I know it's been out for a while, but I won one at a tournament and really haven't gotten a good feel for it yet. Do you Hammerheads that have one, feel it is not a ball for much oil? Seems the best look I get with mine is on the dry side of medium. Use it on any longer or oilier shot and it's weak. Any thoughts guys? I love all my Hammer stuff but this one has me baffled, since I thought it would be stronger.

I like mine, though I expected it to do something different than how I had the ball drilled.

Call me a between a cranker and a tweener. Nearly the same tilt as Robert Flunder IV, but nothing like a big baller like a Jeremy Hunt. So coming into it, I was thinking that the layout I had on my FB would get me similar results to them.

I was totally wrong.

I had it drilled pin down, and a weaker drill than my heavy rolling balls, so it totally took skid/flip out of the equation. So it really had me stumbled... Until I realized that it suited my B game (down and in, like Duke/Handegard) better than my A game. So when I squared up with that ball and went straight up 8 and gave myself room of no more than 2 boards to the right, I saw results, and liked what I saw. It was almost similar to what Scott Norton was seeing when he won last year.

Now, this will completely differ from what everyone else should have seen, and this was on any THS out there. But I put that down to it being the layout of the ball, rather than motion and performance expected out of it.

I'm contemplating either getting another one and laying it out pin up, or redrilling my current one pin up and bringing in an Amp Up. Haven't decided yet.

BL.

Yeah I don't think its a bad ball, more of a combination of the way its drilled and my game. Much like you when I can throw it more down and in it seems to work ok, problem is that wasn't really what I was expecting to see.

The ball almost feels like its stuck in between motions if that makes any sense. Really wish I would of gone with a longer/backend drilling rather than what I did.

Same here, which is why I'm thinking of plugging/redrilling or finding a used one with a decently long pin. Thinking more the latter, or if Black Friday could pull out something for me. Right now, pickings are slim, as K&K in Vegas seem to have the best deal for everything, with the drawback that it is in-store only.

BL.

BradL,

I am guessing you are left handed?

Regards,

Luckylefty

Bradl & LL,

Check this out courtesy of Kidlost2000 & Brunsnick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPJSmtr75Ts


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgDL0xqaodk


P.S. To answer the original poster's question: YES! I would agree with you, as I have only seen this ball shine on the drier side of medium patterns as well.