It led to his memorable jump into the water along the 18th hole with then-Tour Commissioner Deane Beman and architect Pete Dye. Jerry Pate used an orange ball to win the 1982 Players Championship. Using a colored ball on the PGA Tour isn’t a new phenomenon. After all, tennis used to play nothing but white balls before yellow became the standard. Whether yellow or any other color or pattern goes mainstream probably depends on how many Tour players jump on board. With coaching from CEO Ken Hersh and board members Mike Meece and Bill Hickey, I scored my first hole-in-one at the home of our Warrior Open and the Next golf goal: live to 100 so I can shoot my age.Ī post shared by George W. And most recently, TaylorMade released the TP5 Pix golf ball, a model that features “advanced visual technology”, a white ball that appears to have red-yellow-black Xs on them. Callaway’s soccer ball-patterned Chrome Soft Truvis golf ball has been popular. Volvik has introduced all sorts of colored balls.
Golf ball companies are competing to find more visually stimulating golf balls to cater to the aging population of the stereotypical golfer. Whatever the case, I’ve always been able to see it (better).” “I don’t know if it is right or wrong, but if you see yellow in the air, it will change your attitude. “The color itself portrays a different mood,” he added. I don’t have any scientific data why, other than the fact that I seem to make more consistent solid contact and tend to make more putts. I tend to score lower, and feel more comfortable, playing with a yellow ball. I’m a huge fan of playing a yellow golf ball, especially from Srixon and Bridgestone. Courtesy of Montana Pritchard/PGA of America and Getty Images It won’t be so funny anymore.”īrian Cairns hits a tee shot on the 16th hole at the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in 2015. I think it will change practically overnight, without a doubt. “I guarantee that 25 or 30 percent of golfers will start playing yellow golf balls (right away). “I was surprised it took Titleist so long,” Cairns said.
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He’s predicting a yellow golf ball revolution after the announcement that the Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x – the most popular balls in golf - are now available in high optic yellow. The 54-year-old pro - who has played in seven PGA Tour events, including three PGA Championships, and multiple majors on the PGA Tour Champions circuit - might eventually get the last laugh. “They used to laugh … until you win with them,” said Cairns, who has won the Michigan Open four times. Cairns, a long-time PGA pro from Michigan who spends winters teaching in Florida, began using Srixon’s yellow golf balls 11 years ago. And I'm hardly alone in my thinking.īrian Cairns has been laughed at, teased and harassed for using a yellow golf ball in competition for more than a decade. I'm teeing up this unpopular opinion for all to see - I love yellow golf balls.
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