https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/whats-inside-a-golf-ball 2026-10-21T00:37:37-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/golf-ball-multi-layer-urethane-cover.jpg?v=1791271396 What's Inside a Golf Ball? A 3D Cutaway, Layer by Layer 3D cutaway of a multi-layer golf ball showing core, mantle layers and cover https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/why-does-my-golf-ball-slice 2026-10-24T08:59:56-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/golf-club-path-face-angle-impact-top-view.jpg?v=1791271435 Why Does Your Golf Ball Slice? Face Angle vs. Club Path Top view of a driver at impact with the club path and face angle arrows https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/whats-under-a-putting-green 2026-10-18T23:39:48-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/putting-green-cross-section-usga-layers.jpg?v=1791344930 What's Under a Putting Green? The Layers That Make It Drain Cutaway of a USGA putting green showing root zone, gravel, subgrade and a drain pipe https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/whats-inside-a-driver-head 2026-10-18T23:40:48-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/driver-head-cutaway-hollow-shell.jpg?v=1791422767 What's Inside a Driver Head? Mostly Air, and Here's Why Cutaway illustration of a golf driver head showing the thin hollow shell https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/why-does-a-mishit-curve-back-gear-effect 2026-10-18T23:41:41-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/driver-gear-effect-toe-hit-top-view.jpg?v=1791520281 Why Does a Mishit Curve Back? Gear Effect, Explained Top view of a driver head twisting open on a toe hit while the ball spins the other way https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/why-wont-your-wedge-shot-stop-wedge-spin 2026-10-18T23:42:38-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/wedge-backspin-friction-side-view.jpg?v=1791689721 Why Won't Your Wedge Shot Stop? Wedge Spin, Explained Side view of a wedge at impact, with friction spinning the ball backward https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/are-lake-balls-any-good 2026-10-18T23:34:54-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/lake-ball-pond-test-cages-underwater.jpg?v=1792391694 Are Lake Balls Any Good? What a Year in a Pond Did Cages of golf balls on a pond bottom in the lake ball study https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/where-should-you-hit-your-driver-face 2026-11-01T04:59:56-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/driver-carry-by-impact-height-robot-test.jpg?v=1792391753 Where Should You Hit Your Driver Face? The Robot Data Robot test carry by impact height on a driver face https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/why-does-your-golf-ball-go-shorter-in-the-cold 2026-10-25T12:35:12-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/cold-weather-driver-carry-by-temperature.jpg?v=1792956912 Why Does Your Golf Ball Go Shorter in the Cold? Bar chart of driver carry by air temperature: 242 yards at 35°F up to 254 yards at 95°F, about 2 yards per 10 degrees https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/why-does-a-headwind-hurt-more-than-a-tailwind-helps 2026-10-25T12:35:11-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/headwind-tailwind-6-iron-carry-five-winds.jpg?v=1792956911 Why Does a Headwind Hurt More Than a Tailwind Helps? Bar chart of a PGA Tour 6-iron's carry in five winds: 143 yards into 20 mph, 166 into 10 mph, 184 calm, 198 with 10 mph and 207 with 20 mph https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/how-hard-should-you-hit-a-putt 2026-10-26T10:53:02-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/pelz-17-inches-past-hole-size.jpg?v=1793036648 How Hard Should You Hit a Putt? How far past the hole: Pelz's 17 inches sits just short of the 1.5-foot mark where the hole plays about 25% smaller; 5 feet past, 63% smaller https://hytongolf.com/blogs/golf-x-rayed/does-teeing-it-higher-add-distance 2026-10-28T10:15:10-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0748/9745/7319/articles/tee-height-half-inch-vs-inch-and-half-14-yards.jpg?v=1793193456 Does Teeing It Higher Add Distance? A ½-inch tee and a 1½-inch tee measured from the ground: in MyGolfSpy's 2021 test of 120 drives off each, the taller tee carried about 14 yards farther