Every golfer has asked a simple question at some point in their playing days: How much does a used golf ball impact performance versus a fresh golf ball? While most people don’t take it upon ...

Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with golfers and robots. Sometimes definitive, other times less ...

Question: I knifed a ball out of a bunker, and now my ball has a scuff mark. How much can this affect performance and how should I decide whether to put a new ball in play? Answer: If you knifed one ...