tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post112308528471328710..comments2011-05-15T22:04:44.733-07:00Golf Grouchnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1134262122312605672005-12-10T16:48:00.000-08:002005-12-10T16:48:00.000-08:00It is on the market. I own it and I love it. The balls perfrom better than I expected and the thing really works. I ordered my system by phone and shared some of the ideas I've read on blogs like this one with RadarGolf. They claim that they are talking to the ball manufacturers already and believe they will be successful in licensing to the big boys. I think this technology is here to stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1131495107993963022005-11-08T16:11:00.000-08:002005-11-08T16:11:00.000-08:00There is no way golf ball manufacturers want you to find a lost ball. <BR/><BR/>If they did, RFID's would be in golf balls already.<BR/><BR/>Their income stream depends on you (the ordinary hacker) losing balls at a prodigious rate and being unable to find them.<BR/><BR/>Adding thinner covers under the pretext of "more control" - read "scuffs more easily and needs to be replaced more often", is another of their ploys.<BR/><BR/>Great blog by the way - I'll be back :)Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1131168970718649842005-11-04T21:36:00.000-08:002005-11-04T21:36:00.000-08:00I doubt the marketing gurus at Titliest, Bridgestone and Spalding would agree.<BR/>look up "planned obsolescence" in their marketing manuals and you will find a picture of a golf ball, resting on a tee, waiting to be struck.popeyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130776894383127622005-10-31T08:41:00.000-08:002005-10-31T08:41:00.000-08:00in my opinion, only a pro playing on pristine, high stimp greens would notice such a performance loss after just six holes. i'm using game improving irons, a driver with a humungus sweet spot, and i never expect to make long puts as it is (i lag 'em then drop 'em.) 80 is a good score for me and i i didn't shoot higher than 87 all summer. my game seems just fine after four years experience and a perfomance destroying, thrifty attitude toward golf ball purchasing. maybe when i'm breaking eighty next year i'll start paying full price for some nxt's or the like. but why should i be buying pro v1s at my level? even fred funk (golf magazine interview)says he can't take full advantage of the new ball technology, and he is a major champion. so what does a pro v1 really do for the beginner/high/mid handicappers game?<BR/>never forget, par is the score that a scratch player, under relatively normal weather conditions, can achieve. you can't buy scratch, and theres no secret that will give it to you overnight.<BR/>your point is valid, but for me unimportant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130724040405249882005-10-30T18:00:00.000-08:002005-10-30T18:00:00.000-08:00Nonetheless, someone will want it, and thus a market shall be created for it.Cap'n Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12989621142103031713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130700127339597162005-10-30T11:22:00.000-08:002005-10-30T11:22:00.000-08:00If you're going to change your ball after every six holes, then you're paying an awful lot just to be able to find your ball should it get lost. It's probably cheaper to buy three times as many regular balls and lose one, on average, every two holes.<BR/><BR/>-Steve<BR/><A HREF="http://www.gamesareforchildren.com/" REL="nofollow">Games are for Children</A>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11025465540437896496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130542688121417462005-10-28T16:38:00.000-07:002005-10-28T16:38:00.000-07:00To the first poster......It is recommended that a golfer change out his ball every six holes, due to performance loss. I can only imagine the shape and quality of your golf ball after SEVEN ROUNDS!!! <BR/>As for the write up....it's a great idea and I would buy them if they were on the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130538987105652462005-10-28T15:36:00.000-07:002005-10-28T15:36:00.000-07:00Part of the fun I have playing golf is the laughter and teasing at where your ball landed. The thought of cheating that entertainment away doesn't sit well with me.Vegas Golferhttp://www.lasvegasgolfadventures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130424877954768282005-10-27T07:54:00.000-07:002005-10-27T07:54:00.000-07:00Haha, thats great! My old roomate and I had (basically) the same idea after playing a course called hickory sticks in MI. What we proposed to do was put a GPS chip in the golf ball and use a tracking device to locate it. But I never got it to work; we sawed a ball in half, put the chip in and then tried to put it back together. It didnt fly to well after that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130367938726744682005-10-26T16:05:00.000-07:002005-10-26T16:05:00.000-07:00http://www.hookedongolfblog.com/?p=202mediaguru at hookedongolfblog.comhttp://www.hookedongolfblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130356996786653852005-10-26T13:03:00.000-07:002005-10-26T13:03:00.000-07:00Maybe when you whack it too hard it quits working.davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00533866979044540267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1130345635120461962005-10-26T09:53:00.000-07:002005-10-26T09:53:00.000-07:00reading this makes me feel fortunate that i have good eyes and ears. i managed to play seven rounds with the same ball this year (until it finally met its final resting place in a water hazard.) as i generally walk, i would hate to have to lug a radio-tranciever-doohickey around. call me when they have a companion chip that resides in my brain and allows me to instantly know where my radar ball has scurried off to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com