Do Golf Balls Matter That Much & Common Myths Busted

The Sweet Spot - Golf Podcast

Adam Young/Jon Sherman

Golf, Sports

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

To submit questions you want us to tackle for future episodes, visit: https://adamyounggolf.com/survey Jon and Adam kick off with a detailed look at golf balls - whether premium models like the Pro V1X truly offer an advantage, what the data says about distance, spin, and aerodynamics, and how much ball choice really matters for different skill levels. They share insights from Ballnamic testing, personal fittings, and quality control issues in direct-to-consumer models, highlighting when spending more is worth it and when it’s just marketing hype. In the second half, they tackle some of golf’s most entrenched myths, from rate of closure and “squaring the face” to the old “drive for show, putt for dough." Thank you to our show sponsors Hydrow and Hammer Made If you want an efficient, full-body workout that challenges your heart as much as your muscles, check out rowing. Hydrow allows you to take classes from world-class instructors all from the comfort of your home. Skip the gym, but not the workout. For a limited time go to https://hydrow.com/ and use promo code SWEETSPOT to get up to $450 off the Hydrow Pro Rower • Hammer Made offers unique, stylish, and small-batch-produced menswear. Manufactured in the same facilities as some of the top luxury brands, but without the crazy price tag. Look good and feel good with their perfectly tailored polos, button-downs, sport coats, and more. Use code SWEETSPOT at ⁠⁠https://www.hammermade.com/sweetspot⁠⁠ to get $50 off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	As we enter the fall season, we're proud to have the indoor golf shop as a sponsor of the sweet spot.
0:06.1	I've been trusting them for years and recommending them to anyone who wants to improve their home setup.
0:11.4	The indoor golf shop has all the top launch monitor brands like SkyTrack, Unicor, Trackman, Foresight, and are always running sales.
0:19.7	They have everything you need for indoor practice like hitting mats, nets, impact screens, and are always running sales. They have everything you need for indoor practice like
0:22.1	hitting mats, nets, impact screens, and custom enclosures. If you're looking for a custom
0:27.6	residential build to have the simulator of your dreams, their team can make that happen. They even
0:32.9	built mine. And their team of designers can also handle any kind of commercial facility, whether you're
0:38.5	building from scratch or want to make an upgrade. So if you want to see their latest deals,
0:43.0	visit their website at shop indoor golf.com. Feel free to call their team directly and their experts
0:49.2	can help you with just about any budget. Once again, visit shop indoor golf.com. Welcome back to another episode
0:57.1	of The Sweet Spot. This is John Sherman from the four foundations of golf. And as always,
1:02.2	I'm joined by Adam from Adamian Golf. So we're going to do a little mailbag episode. We're going to try
1:08.6	and tackle a couple of different topics.
1:11.4	Just a reminder to everyone.
1:12.7	We actually have a nice library of these at these point.
1:14.8	They kind of populate into a spreadsheet for us.
1:17.2	But as always, if you do have suggestions or questions that you want us to cover in episodes,
1:24.0	you can go to adam younggolf.com forward slash survey and post it there.
1:30.4	Yep, that's right.
1:31.6	Yeah, we got a ton of them.
1:32.8	So, yeah, we got a nice backlog.
1:34.3	And in between sometimes Adam and I will have a bigger topic that we want to do or a guest.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Adam Young/Jon Sherman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Adam Young/Jon Sherman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.