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OnCore’s new Genius golf ball with GPS technology (2018 PGA Show)
Why isn’t there a way to track your golf ball when it’s lost? Why can’t the golf ball deliver you data from the shot? OnCore — the company that brought the golfing world hollow golf balls with metal cores — answers those questions with its new Genius golf ball.
The Genius golf ball, which has raised over $110,000, has a chip in the core that, in conjunction with a phone app, can track you golf ball, and provide feedback such as ball velocity, spin rate, spin direction, carry and more.
OnCore had a prototype of the golf ball on display at the 2018 PGA Show. While the company didn’t reveal pricing, it did say the golf ball will hit retail “sometime in quarter 3 or quarter 4.”
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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DaveT
Jan 29, 2018 at 4:29 pm
This video review of an actual product was posted in 2010. I saw the ball in Prazza’s booth at the 2011 PGA show. So not new at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgHupF7PCSA
tim
Jan 29, 2018 at 7:00 pm
It’s not about finding your ball its about digitally retrieving data pertaining to your swing, its an information gathering device.
etan
Jan 28, 2018 at 2:01 am
How about radioactive balls and a geiger counter …. 😮
Simms
Jan 28, 2018 at 12:26 am
Radar golf had balls that you could track years ago….
8thehardway
Jan 27, 2018 at 1:49 pm
The idea’s ok; getting my buddy who keeps slicing it into the woods yet always finds his ball sitting up with a shot into the green, to use it… that would be genius.
acew/7iron
Jan 27, 2018 at 8:48 am
But will it fly like Callaways new Chrome Soft and spin like a Pro V?
Victor
Jan 27, 2018 at 3:53 am
Will it floot also????
Victor
Jan 27, 2018 at 3:54 am
*float…
Eureka
Jan 27, 2018 at 2:18 am
Why not just embed a simple beeper in the ball that beeps for 2 minute after being hit?
That would improve pace of play out of the rough!
kbc
Jan 27, 2018 at 6:45 am
Because that’s a bad idea.
etan
Jan 28, 2018 at 1:58 am
Beeping like the Road Runner? …. Beep Beep Beep!
Judge Smeills
Jan 26, 2018 at 8:43 pm
as i get older, its harder and harder to find my balls
etan
Jan 28, 2018 at 1:59 am
…. they shrink with age …. ºuº