Old (golf) balls

[NDallasRuss]

Question for people who play more golf than me.

If I have a box of new (meaning never used, I guess) Callaway golf balls in my closet (indoors, climate controlled) that are 5 years old, are they still good to use, or should I discard them and get new ones?

Thanks in advance, and here's my pre-payment for your time:

 

[HROT]

They’re good. Should probably donate them to me just in case they are bad though

 

[Scott559]

Still good.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

If you need to ask this question, they won’t make a bit of difference in your game.

 

[NDallasRuss]

If you need to ask this question, they won’t make a bit of difference in your game.

True, there's a lot of flaws that can't be addressed by getting new golf balls. There are some things that can be compensated for with advances in technology. If new balls can add 10 yards, then that's at least something. It might be 10 yards deeper into the trees, but still...

 

[The Tradition]

Is there an expiration date on the box?

 

[Gonolz]

As long as you don't lick old balls, you will be fine.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Is there an expiration date on the box?

No, nothing like that.

 

[NDallasRuss]

As long as you don't lick old balls, you will be fine.

Another post, for another time...

 

[ferentzin04]

I think you’re fine. I use exclusively old balls I find in the woods/ponds. I haven’t bought a box of balls in years.

 

[IMCC965]

Check the underside of the balls to see if they are developing wrinkles from sitting too long.

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

They’re good, but I’m also the guy that buys the recycled pack of 50 balls off Amazon

 

[Hawk It Up]

Pull em out and whack em.

The golf balls that is.

 

[cjnoles9399]

One of the hauls from my late father in laws bin-o-shit that my wife got shipped to the house were boxes of old maxflis MD90’s from delta air lines. They had to be 20-25 years old but I couldn’t tell the difference especially hitting over water when I’d half expected to lose them anyways.

 

[Rudolph]

 

[The Tradition]

You should do a science experiment.

Go buy a new sleeve of the same brand/model of balls, and take your old balls and the new balls out to the driving range, and plot your results in Excel and report back.

 

[FormerlyCyberCy]

You should do a science experiment.

Go buy a new sleeve of the same brand/model of balls, and take your old balls and the new balls out to the driving range, and plot your results in Excel and report back.

Sample size too small to be statistically significant.

 

[NDallasRuss]

You should do a science experiment.

Go buy a new sleeve of the same brand/model of balls, and take your old balls and the new balls out to the driving range, and plot your results in Excel and report back.

There's no way my swing is nearly consistent enough to provide accurate results! It'd be like a hit distribution chart for a baseball player that can hit to all fields.

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

There's no way my swing is nearly consistent enough to provide accurate results! It'd be like a hit distribution chart for a baseball player that can hit to all fields.

Me either. Someone was hitting range balls on to the first fairway last Friday. Put those right in my bag. I’ll take anything

 

[Kinnick 4 Prez]

I think you’re fine. I use exclusively old balls I find in the woods/ponds. I haven’t bought a box of balls in years.

This ^^
I’ve found over 270 balls this year.

 

[H4wkfan4life]

As long as you don't lick old balls, you will be fine.

Licking your wood has been known to help your game though

 

[TheCainer]

Question for people who play more golf than me.

If I have a box of new (meaning never used, I guess) Callaway golf balls in my closet (indoors, climate controlled) that are 5 years old, are they still good to use, or should I discard them and get new ones?

Thanks in advance, and here's my pre-payment for your time:

Looks like you hit the ball to all fields?

 

[fredjr82]

They’re good, but I’m also the guy that buys the recycled pack of 50 balls off Amazon

Recently found a guy who sells used golf balls that lives close by. 50 for $20. Nike, Callaway, Titleist, etc. A bunch of them have logos like Rockwell Collins, UFG, etc.

 

[Gonolz]

Licking your wood has been known to help your game though

If you want to lick OP's wood and he is OK with it, I'm not going to interfere.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Me either. Someone was hitting range balls on to the first fairway last Friday. Put those right in my bag. I’ll take anything

reading this made me feel dirty.

 

[Finance85]

Russ, after reading your entire post, I forgot the question.

 

[BigDelHawk]

I thought everyone played Pro-V? You probably play on a PUBLIC course too?

 

[fredjr82]

You probably play on a PUBLIC course too?

 

[NDallasRuss]

I thought everyone played Pro-V? You probably play on a PUBLIC course too?

I prefer the hexagonal shape of the Callaway ball dimples.

 

[fredjr82]

ball dimples.

Sounds weird

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Go with your buddies to a high school baseball field and play home run derby. Had many fun competitions doing that back in the day.