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Originally Posted by ship---this
Clearly yes they compress the ball, I was obviously exaggerating for the sake of being sexist. Everything I speak of is with regards to the best male professionals vs the best female professionals, and in that regard the women DO NOT compress the ball. That is why they have to do what you so eloquently describe to get max distance for their ability and relative lack of strength. They are aiming to stop the ball with a combination of trajectory and some spin due to lack of awesomeness (my scientific description).
Compression as most people think of it is complete nonsense.
Can you tell which of these images were from the fastest club head? The slowest club head?
All of these images are from different swing speeds ranging from very fast to very slow. The amount of "compression" is basically indistinguishable.
Straight from Titleist website:
Every golfer compresses the golf ball on every shot. The differences in the amount of compression across driver swing speeds are virtually indistinguishable. There is a common misconception that a player must match the compression of the golf ball to his or her swing speed. No single element of golf ball design determines the golf ball’s performance or distance. Titleist Golf Ball R&D designs with multiple construction elements (such as core size, chemistry, hardness, number and type of intermediate layers, cover material and thickness, dimple design, etc.) to achieve specific golf ball performance characteristics. All of these elements work together to determine a golf ball’s performance. Compression is simply a result of this process and is a test of the relative softness of a golf ball which relates to how firm or soft a golf ball feels to a golfer. While there is no performance benefit to choosing a specific compression, many golfers (regardless of swing speed) do have feel preferences. Golfers who prefer softer feel may prefer lower compression golf balls.
The only difference between men and women is speed. And the amount of speed you contact the ball with dictates how you should most efficiently strike the golf ball to use the club as efficiently as possible.