Choosing the right golf balls
Whether your favourite ball is a Titelist, Callaway, Nike or Dunlop the golf ball has a variety of qualities. Selecting a ball that you are comfortable and ultimately confident with will help improve your game.
The description of a golf ball on wikipedia is ...
A golf ball is a ball designed to be used in the game of golf.
Under the Rules of Golf, a golf ball weighs no more than 1.620 ounces (45.93 grams), has a diameter not less than 1.680 in (42.67 mm), and performs within specified velocity, distance, and symmetry limits. Like golf clubs, golf balls are subject to testing and approval by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and the United States Golf Association, and those that do not conform with regulations may not be used in competitions.

Theres not much of a downside to high-tech golf gear ... if you can afford it. Not only can the stuff eventually make you a better golfer, but in the short run it will also make you look good.
High-tech equipment makers are always trying to make special equipment for every part of the golfing experience. Starting with gear that helps you analyze the world around you, to clothing that protects you, down to the very soles of your golfing shoes. Choose the right technology, and you can indeed lower your score, lengthen your career and simply have more fun.