Equipment
Snell adds MTB Black and MTB Red to lineup, thanks in part to GolfWRX forum feedback

Snell Golf entered the market in 2015 when Dean Snell, co-creator of the Titleist Pro V1 and TaylorMade Penta, decided to sell premium golf balls direct to consumer at a fraction of the standard premium golf ball price. With massive year-over-year growth, the company’s offerings have been well received by the golfing public.
Snell is expanding its MTB line with the release of the MTB Black and MTB Red models. The company indicates the Black and Red models leveraged customer feedback to expand an already successful line.
“Through evaluation of customer feedback, we are able to go through the design and testing process with a clear understanding of what the customer wants to see and feel in their Golf Ball. Pair our expertise and experience with customer suggestion and the result is a ‘Tour Like Experience’ with extra cash in your wallet for a round at the bar,” says Snell Golf founder, Dean Snell.
We asked Snell about the feedback process, and he had some interesting (and flattering) things to say.
“One of the biggest parts of the feedback came from the forums at GolfWRX. I check it weekly for sure, sometimes every other day. There’s one [thread] that started when we started and it’s still going…the information, with people playing and testing, I typically read that.
“And then I get a lot of emails. I read them all, and then I make a big chart, and I fill it in…”high spin,” “low spin,” etc. Then I read and mark the boxes with what people are saying, and when a box fills up, that’s a voice…So there were three big voices from consumers, and that led to these balls.”
Snell said when he worked at Titleist and TaylorMade, tour pro feedback was paramount. Now that he’s offering a direct-to-consumer product, however, the consumers are his “tour players.”
This is a different approach [working with consumers] and asking, “What do you want?” You can’t satisfy everything, but when you hear a strong voice over and over, that’s what we take into consideration.
MTB Black
- 3-piece thermocast urethane cover golf ball with a 360 dimple pattern
- Seven percent lower compression core than the original MTB
- Softer core lowers spin with the driver
Snell says: “Driver spin: anytime you can lower it, it’s going to make the ball better. We keep the same performance [as MTB]…it’ll just be a touch longer.”
MTB Red
- 4-piece thermocast urethane cover golf ball with a 338 dimple pattern
- Dual Feel Technology: Provides a firmer, more responsive feel on driver and long irons shorts, while continuing a very soft feel on short irons and around the green with more spin as well
- Available in Optic Yellow in addition to White
Snell says: “The MTB Red became a four-piece ball. We had to add an inside layer–an inner mantle–to add spin to approach shots. You control the spin rates through the set with the layers of the ball. Getting that fourth layer in there really works for the approach shot control and spin. Otherwise, to add spin, you’d have to raise the core [compression], but when you do that, you make the driver shorter. And the “yellow tour ball” market isn’t big, but the voice in our group was loud.”
Both golf balls will be offered at a retail price of $31.99 per dozen, and are also available in a Value Pack of 6 dozen for $163.99 ($27.33 per dozen).
New models are available at SnellGolf.com for pre-order. Shipments are scheduled for February.
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Whats in the Bag
Corey Conners WITB 2021 (March)

- WITB accurate as of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Driver: Ping G400 LST (8.5 degrees @8 degrees, standard, D4+)
Shaft: UST Elements Gold 6F5 (tipped 1″)
3-wood: Ping G425 LST (14.5 degrees @15, small +)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 76 6.5 (43 inches, tipped 1 inches)
3-hybrid: Ping G425 (19 degrees @20, small +)
Shaft: UST VTS Red Hybrid 85 X (40.25 inches, D2)
Irons: Ping iBlade (4-PW)
Shafts: Project X 6.0
Wedges: Ping Glide 2.0 Stealth (50-SS, 56-SS); Ping Glide Forged (60 degrees)
Shafts: Project X 6.0
Putter: Prototype PLD Prime Tyne H (Stealth finish)
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Black/Blue (60R +1 wrap)
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
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Equipment
Bettinardi unveils limited Wall St. Fat Cat putter and new ‘To the Mooon!’ headcovers

Bettinardi has unveiled its latest Hive release: its Limited 1/5 QB6 Wall St. Gangster Fat Cat Putter and its ‘To The Mooon!’ Betti Boy headcovers.
The Wall St. Gangster Fat Cat putter features a completely hand stamped checker pattern across the shoulder and bumpers and intricately engraved T-Hive money bags and gold coins across the Micro-honeycomb face milling.
The flat-stick’s sole features a Wall Street Poison Gangster Fat Cat over a stock graph pattern, smoking a cigar, and the flat-stick is completed with a two-tone gold flame and Tour blast finish.
The limited one of five putter comes equipped with a special, rare tonal red Wall St. Gangster Fat Cat headcover made for this putter only and is paired with an exotic leather Gripmaster grip.
The ‘To The Moon’ Betti Boy headcover is the latest over from Bettinardi and features the Betti Boy riding the rocket to the moon stitched stitch across the front. The saying ‘To the Moon’ is on one side of the cover, with the moon stitched in glow-in-the-dark thread with stars across the cover.
The Limited 1/5 QB6 Wall St. Gangster Fat Cat Putter is available in The Hive today at 8 AM CT, while the Betti Boy headcovers drop today at 10 AM CT.
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Whats in the Bag
WITB GolfWRX Members Edition: FlopShotGang

Recently we put out the call for our members to submit their WITBs in our forum to be featured on the GolfWRX front page. Since then, our members have been responding in numbers!
Now it’s time to take a look at the bag of FlopShotGang.
*Full details on the submission process can be found here, and you can submit your WITB in this forum thread.*
Member: FlopShotGang
FlopShotGang WITB
Driver: Ping G410 Max (9.5 degrees)
Shaft: HZRDUS Smoke 6.5 70g
3-wood: Ping G410 LST (15.5 degrees)
Shaft: Pro Launch 75 X
Irons: Mizuno MP 20 HMB (3,4), MMC (5-PW)
Shafts: Nippon Modus 120 stiff, Nippon Modus 120 X-stiff
Wedges: Ping Glide Forged (50 degrees) and Vokey SM8 (54-S and 62-M @ 60 degrees)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 (36 inches)
Putter: Ping Heppler Ketsch (35.5 inches)
Get submitting your WITB in our forum as we’ll be publishing more and more of them on our front page over the coming days and weeks.
Feel free to make it your own too by including some thoughts on your setup, your age, handicap, etc. Anything you feel is relevant!
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Rich Douglas
Jan 18, 2018 at 1:17 am
I play the current MTB. It sounds like I’ll be going with the Black in the future. I spin the ball A LOT, so anything I can do to lower that (especially off the driver) is good.
Jim
Jan 17, 2018 at 12:37 pm
The MTB Black has a thermocast urethane cover while the MTB Red as a thermplastic (TPU) cover. The thermocast cover is better, and only available in the top name balls including Snell, but the TPU cover allows for more spin on short irons.