Golf Balls Ratings: Polara Ultimate Straight Self Correcting 2 Piece Golf Balls (1 Dozen)

Product Details

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ASIN: B004CMRPQO
Item model number: Ultimate Straight

By : Polara Golf
List Price : ~~$40.00~~
Price : $24.69
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Product Description

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Discover the secret the USGA has known for years--that self-correcting golf balls can actually make you a better player. Thanks to a unique dimple design, Polara's Self-Correcting golf balls reduce hooks and slices by up to 75 percent. That means you play from the fairway, not the woods or the next fairway over. The Polara 2-piece Ultimate Straight golf ball reduces hooks and slices by up to 75 percent and will noticeably improve your golf game.

Benefits:

Corrects hooks and slices by up to 75 percent
Easy to use; simply point the arrow at your target and swing
Golf ball is designed for recreational golfers; illegal for tournament play
Self-correcting technology
Each box contains 12 self-correcting golf balls

Specifications:

Each Box Contains: 12 Polara Ultimate Straight Golf Balls
Construction: 2-piece
Ball Size: 1.682 inches
Ball Target Weight: 46.0 grams
Core Material: Polybutadiene
Core Diameter: 1.535 inches
Cover Material: Ionomer
Cover Material Thickness: 0.073 inches
Cover Material Hardness: 62 Shore D
Number of Dimples: 386
Ball Flight Characteristics: Self-Correcting Technology

The Polara StoryTwo scientists, Daniel Nepela and Fred Holmstrom, developed the original Polara golf ball. The Polara's dimple pattern was unique, having six rows of normal dimples on its equator, but very shallow dimples elsewhere. The asymmetrical dimple pattern was a breakthrough in aerodynamic design that helped the ball self-adjust its spin-axis during the flight and thus enabled the ball to correct slices and hooks in flight. The original Polara patent was filed Oct 2, 1972 and it issued June 25, 1974.
The Polara golf ball was first produced in 1975 by PGA/Victor, with sales starting in 1977. Because the Polara actually corrected hooks and slices it posted strong sales in its first year. However, after extensive testing, the USGA concluded that the Polara golf ball did correct hooks and slices and thus refused to approve the ball for tournament play, ruling that it wouldreduce the skill required to play golf. In 1978, the manufacturers sued the USGA on antitrust grounds.
As litigation wound its ways through the courts the USGA changed the 300 year old Rules of Golf by inserting the Symmetry Rule in 1981, requiring that a ball must essentially perform the same regardless of where on the ball's surface it is struck or how it is placed on the tee. The new USGA rule banned Polara golf balls from USGA sanctioned tournament play. Then in 1985 the USGA agreed to a settlement of $1.4M and the Polara ball was removed from the market, becoming a part of golf history.
In 2005 Pounce Sports purchased the rights to the original Polara golf ball and reintroduced it on a small scale. In 2009 Aero-X Golf, Inc. acquired the Polara technology. After extensive research and development, Aero-X Golf determined exactly how and why the original Polara ball corrected hooks and slices. With this understanding Aero-X Golf, Inc was able to improve upon the original Polara design.
In August 2010 Aero-X Golf, Inc. introduced two new and improved Polara golf balls with Self-Correcting Technology: The Polara Ultimate Straight 2-piece ball and the Polara Ultimate Straight XS 3-piece ball. Polara Golf uses the best available technology to create demonstrably better products that are not limited by anything other than the laws of physics. All of the Polara golf balls are designed for recreational golfers who want to take advantage of these technology improvements and enjoy the game more.

Improving your game and making golf fun again is the Polara way. Thanks to its unique dimple design, the Polara 2-piece Ultimate Straight golf ball reduces those dreaded hooks and slices by up to 75%. Each box contains 12 golf balls.

Polara Ultimate Straight Self Correcting 2 Piece Golf Balls (1 Dozen)

Product Features

The Polara Ultimate Straight 2-pc corrects hooks and slices by up to 75%
Point the arrow at your target and swing
Golf ball is designed for recreational golfers

Customer Reviews

I purchased these golf balls after a recommendation from a friend. After using them this past weekend at my local course, here is my take on these self-correcting golf balls.
One thing is for certain, these golf balls do reduce hook and slice. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I naturally hit a fade on most of my tee shots, and just watching the flight of the golf ball you can see that the Polara want's to start fading but after only 40 or 50 yards it stops dead in its track and goes straight as an arrow. The golf balls seem to roll much farther as a result, so some could even say that these are extra distance balls.
They even make a big difference with your irons from short range. When you turn the side-stamp of the ball perpendicular to the green and use a lofted iron within 120yds or so, the dimples create more backspin than a normal ball would. For the first time in my life, the golf ball stopped right where it landed and on occasion it even rolled backwards and sideways on the green. It made me feel like a better golfer.
For those of you that go out on the weekends for a relaxing game of golf and could use a little more accuracy and improved play, these are for you! They help me enjoy a morning or afternoon of golf even more.
I would not hesitate to buy another box, especially when Amazon is selling these for under $20 a dozen. Go for it!

The 2 piece golf balls are a bit on the hard side and are not as acurate as the 3 piece balls. If you like a softer feel, I recommend the Polara Ultimate XS 3 piece balls.