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[shutitdown]

Smood_n_EZ, on 01 July 2012 - 07:25 PM, said:

rickeyg, on 01 July 2012 - 05:51 PM, said:

Thanks.

+1 for the Cally Hex Chrome for mid nineties ss. Nice (not great) action close to the green. Easily compressable and really jumps of the driver clubface.

Try a sleeve.

I like the yellow balls. Played NXT Tour-S, Srixon Z XL, and Bridgestone RX 330 S and I think the Cally Chrome Yellow is the best ball of the 4. Distance longer or the same as all but really shine in the wind and greenside spin is much better than the other 3. Just bought 6 dozen on ebay for 150bucks. The yellow is kind of range ball looking yellow but it really is easy to follow in the air and find in the rough.

[wundej]

mdgboxx, on 19 July 2012 - 06:22 PM, said:

jcannan14, on 19 July 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:

Crab Daddy, on 18 July 2012 - 09:28 PM, said:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Z Star, yet. I've been playing it alongside the B330 RX lately, and the Z Star has been longer. The RX probably stays out of trouble better, but, on good drives, the Z Star is out there. Plus it has noticeably more spin around the green.

I wasn't a fan of the Z stars when I bought a sleeve.  I felt they were to soft and hard to control off the tee.

You need to try the XV

They are probably going to be even more difficult to control. They will spin more if you don't compress them off the tee.

[wundej]

I'm really confused as to why people are mentioning the velocity, qstar and rocketballs. I thought the op was asking about premium balls?  I'd hardly consider any of them premium balls. Yes, they may be good balls, but you won't control them like the prov, zstar, b330, or penta series around the green.

[gopherguts]

TKS, on 21 July 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

I'll give you the distance arguement if you are dealing with trajectory/spinrate issues from your angles of attack and headwind / downwind conditions.  But from pure ball speed perspective; 5 yrds difference - tops.  People forget, the C.O.R. of the modern drivers make the compression differences of balls less of an issue.  Example; I tested the highest compression for 2012 Cally Hex Black Tour (117) against the Wilson DUO at 51 compression.  The ball speed difference over 10 well-struck drives each was .72 MPH of ball speed.  My swing speed avg is 108.  With all the marketing hype around ball compression to fit swing speed - you'd think I had just broken the laws of physics. Took the balls to the course and bingo!.......... no observable difference in distance of the tee.

I'm no physicist but I do know that ballspeed isn't the only factor in hitting it long. You yourself mention angle of attack, trajectory and spin rate.


What I DO know is that on a course I play between 30 and 60 times a year I hit the RX to 122 from a green that I've NEVER been closer than 140. And the wind for the 140 was quite a bit more (behind me of course) than the day I hit it to 122. Just about ALL the other balls I've tried - best is around that same 140 yardage

In fact, a young buck who generates around 110 MPH (I average around 99-100), a couple of times that day told me "Catch that" and not only did I catch it but I went past it. At one point he asked me if I was on steroids.

I've backed off of the RX to the RXS because the RX released too much on the greens, about 15 feet or so on average, where my old TM Red LDP used to be consistently right alongside its pitch mark. The RXS is not as long as the RX but it does stop better, maybe an average of 8 feet or so past its pitch mark. Still looking for a distance ball that stops like my TM Red.

So while I can't claim LM numbers and I haven't played every ball out there by a long stretch, what I can claim is the RX is the longest ball *I* have ever hit, and by a fairly large margin.

[Major9000]

I have a swing speed of 95 mph and I have been playing both the ‘Hex Black Tour’ and the ‘Hex Crome’ for the last two weeks.  I’ve gone back and forth each round (I played the same course everyday) and here are my final thoughts.

The Hex Black tour balls definitely feel harder at impact, almost like I’m hitting a rock; Meanwhile the Hex Crome has a much softer feel off the club. For the first few days I thought I was hitting the Hex Chrome longer BUT since I always play the same course, it quickly became very apparent that I was getting a good 15 yards more out of my Hex Black Tour.  Like I said it didn’t ‘feel’ this way but time and again I noticed a much better distance with the Hex Black tour.

As far as being straight off the tee, I am generally a very straight hitter and didn’t have any spinning issues, nice penetrating flight from both balls.

As far as hitting greens, I found I could spin the Hex Black Tour much more than the Hex Chrome.  For me it seemed the Hex Black Tour had a lot less bounce on the greens.  The Hex Crome had a nice soft feeling around the greens but less spin and a little more bounce on my approach shots.

I like both Golf balls and even though the Hex Chrome had a better, softer 'feel', when stack up the performance off the tee and around the green the Hex Black tour was the better performer…hope this helps.

[rickeyg]

Thanks to all who responded.

[Mschumacher]

I am in the 95-102 range and switched to the Penta.   I feel as if the extra spin is helping keeping my drives in the air longer.

[buteman]

TKS, on 17 July 2012 - 12:42 AM, said:

Truth of the matter is that all the premiums will be within a yard or two of each other off the driver. If you are deciding to play a premium ball, you choose them from the green backwards. Dont get caught up in the compression drudgery, just find the one or two that have the best short game performance and feel for YOU.  Then continue to develop the ability to control the ball.

Couldn't agree with you more,,,,too many of us get caught up in this ridiculous distance factor with golf balls and of course it's fueled by the manufacturers. I don't think if you machine tested all the balls if there would be a yard or two in it as far as distance is concerned.
It is exactly as you put it, short game performance and what feels good for the individual player. But I do disagree with the Pro-V1x being recommended for any player with a 95mph. swing speed.
I was told by a Titelist rep. at a demo day that to " obtain maximum performance out of a Pro-V1x a player should have a swing speed of around 105 mph. ".