what are the best golf balls?
April 30th, 2008
mikey asked:
I’m about a 90-100 golfer, but I feel if I use a better ball I could get better scores. I hit irons real well, but **** at putting. My drive is 175 worst – 250 best. I use a Cleveland HiBore driver and nike ignite irons, w/ a nike putter. Let me know what you think is the best ball, and what is the best ball for its value since ProVs are $45/ dozen
I’m about a 90-100 golfer, but I feel if I use a better ball I could get better scores. I hit irons real well, but **** at putting. My drive is 175 worst – 250 best. I use a Cleveland HiBore driver and nike ignite irons, w/ a nike putter. Let me know what you think is the best ball, and what is the best ball for its value since ProVs are $45/ dozen
Replys
Nike One Platinum
Taylormade Burner
Are two I can suggest.
Top-Flite D2 Straight
to me a golf ball is a golf ball
white and round with dimples
but to name a few i would say
nike one
callaway warbird
nike dxr or karma
it depends on how much u are willing to spend
try buying lae balls from shops like american golf or ebay
there are some great balls for rock bottom prices. used once or twice
Callaway HX Hot or HX Hot Bite
Bridgestone E5 or E6
Titleist NXT Tour
These are all in the $25 range. I personally dont care for nike balls. The three above are my preferred ball, in that order.
Free ones are always the best.
Order from best to worst Pro balls
Pro-v1
Pro-v1x
Nike 1 platnum
Callaway Hx Tour 56
Taylormade TP Red
Nike 1 Black
Taylormade TP Black
Srixon Z-Urs
Good balls at reasonable price
Maxfli noodle long and soft
Titleist NXT tour
Taylormade Red
Taylormade Black
Pinacle Exception
Pinacle Gold distance
Nike
practice and lessons will be your best bet on lowering your scores, but i think srixon makes a great ball for the money and a harder cover will be better for your distance. buy a bunch and see what you like – prob more psychological than anything for you right now.
prov 1x is the best ball. plain and simple. For a started, try the maxfli noodles they are a very durable ball.
Don’t listen to people who say a golf ball is a golf ball. Especially for high handicappers.
If you want to improve, use a good ball!
I was on the same thought of those people and listened to their advice. I bought ‘cheap’ balls, $15.99 or lower a dozen, and hit them well. They flew far off the driver, I putted them well (although they felt like rocks), but where the difference was around the greens. 120 yard shots would land on the green and run. Shorter pitches would roll pass the flag even if I hit them really short.
My friends were thinking I was just drawing the ball more, pulling my shots, flying them lower and the ball would naturally roll more.
Well, someone gave me a box of ProV1x for Christmas.
I took them out of the box, intimidated by the fact I was using expensive ‘tour’ balls.
Any shot 100 yards in just nailed the green and stopped on a dime! Putting felt better and led to more Confidence. Getting them to spin and roll the right distance was a change because I was so used to the other balls that would roll forever.
Since then breaking 90 is easier because my shots were staying on the green. The balls were going ‘my distance’ and staying there!
Trust me… good balls make a world of difference to your work around the green.
And then, I came across this quote in Golf Magazine on Finding the right ball for you.
“It’s more important for the average player to pick the right ball than it is for the better player. Most mid- to higher handicappers choose hard, inexpensive, low-spinning balls that rob them of enough lift to overcome drag. This costs distance. Then, when they fail to reach the green in regulation, they have to chip and putt with the most difficult products on the market to control around the green.” — Mitch Voges, founder, Max Out Golf and cofounder, golfballselector.com
Wow… makes alot of sense now. And yeah, don’t listen to those people who says not to use good balls. Even if they are single handicappers. You need to improve. They might not need to, or, don’t see the need to have balls stop on a dime, feel soft with a wedge or short iron, or want to lower their scores like us.
I’m sold on Titleist ProV1x and the Titleist NXT tour. I’ve tried the ProV1(I like the distance of the x) and the NXT Extreme(harder ball). The ball improved my game and helped lower my score.
Buy Titliest NXT Tour good golf balls for reasonable price
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