybe it’s been rattling around in the bag for years.    For a lot of golfers, that’s fine. But as your game improves, the ball you play can start to matter — not in a miracle way, but in a quiet, consistency-building way.    Golf balls differ in layers, compression, spin, and feel. Different stages of golf want differe

The Performance, Price & Value Reality    Golf balls are a strange purchase.    They’re engineered to exact tolerances, marketed with tour-level promises… and then promptly hit into trees, water, and places no human was meant to retrieve them from.    At some point, every golfer asks the same question:    Why am I paying premium prices for something designed to be lost?    That’s where second-hand golf balls enter the conversation.    This isn’t a sales pitch. It’s a straight