Golf balls to avoid

[Imurg]

Those weren't golf balls, they were rocks with dimples

Wait, what......thay had dimples..??

 

[Grizzly]

I know rocks who are offended by that characterisation.

 

[Wolf]

Wait, what......thay had dimples..??

Didnt feel like it? certainly not the ball you'd wanna be hit by

 

[robinthehood]

The feathery, just can't get the distance

 

[Neeko1988]

Any ball made by Titleist I simply won't use. Can't stand the feel of any of them and find them really overrated.

Also the Srixon AD333 or Soft feels, loss of distance and don't like the feel around the greens.

Your full of the joys aren’t u ?

 

[Neeko1988]

I tend to swap between pro v1 pro v1x in the summer. This winter i have been using Bridgestone tour brx. But anything premium such as tp5 chromesoft etc I’ve used in the past and don’t seem to tell much difference

Can’t stand soft feel but don’t mind ad333

 

[Wolf]

Your full of the joys aren’t u ?

Maybe im missing something in your post? thread asks what balls to avoid just simply gave my answer ??‍

 

[robinthehood]

Refinished balls and lakeballs

 

[Crow]

Penfold Commando

I've got a few of those un-hit, only played one so far but it had died a death at some point over the last 30 years and only went about 3/4 of proper distance.

 

[huds1475]

Callaway Warbirds are not advisable for those who like feeling in their hands and wrists.

Great shout. When I first started AG used to give you 2 boxes with most things you purchased.

Promptly redistributed to various driving ranges

 

[Dando]

Bullet golf balls weren’t the best

 

[Foxholer]

Frequently there will be threads about what the best golf balls are, or if X is better than Y, etc.

But I wondered if there are particular balls that you’ve hated, that’ve lost you distance, or feel terrible. Basically balls that you would never play or would never go in the bag again.

Srixon Soft Feel

Just totally weird for me...A club and a half longer on irons - that makes up for being 15+ yards shorter on Driver. And absolutely NO FEEL with the putter! All other balls are 'tolerable' for me, if not in my 'preferred' category. But those I'll NEVER play (except to confirm my hatred)! Found one of my ex-favourites a while ago (Cally HX56). My preference - and ball techlology - has definitely moved on. I used to think this ball had 'feel'!

All that stated, I've 6 dozen Srixon Distance balls waiting to be used - bought very cheaply for use this and next Winter!

For me, it's all about feel off the putter - other attributes are definitely by the by!

 

[Curls]

Volvik. Absolute rubbish

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Top Flite, Pinnacle. Don't even know if they are sold anymore but I see them out on the course still. They are the only ones I leave behind

I'm happy to hit everything else ?

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Although it's no longer made by Spalding and is now sold in sporting goods stores instead of pro shops, the urethane-covered Top Flite Gamer doesn't play much differently than a ProV1 at just under half the price. This is what I've been told, at least.

 

[Chico84]

Those weren't golf balls, they were rocks with dimples

I remember finding one and teeing off with it on the next hole. Went a country mile until I lost it in the rough again. I had no concept of feel as a very novice beginner then though.

 

[Jigger]

I avoid anything callaway after the quality of their balls was exposed by mygolfspy.

I use pearl grade pro v lake balls. Defo avoid refinished ones as there’s no way of telling what you actually have but the theory that lake balls are rubbish is people just believing the propaganda. I used new mid range balls believing the same thing but I get much better performance out of Pearl grade, look just like new, tour grade balls.

personally I don’t touch anything that’s not a pro v or tp5. For winter Ill occasionally use a ad333 But even the z stars I don’t like.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Left a ball on the course that I found their, it was a split ball.

 

[harpo_72]

I remember the maxfli stuff, they never really got on with me.
Now most stuff is fine apart from top flite xl, molitor etc
Quite happy with AD333 tours, tru feel is okay for winter like the DT solo was .. Summer not sure about Pro V S they seem inconsistent around the green, otherwise most of the spin options are fine

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Very subjective. As a beginner I'd suggest that any ball will do and the cheaper the better while you're losing 4-5 per round.

Funny that someone mentioned Pinnacle. I was under the impression balls like the Pinnacle Soft were made at the same place at Titleist and were in fact the Titleist NXT (as was) rebranded for a different market. Was that the case or an urban myth? Sure I read it on here at some point