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Mizuno RB Tour and RB Tour X golf balls: The first balls from the company to hit the U.S. market (2019 PGA Show)

Published

5 years ago

Jan 23, 2019

Mizuno has launched two new golf balls – the RB Tour and RB Tour X, the first balls the company has released in the U.S.

The new golf balls from Mizuno both feature a new drag-reducing Cone Profile Dimple (C Dimple), which as a result of 12-years of wind tunnel testing at Mizuno’s MT (Mizuno Technics) test facility in Yoro, Japan, is designed to provide maximum greenside feel as well as excellent performance in the wind.

According to the company, The C-Dimple “creates more trigger points to keep fast flowing air close to the ball’s surface for longer, simultaneously reducing drag, and strengthening trajectory … producing a controllable, penetrating driver flight, and noticeable distance gains on full iron shots.”

Both four-piece designs feature a Butadiene rubber dual core with a soft urethane cover and an ionomer mantle.

Speaking on the decision to release the RB Tour and RB Tour X to the U.S. market, David Llewellyn – Director of R&D stated

“The RB Tour takes us to the next level and we’re excited to see where this takes us. We’ve been lobbied on every social media channel to introduce the ball to the US market, but we specifically wanted to wait for this ball.”

The RB Tour X is designed to provide low- to mid-driver spin, while the RB Tour, with softer compression, aims to provide low driver spin.

Both the RB Tour and RB Tour X will be at retail from February and will cost $43 per dozen.

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13 Comments

A

Jan 25, 2019 at 10:46 am

As long it performs

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Tim

Jan 24, 2019 at 7:17 pm

It’s tough to get excited about another premium price golf ball from one of the major manufacturers. Direct to consumer companies with premium balls like Cut, Snell, Vice, etc… have made this an even more difficult market to squeeze average joe golfer dollars from.

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C

Jan 24, 2019 at 8:42 am

Wouldn’t mind trying some. But for now, I’ll stick to LostGolfBalls for ProV’s and TP5’s.

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Rob

Jan 23, 2019 at 11:49 pm

Just what golf needs, another expensive golf ball.

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The dude

Jan 23, 2019 at 7:26 pm

Are they forged?

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- Matthew Kossick
  
  Jan 24, 2019 at 1:11 pm
  
  LOL!
  
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Simma

Jan 23, 2019 at 5:54 pm

Another great ball for the single dig-get handicapper so he/she can get within 10 feet of the hole with his/her wedge second shot on 430 yard par 4’s. The rest of us are just trying to get it on the green and top line balls are just as hard to stop from 170 yards as the cheaper ones for anyone over a 15.

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Ball Tester

Jan 23, 2019 at 3:38 pm

I would imagine they will sell at the $39 price point but either way, I’ll try a dozen just to see what they have to offer.

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jgpl001

Jan 23, 2019 at 3:27 pm

Mizuno have tried to enter the premium ball level now for a number of years, but always seem to fall short

Maybe these will be closer to the big boys

I’d like to see a Golfwrx test of these side by side with the new ProV range and the TP5 range

I’ll certainly buy a sleeve of each for a test drive when they are released

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- Alastair
  
  Jan 24, 2019 at 4:11 am
  
  Have you even tried the MP-S and MP-X balls? The TP5 is the best out there but I’d take the MP-S over ProV1 every time.
  
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  - Roger
    
    Jan 24, 2019 at 4:31 am
    
    Agree
    
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DB

Jan 23, 2019 at 3:21 pm

Hopefully you can get them for less than $43 per dozen. They won’t sell any at that price.

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- BH
  
  Jan 23, 2019 at 7:48 pm
  
  Yea….that’s not true.
  
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