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Try Urethane with the Z-Star and Z-Star XV
Like all tour-level golf balls, the Srixon Z-Star and Z-Star XV boast a Urethane cover, which sets the bar for cover materials.

Urethane – a soft and flexible polymer – will give you the highest possible spin rates combined with the best feel; benefits you will really notice when hitting chip and pitch shots.

However, if you like to play lower flighted chip-and-runs you might prefer other options in Srixon’s range that are made with Ionomer covers. While this type of cover doesn’t generate as much spin, it is slightly more durable and offers a cheaper alternative.

As you can see on these 50-yard pitch shots, the extra spin from the Urethane cover ball on the right helps it to stop much quicker than the Ionomer cover ball on the left, which rolls out on landing.

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Different colours, different rules

While no one expects you to be able to recite every single rule, there are some staple rules that all golfers should be clued up on, such as the difference between red and yellow stakes. Before we explain them, test yourself by writing down the dropping options you think you have at each, before checking to see if you’re right below.

Yellow stakes
Water hazard

If your ball is in a yellow staked hazard you can either play it as it lies or drop a ball and play from where your last shot was taken, incurring a one-stroke penalty. Alternatively, you can drop a ball behind the hazard keeping a straight line between the flag, the point where the ball entered the hazard and where you are dropping, going as far back as you want.

Red stakes
Lateral water hazard

If your ball is in a red staked hazard then, in addition to the yellow staked options, you can also drop within two club-lengths from where your ball entered the hazard, as long as it’s no nearer the hole. Your final option is to drop a ball the opposite side of the hazard, as long as it’s equidistant from the hole.

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Gary Chambers
Killymoon Golf Club
200 Killymoon Road
Cookstown
BT80 8TW

Phone: 02886 763460

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