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Chiping

Even though the smart ball is constructed and build to meet all criteria of the Rule 5 and Appendix III of the USGA and R&A, which are Weight, Size, Spherical Symmetry, Initial Velocity and Overall Distance Standards, the ball has not yet been submitted for an official conformance ruling.

The smart ball unfortunately, can‘t swim. The transmission range will be quickly reduced with every inch of water over the ball.

If you are not comfortable, save your smart ball for "real" fairways., use a standard ball instead. You will be able to see the splash just as well.

Chiping smart balls can generally be found in less than 1 minute. It will take a bit of practice the ﬁrst few times, but even our most vigorous tests never took longer than 2 minutes.

The terrain and obstacles surrounding the ball will affect the transmission of signals. In general the signal gets picked up from a distance of 30 yards/meters.

Chiping smart balls are supposed to increase the fun of the game and smarten it. It is not currently planned to apply for any change of R&A or USGA rules.