Equipment
Mizuno RB Tour and RB Tour X golf balls: The first balls from the company to hit the U.S. market (2019 PGA Show)
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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Whats in the Bag
Kevin Streelman WITB 2024 (April)
- Kevin Streelman what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
5-wood: Ping G (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 10 X
Irons: Wilson Staff Model CB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Wilson Staff Model (48-08, 54-08), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-L @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (48), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (54, 58)
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType SSS TG6
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Streelman’s clubs here.
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Equipment
Choose Your Driver: Which 2012 driver was your favorite?
The year was 2012. Gangnam Style ruled supreme, its infectious beats and ludicrous horse-riding dance moves hypnotizing us with their stupidity. Everyone was talking about the Mayan calendar, convinced that the end of days was near. Superheroes soared on the silver screen, with the Avengers assembling in epic fashion. Katniss Everdeen survived The Hunger Games. And the memes! The memes abounded. Grumpy Cat triumphed. We kept calm and carried on.
In much the same way that automotive enthusiasts love classic cars, we at GolfWRX love taking a backward glance at some of the iconic designs of years past. Heck, we love taking iconic designs to the tee box in the present!
In that spirit, GolfWRX has been running a series inspired by arguably the greatest fighting game franchise of all time: Mortal Kombat. It’s not “choose your fighter” but rather “choose your driver.”
Check out some of the standout combatants of 2012 below.
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Nike VRS
Often harshly critiqued during its years releasing golf equipment (right, Phil Mickelson?), Nike’s tenure in the club-and-ball business gets a gloss of nostalgic varnish, with many of its iron and putter designs continuing to attract admirers. Among the company’s driver offerings, the 2012 VRS — or VR_S, if you will — drew high marks for its shaping and toned-down appearance. The multi-thickness, NexCOR face was no joke either.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Callaway RAZR Fit
Callaway’s first foray into moveable weight technology (married with its OptiFit hosel) did not disappoint. With a carbon fiber crown, aerodynamic attention to detail, and variable and hyperbolic face technologies, this club foreshadowed the tech-loaded, “story in every surface” Callaway drivers of the present, AI-informed design age.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Cleveland Classic 310
Truly a design that came out of left field. Cleveland said, “Give me a persimmon driver, but make it titanium…in 460cc.” Our 2012 reviewer, JokerUsn wrote, “I don’t need to elaborate on all the aesthetics of this club. You’ve seen tons of pics. You’ve all probably seen a bunch in the store and held them up close and gotten drool on them. From a playing perspective, the color is not distracting. It’s dark enough to stay unobtrusive in bright sunlight…Even my playing partners, who aren’t into clubs at all…commented on it saying it looks cool.” Long live!
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Titleist 910
While there’s no disputing Titleist’s “Titleist Speed” era of drivers perform better than its 2010s offerings, sentimentality abounds, and there was something classically Titleist about these clubs, right down to the alignment aid, and the look is somewhere between 983 times and the present TS age. Representing a resurgence after a disappointing stretch of offerings (907, 909), The 910D2 was a fairly broadly appealing driver with its classic look at address and classic Titleist face shape.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
TaylorMade RocketBallz
The white crown. The name. You either loved ‘em or you hated ‘em. TaylorMade’s 2012 offering from its RocketBallz Period boasted speed-enhancing aerodynamics and an Inverted Cone Technology in the club’s titanium face. Technology aside, it’s impossible to overstate what a departure from the norm a white-headed driver was in the world of golf equipment.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Ping i20
Long a quietly assertive player in the driver space, Ping’s i20 was more broadly appealing than the G20, despite being a lower-launch, lower-spin club. Ping drivers didn’t always have looks that golfer’s considered traditional or classic, but the i20 driver bucked that trend. Combining the classic look with Ping’s engineering created a driver that better players really gravitated toward. The i20 offered players lower launch and lower spin for more penetrating ball flight while the rear 20g tungsten weights kept the head stable. Sound and feel were great also, being one of the more muted driver sounds Ping had created up to that time.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
GolfWRXers, let us know in the comments who “your fighter” is and why!
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/29/24): Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Krank Formula fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft.
From the seller: (@well01): “Krank formula fire 10.5 degree with AUtoflex SF505. $560 shipped.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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A
Jan 25, 2019 at 10:46 am
As long it performs
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.
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.
Rob
Jan 23, 2019 at 11:49 pm
Just what golf needs, another expensive golf ball.
The dude
Jan 23, 2019 at 7:26 pm
Are they forged?
Matthew Kossick
Jan 24, 2019 at 1:11 pm
LOL!
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.
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.
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
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.
Roger
Jan 24, 2019 at 4:31 am
Agree
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.
BH
Jan 23, 2019 at 7:48 pm
Yea….that’s not true.