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[parr+2]

Any opinion on how long it takes before new golf balls go bad? I have several dozen from last year and the year before still on the shelf. I know I shouldn't let them sit around too long, but when do they start noticeably degrading?

[Sean2]

If you have kept them indoors, they should last about five years.

[parr+2]

Thanks, living in the Chicago area, I lug them from the garage to the basement at the end of golf season and was wondering if it was worth the effort. Sounds like it is.

[inthefairway]

parr+2, on 29 April 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

Any opinion on how long it takes before new golf balls go bad? I have several dozen from last year and the year before still on the shelf. I know I shouldn't let them sit around too long, but when do they start noticeably degrading?

To me this seems like a hard question to answer.  I would say that they  probably loose something and if you hit a older ball and it feels dead,  change to another older ball that reacts better!!!!  For the most part I  use titleist balls from 2007 to the present in which I have several  dozen.   Over the years i have saved balls that I found while golfing.  I  find more when the course is crowded and have to wait, so look for  balls along the edge.  From time to time I will use some of these balls  during practice rounds and still play very well with them.  How long a  ball really lasts to me is a matter of I guess,  how much you expect to  get out of a ball.  So to me "how long does it take for a ball to go bad"  is in the use of the beholder!!!!