Let's Talk About Golf Balls

There are so many golf ball brands that have many different kinds associted with them.

What are yout thoughts with respect to the following:

What ball do you think flies the furthest?

What ball do you think spins the most?

What ball do you think has the softest cover?

What ball do you think has the hardest cover?

And last but not least, what ball do you play with and why?

Well the balls that fly farthest are illegal. You can get them from various places on the web.

As far as spin goes, I’m not accomplished enough as a player to tell minor differences but I do know that I even I can spin the HX Tour.

I don’t know about cover material either because I test a balls softness/hardness by how it feels coming off of my clubs.

Right now I am palying a variety of balls. I play Pro V1’s, HX Tour’s, TP Red’s, and D2 Distance. I was also using the Dimplit ball for awhile but they scuffed so easily I stopped using them.

Q:What ball do you think flies the furthest? A: ProV’s

Q:What ball do you think spins the most? A: ProV’s

Q:What ball do you think has the softest cover? A: ProV’s

Q:What ball do you think has the hardest cover? A: I think for the most part when it comes to balls, you get what you pay for if the balls are under $20/dozen. There’s a lot of these inexpensive balls out there that when I have hit them it feels like I just hit a rock. My opinion is the TopFlite XL’s, XL 2000’s are the hardest that I can recall hitting. Above $20/dozen, especially $28-$50 I think the get-what-you-pay-for does not hold at all, except with the ProV’s.

Q:And last but not least, what ball do you play with and why? A:ProV1x – I get the balance of feel around the greens, spin, without giving up distance off the tee with them. Although, I seem to go through stretches when I start to loose more balls/rd, and that gets expensive with ProV’s, so I play an NXT Tour – I’m a total gambler, never like to lay-up. :) . NXT Tour’s are about $15 less a dozen than the ProV’s and I believe they give me close to the same distance, playability and feel as the ProV – not as much spin though.

With that I will add: Q:Best ball at each price point? A: Under $20/dozen – Pinnacles, $20-$30 – Titlist NXT’s, $30 – $40 – not sure, above $40 – ProV’s

My 2 cents.