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I am curious if anyone goes by their club head speed to help decide their golf ball. For example, I know that the Nike One Black requires a higher club head speed to get the performance out of the ball. How do you know which balls will perform in relation to club head speed?

I use my clubhead speed to select golf balls I use. My swing speed is about 85 to 90 mph. Therefore, I buy balls that have a low compression core & soft cover. I can hit these balls much further than high compression balls.

Yes I do most of the time. My swing speed doesn't probably warrant playing a Pro V1 or Callaway HX but I sometimes do.

So what ball do you usually use with your swing speed?

Good topic. What kind of distance do you get with a 85-90mph swing? I don't know my speed but would like to know if we are similar so I can try your same ball.

Yes cr0005 what do you use? I think I am also same speed as yours...If I hit my ball solid I can go 270-280yards sometimes even a little further...would you consider me a 80-90mph "swinger"?

Interesting, never even considered this.

What ball would be good for a swing speed of 90+mph?

Just a couple of answers to some questions from my experience.

moap99, if you're hitting it 270 - 280 you are well above 90 mph. More in the 110+ range.

ilovekad81, The following are all good for over 90 mph:
Pro V's
Callaway HX's
Nike One's
Taylormade TP's
Srixon ZUR's

Just a random thought about a low compression ball. While the ball is smashed and squishing into the face of the iron. A lower conpression ball will provide a split second more for last nano-second clubhead adjustments before it runs up the clubhead? I've thought about this while playing a ball like a Exception, DT Solo, or a NXT tour...

Thanks Pitch! this is good info to know....Well, that's if I hit it solid and I'm in the "groove" but majority of the time I don't and I'm not so distance goes down to about 240yards....

I'm thinking I'm maybe below 110mph but above 90mph on the average...So i guess the balls you mentioned above would still fit me even if I'm not in the "groove"

Thanks a bunch!

This is a nice subject, but we need to get all of us on the same page before we can have helpfull data going back and forth. Fisrt of all, I'll ask each of you what you're talking about when you say you hit your drives 270-280 yards? Are you talking about carry yardage, or total yardage including roll? It makes a hugh difference if you're getting 30-50 yards of roll on the end of your drives. To make things even and more helpful for all of us, let's go by carry distance only, as each of us is playing on a different course and course conditoins vary greatly and effect the amount of roll. So the question now is. How much carry distance are you hitting your driver?

If I hit my ball solid I can go 270-280yards sometimes even a little further...would you consider me a 80-90mph "swinger"? The average male golf has a swing speed of around 84 MPH, and an average driver of around 200 yards. That would mean you are well above 90 MPh is you are getting that kind of distance. Again, it also depends on whether you're talking carry distance vx total distance.

If you take the distance you carry the ball on an average and divide it by 2.5 you will get your approximate swingspeed. Now this is given that all things are relatively good in the swing. A person could swing 130 mph and only carry it 250 but that would be because the launch angle was way too high or too much backspin causing the ball to balloon. Someone that typically carries 250 on the drive has roughly a 100 mph swingspeed.

Oneputt, yes that is with roll already, maybe a 30 yard roll, I carry the ball around 240-250yards

Going by coralpro's formula I'm around 90-100mph

No, impact occurs in all of 0.0005 seconds. Or, if you prefer 500 000 nanoseconds. Maybe with a lower compression ball this would be 0.0006 or 0.0007 seconds. Either way, this time is small enough that for any meaningful discussion impact is instantaneous. It is impossible to make any corrections in the last seconds, because it takes your nerves at least 0.01 seconds before they even detect that impact has occured. The ball is many feet away before you even feel anything regarding an impact. Meaning that it is impossible to try to correct something regrding the impact, because by the time you have felt impact the ball is long gone and completely out of your control.