Visiting Rimac At The PGA Show
I had previously written about Rimac, a Michigan-based company that makes a golf ball compression tester. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to see them at the 2025 PGA Show, featured prominently in the “New Product Zone.”
While I was at the Rimac, I got a full demonstration of the device, and some insight into how it might be of use to even amateur golfers.
To use the Rimac device, a ball is placed on the platform, and the lever lowered until it can go no more. The compression shows up on the dial in front, with the dial arm pausing at the highest measured point.
As one might expect, there is a significant difference in compression between balls of similar marketing levels — e.g. between balls marketed as “Tour” balls or “Distance” balls. More interesting was a demonstration of measurable differences between balls out of the same sleeve.
To show how different compressions produce different performance, they dropped two balls simultaneously on a metal plate. The bounce height was visibly different with balls of different compression.
As a bogey golfer who plays only for fun, I initially thought that such differences likely are of no import. Knowing that a ball is an 80 or a 90 compression is not information I can knowingly act upon.
However, the folk at Rimac made an interesting argument: that if you load your bag before a round with balls that are within a couple of compression points of each other, you will be more consistent on that round. Once you get a feel for how things are going on that day, any ball you pull out of the bag should produce similar results, ceteris paribus. If you’re the sort that usually only plays one ball per round, it would help to know when you switch out balls between rounds, you will get similar results.
With that in mind, I think the Rimac could be helpful for competitive amateurs and professionals. In a game where one stroke can be the difference between a title and second place, even small edges are meaningful.
At nearly $1500, the Rimac is out of my price range. But if competition is meaningful to you, I think it’s worth considering.
For more information:
Rimacgolf.Com
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