Review of the Dixon Fire Golf Ball

In full disclosure, I am an endorsed amateur player for Dixon Golf. Dixon Golf is a unique concept in that they are committed to being earth friendly and to recycling. Not only can you send your used Dixon balls in to be recycled but the competing golf balls as well. I have been playing Dixon for a few years now and the Dixon Earth ball has been a great compliment to my game. The Earth ball is comparable to other tour golf balls with adequate distance and spin with better resilience than most. I've been pleased with Dixon golf balls and it also helps that I'm into green living and playing something that the masses don't. I recently had a chance to test the latest creation by Dixon, the Fire golf ball. These are widely considered to be the most expensive balls in golf. Typical purchase price for a dozen is priced at $74.99. At the higher figure, they won't find their way into a lot of golf bags but my curiosity has been, are they really that good? I received the shipment and decided to put them into play today. 

The first thing that stands out is the recycled packaging on the outside and inside of the box. I couldn't wait to take a ball out and examine it further. The typical Dixon logo is on the ball but the word Fire, is in red and I thought that was a great touch. Holding the ball in my hand, it felt very different than the other Dixon balls as well as the other competitors. The feel is slightly tacky to the touch. The first shot hit was a tee shot on a par 4 with a slight bend to the right. I've played this particular shot many times before and with my normal playing ball, I will typically hit a fade off the corner at around 255 yards. The Fire ball felt much more secure on the club face and it had a much more penetrating flight path. I measured the tee shot with my Garmin G5 GPS unit and the end result was amazing. The same swing as normal had produced a 285 yard fade. The next shot into the green was made with a 60* wedge which also stuck right where it landed. The following putt was a 15 footer which found the bottom of the cup for an opening birdie. I tested the Fire ball throughout my round and felt amazing command over the ball from tee to green. I play to a 5.9 handicap and my goal is to break par at this point. Thanks to the Dixon Fire, I was even par through 11 holes and although, I made some errors on the finishing holes and ended up 5 over par for the day, I feel this ball will be riding shotgun when I achieve my goal. The Dixon Earth ball was there for my first hole in one and it was there for my lowest round to date which was a 72 on a par 71 course. You can see the video of the hole in one aftermath as well as other original video creations and reviews on our website at www.sharkattackgolf.net . A big thanks and shout out to Dixon Golf for the support and for making some of the most earth friendly and best performing golf products out there. 

MobyMatt / Shark Attack Golf

The Hardest Shot in Golf

What's the most difficult shot in Golf? The debate has been around for quite some time but I think I can shed some light on the subject. Our golfing group is a bit like a Gang in that to be a true Shark Attack Golfer, you have to be inducted into it. The induction process is typically by way of a heroic shot executed either on the course or in a Long Drive event. We spend lots of time issuing challenges to golfers and watching for rare shots to occur which allows us to witness some great ones. The holy grail is almost always considered to be a hole in one and I can personally speak to how rare they can be. I had one on a par 3 course when I was younger and it was largely dismissed by some because it didn't occur on a "real" golf course. I finally got another on a full size golf track and erased the haters complaints. There's another rare occurrence that happens that is often overlooked and that's the shot that hits another person. I had the hard luck of hitting a burning pull hook shot that caught my bosses wife in the temple as she peeked out from a tree near the ladies tee. Needless to say, it was a scary and unnerving situation as she went down like I'd dealt a sniper shot from a rooftop. Thankfully, after some stitches, she made a full recovery and somehow I kept my job. I also witnessed a Long Driver who hit a big booming slice off the end of the driving range that found the top of an imported tennis players head as he was in full motion. You almost have to consider it harder to hit a moving target more than 300 yards away than to find a hole located 130 yards away in a single stroke. It might also be said that driving a par 4 green is a rare feat for the average golfer although it's just part of an average day for the big hitters. Making a 2 on a par 5 is also a rarely seen event unless you're Bob Gilder or Louis Oosthuizen. Some people struggle with shots over water, others struggle with a tree lined fairway, a long iron shot or a tiny feel shot over a bunker. Some of the greatest shots that we've witnessed have been accidental ones. A skulled mid iron into a par 3 that travels around 3 feet off the ground, skims the creek, hits the bank and jumps onto the green almost going in the hole and ending up 4 feet from the hole which also wins the closest to the pin prize is one that I will never forget. In fishing it's always about the one that got away that nobody saw but in golf, it's all about that one shot per round or per event that gives you a glimmer of hope and keeps us coming back to this sadistic and tremendous game. The most difficult shot is different for each of us but it might well be the one that follows a poor one because a poorly executed golf shot can make a person question everything. Keep swinging and keep a mental notebook of the rare shots that you are privileged to see.

MobyMatt - Shark Attack Golf