Was it a magic ball? No, that can't be it. I know! It was superior to the balls I was using, probably a $60/dozen self correcting nano-technology ball that I hadn't heard of!

No, that wasn't it either. As a matter of fact, as I would later learn, this wasn't a "high" end ball at all. It was a low end, Wilson 2-piece ball. On sale, in fact at Edwin Watts for $13.95/dozen.

Could it be that BogeyMan has been throwing away gobs of hard earned cash in order to play (and lose) the "good" balls, when he could have been a better golfer all along using these "rocks". By the way, the dx2 felt soft and responsive before I found out that they were $13.95 per twelve.

What's a desperate golfer to do? I bought a dozen of the Wilson Dx2, and of course a dozen of Wilson's "high end" ball the Tx4. The logic, of course, was that if the cheap ball played so well, think of how the top line model would perform.

O.K., I promise I'm wrapping up here... Long story short... The more expensive Tx4's were nice but nothing to write home about, but the dx2's continued their impressive run of long and straight carry off the driver, control off the irons, and responsiveness in the scoring zone.

What have I learned? Don't be an equipment snob! The price or marketing of a golf ball doesn't matter when it comes to your score. Maybe this 2-piece ball is extremely well suited for my swing?

Whatever the case, I'm glad I found and kept this ball. Maybe it was a gift from the golf gods as a reward for raking bunkers and fixing divot marks.

I can tell you, it won't be easy to quit my "high-end" ball habit. As I sit here I'm fighting the urge to purchase a dozen ProV's for an upcoming golf trip. Old habits are hard to teach new tricks... or something like that.

Editor's Note: BogeyMan has always known that equipment doesn't make the golfer. It's just that he's having a hard time actually convincing himself of that. "It's all so shiny and new, and the tour players are using it, I need it... really!"