Oh so in competition right now we're using the Bridgestone E9s and we all there are buckets of balls that sit there on the tee box and you hit a specific color for whatever slot you're in so that when you're hitting at the same time they know exactly what ball you hit and we all hit the same ball That ball gets hit one time in competition and then gets put on the side for a range ball And so you're all hitting brand new balls and everything Now when we're pushing ball speed records or something like that you'll see some guys hitting other balls So like left dash is a really popular one because that's pretty much the fastest ball in the world Is it really It's from our testing that's been significantly fast There's also a company out in Germany I believe which is called a Noble Golf Ball Some guys like to use that Most my ball speed records come with the left dash Same with Bryce Wow That's so cool man One thing about long drive if you don't follow it you hear a bunch of stories All the equipment that we're using in competition is USGA conforming So the Bridgestone E9 golf ball is a USGA approved golf ball Every club we go register before every tournament the clubs have to get measured and approved They're 48 inches or shorter which is the USGA max And so every club head shaft ball we're playing is USGA spec So it's not like some crazy bananas equipment producing distances that are upwards of 500 yards Has that always been the case with the long as far as the shafts go I always thought they were like longer shafts But was that like a newer thing where they made them more conform to the standards Or has that always been the case I'm not sure when they did that Sam do you remember It was a while ago actually It's been 48 for a while But back in like the 90s you'd see guys swinging like 52 inch driver shafts in the early 2000s I think they changed it down to 50 inches And then it was definitely more recently in the 2010s I believe that it became 48 And they started doing USGA because people would start talking about how it's two different sports And while it is very much so two different sports we have setups that Rory could go hit on the course this weekend And it would be completely legal for him to do Not optimal but it's definitely legal I mean I just didn't know But like this also shows my age because I think I'm 43 And I always thought I thought that that was still the case I didn't realize that Like I'm actually a lot more impressed now that I know that And then also it's kind of crazy that you guys are now I mean you guys are breaking records
