Lets Talk Balls

[mono217]

This post is about what balls you use? Why? How much do they cost? Where do you buy them?

I use Titliest prov1s. They get so much spin very good balls. I get 200 on ebay for £35 P+P £10

 

[Parmo]

AD333 or NXT Tours as the price is not heart breaking and give just as good play as anyother ball for my ability. I did buy some Z Urs but have found them a tad hard, might give them another go.

 

[ademac]

I'm using wilson staff dx2 soft at the moment. I got a good deal on them, 3 dozen for £36, and they feel great off the putter!

 

[jonesuk]

I was using some cheap dunlops and top flite balls. I have now bought some Warbirds (after recommendations from some forummers!) and can't wait to try them out. Only problem is that everywhere seems waterlogged and as I'm not a member anywhere I want my green fee to be well spent on a course in relatively good condition!

 

[HTL]

I use Titliest prov1s. They get so much spin very good balls. I get 200 on ebay for £35 P+P £10

Dont think they are V1's mate, at that price you would be lucky to get pro V1 grade 2 lake balls.

 

[Spoff]

I've used Warbirds for a while, basically I liked the name!!!

Got some Dunlop Loco-Motion balls from Santa at the weekend and as yesterday was my first round in a while and the courses are wet decided to use these.

I have to say the Dunplop was as good as anything I have used!

At my level of ability I don't beleive balls matter that much. I can tell the difference between a range ball and a others, but not between a Warbird and a Pro V1.

 

[John_Findlay]

I would expect more than £35 for 200 of my used practice balls if I were selling them. Cheapest I've seen ProV1's is £29.99 per dozen. More often £44 per dozen which would cost £733 for 200. Think you may have been duped MONO.

 

[Tommo21]

So you get 200 for £35 and you sell them in the for sale section for 50 for £20. Is this a wind up, why would anyone sell the balls they like and use.

 

[jonesuk]

I can tell the difference between a range ball and a others, but not between a Warbird and a Pro V1.

How much difference do people think there is between typical range balls and half decent balls for rounds, eg Warbirds?

I'd be interested to know because I, as I'm sure others do, spend time working out distances on the range and have always wondered about the difference and how much distance it amounts too.

Cheers

 

[Sam]

Just got my first ever eagle this morning (only played 9 holes) and there is no doubt in my mind that I would not have had the distance but for the fact that it was a bit foggy so I put a couple of High-vis slazengers in my bag. Drive and 3 wood left 87 yards to front of green. Wedge in the hole - brilliant!
Who says cheap balls are rubbish!

 

[Twire]

I can tell the difference between a range ball and a others, but not between a Warbird and a Pro V1.

How much difference do people think there is between typical range balls and half decent balls for rounds, eg Warbirds?

I'd be interested to know because I, as I'm sure others do, spend time working out distances on the range and have always wondered about the difference and how much distance it amounts too.

Cheers

The range I use have 1 piece balls which go nowhere, the longer the club the less relative distance they go. The only thing to work on at the range is your swing, don't take any notice of distance, unless you put decent balls down.

 

[jonesuk]

Yeah good point twire. I generally do use it for my swing and honing it to the sweet spot and I've always known there is obviously a difference but always find myself working out rough distance averages etc at the range regardless so I wondered if anyone knew what the difference would be?

Eg. would it be 10% roughly - 200 yds at the range would actually be 220yds on the course?

If anyone has info (even if just their own guesstimate!) on that it would be appreciated!

 

[User 105]

I used Cally Warbirds when I started. Cheap and cheerful.

Then as I started to get, a little better, I started to use the cally HX Hot and Hot Bites.

I just pick em up from JJB when I need some. I think the WB's were about £12 and the Hx and Bites are about £20.

I did notice with the hot and hot bites I could stop the ball on the green much better. Warbirds as they are harder run on a lot more as they don't take as much spin.

I've just got some Srixon AD-333 to try out next time due to recommendations on here. About £27 for 2 packs of 12 from onlinegolf.

 

[USER1999]

Round white new ones for me. Usually ProV1s or NOPs. Can't give a price, I don't remember buying any for the last year or so. Still got about 100 in a cupboard, in their boxes.

Have tried Warbirds, but I am worried they are going to cave in the face of my driver, they are so hard.

That said, nothing is as hard as a Topflight II titanium distance from about 10 years ago. These really were rocks. My Dad still plays with them (hoarding balls is clearly genetic, so it isn't my fault).

 

[haplesshacker]

Been using Z-URSs in the summer. But been trying Trispeeds out over the winter.

I do like the Pro V1s courtesy of GM, but I hate loosing them.

 

[Spoff]

I have one experience of a Pro V1. I found it during a round and used it on the next hole.

3 wood down the fairway, 9 iron onto the green and then a put for (my first) birdie.

Decided there and then that £40 for a box of 12 was great value.

Stood on the next tee, 3 wood in hand and sliced the pro V1 into a farmers field never to be seen again and the £40 stayed in my pocket!!!

 

[Parmo]

I generally buy 40-50 lake balls NXT or AD333's at £20-£25 for my shag bag maybe every one to two months for practice, I do think its important to practice with a simlar ball you use on the course.

 

[USER1999]

Jones-UK, It is hard to put a % down for range balls, and I am not sure it is a linear figure anyway. The harder you hit them, the worse they are, so I figure for a wedge there is no discernable difference (infact, for me, up to a 7i is pretty much the same as for a real ball), and then the difference ramps up very quickly, almost exponentially.

The range owners like it like this, as you can use a shorter range, which costs less money to buy and maintain. This theory is blown out by people like me who like to finish their range session with a few 'pick ups', to see if it is possible to carry the back fence (sometimes, depending on the range / weather).

 

[mono217]

no they are pro v1s but thye are not new there b grade i think not sure

 

[HTL]

Play off 18 with grade B balls, that's good going fella.