"It would be relatively simple to turn down the distance on a driver by 25 yards, " said John Rae, vice president for research and development at Srixon.

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" Srixon's Rae, after patiently walking me through several scenarios and pointing out how interdependent the many variables are some balls have five layers, each with different properties and thicknesses finally sighed and said, "The problem with even having this conversation is that it quickly spiderwebs out into a million factors.

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