Almost golf balls VS. Real

[a4chet]

So I've exclusively been hitting almost golf balls in my sim setup. Tonight for the hell of it I hit some real ones. I was hitting my 6i carry about 160 with the almost and about 180 with real ones.

I didn't have much time to test this out, but my 6i and 4h were going 20 to 30 yds farther with real balls. Does anyone else have similar results?

[ChadGolf]

Yeah, in the past I have said:
5% loss with wedges
~10% loss with irons
20% loss with woods
and maybe 30% loss with driver

I temporarily have a GC2 and HMT so I've been doing some studying and I think the actual different is the "efficiency" of the strike or the "smash factor". Almost golf balls seem to peak out around 1.2 smash factor whereas a real golf ball will hit 1.45. I think that pretty much fits with my previous understanding.

[a4chet]

Yeah, in the past I have said:
5% loss with wedges
~10% loss with irons
20% loss with woods
and maybe 30% loss with driver

I temporarily have a GC2 and HMT so I've been doing some studying and I think the actual different is the "efficiency" of the strike or the "smash factor". Almost golf balls seem to peak out around 1.2 smash factor whereas a real golf ball will hit 1.45. I think that pretty much fits with my previous understanding.

I also noticed significantly higher ball flight with real balls, but the general shot shapes were similar.