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Has anyone used these balls?
I saw them on the golf channel.
They were on offer in my local store so I bought a dozen.
Hope they are as good as they have been advertised.

Here is a link for them.

Never heard of them. Are they new? I'm a big fan of Slazenger and I haven't heard anything about these.

I've seen them in JJB sports, not used them & doubt I would. the idea is fine, though it seems a bit faddy. Can't see that the ball would be legal under competition rules.

Slasenger balls in general are ok for the money especially in the winter & autumn season, when you don't want to loose too much money in lost balls.

http://www.puttingzone.com/Science/balldimples.html#AA

Some merit to their claims, although Slazenger seems to assume you will hit the edge of a dimple each time you putt and that is not the case. Balls with seams are just as good as long as you line up your seam to match your putt according to this article.

The idea is that you position the ball for each putt, so that the bald section is facing the putter blade.

Yes I see what you mean about seams etc & I've also noticed some dimple designs actually seem to have a smaller version of the bald spot by the way the dimples are aranged.

Though I cant really see the dimples having that much of an effect upon the line a ball will take off the putter.

I can't wait to try them.
Anything that helps my putting I am all for.
I just hope nothing is lost in the other areas of the game.

I'm not much in the way of golf... but I have enough mechanical sense to know that this is complete bs. This would absolutely be the case if you had a small area of contact... but you don't... there's no chance that some random portion of your putter that isn't flush with the rest of the face is going to somehow hit a peak or a valley and send the ball for a loop. If anything, perhaps the un-uniform dimple pattern/density could actually have a negative impact on your ball's trajectory across the green...

Just my 2 cents.

Have you seen the bald eagle its litterally a series of quite large areas that have no dimples taken from them. but I also think the hype is BS. But if someone wants to try them & think that its the best thing since sliced bread for their game, then that's fine, you never know there might be something in it. I'm not really tempted to give them a go but that's just me.

I tend to be put off by the sort of advertising that items like the bald eagle, the plus ten, & other items have gotten.

There is no doubt hitting the edge of a dimple can make a ball go slightly off, the doubt is whether it happens enough to justify a special ball.

slightly off line, but by how much 5 degrees, 1 degree, .5 of a degree, a fraction of a degree so small as to make little or no difference. Its the last one of those which I think may actually be the answer.

Go to the link I posted, it has a chart near the bottom showing some stats. It also says modern putters with inserts cancels out the 'problem'.

What I found interesting was the effect I'll call it the "Pelz effect", where as the ball slows the ball will have a tendency to start to waiver as it rolls. I have noticed this myself & probably imo has more effect on whether a putt goes in or doesn't than hitting the wrong bit of a dimple.

Its also interesting to note the compression factor referred to of some modern balls when being putted on short putts, meaning the dimple effect on impact is reduced still further. Yes I was aware of the inserts thing to do with putters. Yes I enjoyed reading the article now I got around to reading it.

Must say I've always found Dave Pelz very useful when I've watched his programs on the golf channel. Very odd guy, especially as he calls that robot of his Pervy, which always makes the missus laugh. But no denying how good he is at putting across an idea.

Well I used one today and it didn't seem to make any difference to my putting whatsoever.
Not a bad ball though.
Long of the driver and quite soft around the greens.
Quite pleased with it.

I say the only thing that will really help your putting is some good ol' fashion practice.

Last time I played, I hadn't practiced my putting (worked primarily on my irons for a while.). Went out and 3 putted 8 times.

Yeah if you need to work on putting its not so much the ball as the technique that is the core issue. Watch Dave Pelz on the Golf Channel, does a great series of programs on putting as well as other aspects of short game.
Some lessons with s Pro can work wonders too. Its a feedback thing.

Glad the balls were half decent though tommy