The Floppy - Indoor Golf Ball Review

By Brian Weis

If you are looking to get in some practice during the off season or to maintain your midseason form when time doesn't permit for a bucket at the range then look no further than The Floppy.

The Floppy bills itself as the Indoor Golf Ball specifically designed for short game practice. The ball resembles a white knitted hackie sack with an internal rubber bladder partial filled. (Sounds and feels like small seeds)

The ball can be used with any club provided you have the swing height indoors. If you do not have the required 9" 5' feet to take a full swing then you will be limited to half swings with short irons and pitch and flop shots with your wedge.

Nervously, I put the balls to the test against my freshly painted office walls. (The company's website claims "it is safe enough to hit into a window) Swinging half wedges off a small hitting mat the ball felt responsive and true. While the ball did not leave a mark on my wall they did leave an impression that these would come in handy during the long winter off season in Wisconsin.

A set of 4 balls retails for $19.99 and available at large golf retailers or online at www.thefloppy.com.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.