While teams in foursomes commonly switch balls every hole<\/a>, using the player\u2019s ball who will hit the approach, there are still teams who play one ball throughout a match. On this week\u2019s episode of GOLF\u2019s Fully Equipped, co-host Johnny Wunder explained why that might be easier for the Europeans.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the Europe team, I don\u2019t think it matters all that much. Now, the United States, it could get interesting because of the fact that some of these guys play [specific golf balls].\u201d<\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s Ryder Cup partner could hinge on golf ball<\/a><\/p>\n By:<\/p>\n What Wunder was referring to is that many U.S. players either play a CPO (Custom Performance Option) golf ball or an older model ball with specific characteristics. In comparison, most of the European players play recent model golf balls.<\/p>\n For example, Xander Schauffele plays Callaway\u2019s Chrome Tour Dot golf ball, which is a custom version of the Callaway Chrome Tour golf ball.<\/p>\n \u201cNot everybody on this squad could theoretically want to play Xander\u2019s ball because specifically how it flies from 5-iron to wedge,\u201d Wunder said. \u201cHe plays the dot. So it\u2019s kind of a flatter ball.\u201d<\/p>\n Cameron Young<\/a> also plays Titleist\u2019s new Pro V1x Double Dot prototype<\/a>, which might be most similar to the Chrome Tour Dot, but they are still different golf balls. <\/p>\n Including Young, seven players use a Titleist golf ball, but none of them play the same model. In fact, no player on Team USA plays the same golf ball model.<\/p>\n Patrick Cantlay \u2013 \u201919 Pro V1x Sam Burns also uses a customized version of his golf ball, the Callaway Chrome Tour+, which is a spinny version of the retail ball.<\/p>\n While that might not seem like a huge issue, the nuance differences between the golf balls can have effects when it comes to approach shots, given the different launch and spin characteristics.<\/p>\n At the Ryder Cup, this Tour Truck is a 1-stop shop | Tour Report<\/a><\/p>\n By:<\/p>\n Here are the other golf balls being used by Team USA.<\/p>\n Sam Burns \u2013 Chrome Tour X+ By comparison, Team Europe has a lot more players playing the same or similar golf balls. <\/p>\n For example, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Rose both play the 2025 Titleist Pro V1x, Sepp Straka and Shane Lowry both play the 2025 Srixon Z-Star XV and Jon Rahm and Rasmus Hojgaard play the 2024 Callaway Chrome Tour X.<\/p>\n Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy play the latest versions of the TaylorMade TP5x and TP5, respectively, but McIlroy played the TP5x last season and that\u2019s the ball they have been using for foursomes.<\/p>\n For more from Wunder and fellow Fully Equipped co-host Jake Morrow, listen to the full episode of GOLF\u2019s Fully Equipped here<\/a>, or watch it below.<\/p>\n Want to overhaul your bag for 2025?\u00a0Find a club-fitting location near you at True Spec Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Europeans dominated the Americans in the opening foursomes session of the 45th Ryder Cup, it\u2019s easy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-173263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n Jack Hirsh <\/a><\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau \u2013 \u201925 Pro V1x
Harris English \u2013 \u201917 Pro V1
Russell Henley \u2013 \u201921 Pro V1x
Scottie Scheffler \u2013 \u201921 Pro V1
Justin Thomas \u2013 \u201923 Pro V1x
Cameron Young \u2013 \u201925 Pro V1x Double Dot<\/p>\n
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\n Jack Hirsh <\/a><\/p>\n
Ben Griffin \u2013 \u201925 Maxfli Tour X
Xander Schuaffele \u2013 Callaway Chrome Tour X
Collin Morikawa \u2013 \u201924 TaylorMade TP5
J.J. Spaun \u2013 \u201925 Srixon Z-Star Diamond<\/p>\n