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After putting 20 rounds though these ball’s I thought it was about time to make a comprehensive review of the Nike 20xi S ball.
I will start off by saying I’ve never been a huge fan of Nike golf balls, I have yet to find a ball from the range I get on well with throughout a round. Putting this bias to one side, I am suitably impressed with the 20xi S.
The outer layer on these balls feel and look very much like the Srixon range, particularly the Z star ball.
They stay a nice bright white colour throughout multiple rounds and don’t mark as quickly as other premium balls, although the outer layer does cut up on full wedge shots.
Off the driver and woods is where I have noticed the greatest positive for the resin core, these balls launch very nicely and gain good height without being too spiny with a nice rainbow flight. Off irons they feel soft enough to inspire pro like pin attacking but not so soft you feel like you’re losing distance.
My two biggest issues with these balls are off the scoring clubs. Off wedges they simply spin far too much. In the current conditions with soft and responsive greens the ball with quite easily come back 10-20ft and often off the front of the green. The second issue and I feel more importantly, the feel off the putter is awful ,they feel dead and completely devoid of feedback. The lack of being able to judge distance with them makes they nearly unusable for me personally. (This is off a milled face non inserted putter). I have seen a big decline in the quality of my lag putting with these balls, they do not inspire confidence for with a putter in my hand.
I am torn if I would recommend these balls to a fellow player. They are a quality ball which perform to a high standard. I would recommend these balls to someone who is looking for a responsive ball around the greens and struggles to gain height off their woods. The lack of feel off the putter is a mute point and would change from person to person and putter to putter.
Off woods and long irons i’d give them a 10/10 review, off wedges and for putting feel I’d give them a lowly 5/10.
I will start off by saying I’ve never been a huge fan of Nike golf balls, I have yet to find a ball from the range I get on well with throughout a round. Putting this bias to one side, I am suitably impressed with the 20xi S.
The outer layer on these balls feel and look very much like the Srixon range, particularly the Z star ball.
They stay a nice bright white colour throughout multiple rounds and don’t mark as quickly as other premium balls, although the outer layer does cut up on full wedge shots.
Off the driver and woods is where I have noticed the greatest positive for the resin core, these balls launch very nicely and gain good height without being too spiny with a nice rainbow flight. Off irons they feel soft enough to inspire pro like pin attacking but not so soft you feel like you’re losing distance.
My two biggest issues with these balls are off the scoring clubs. Off wedges they simply spin far too much. In the current conditions with soft and responsive greens the ball with quite easily come back 10-20ft and often off the front of the green. The second issue and I feel more importantly, the feel off the putter is awful ,they feel dead and completely devoid of feedback. The lack of being able to judge distance with them makes they nearly unusable for me personally. (This is off a milled face non inserted putter). I have seen a big decline in the quality of my lag putting with these balls, they do not inspire confidence for with a putter in my hand.
I am torn if I would recommend these balls to a fellow player. They are a quality ball which perform to a high standard. I would recommend these balls to someone who is looking for a responsive ball around the greens and struggles to gain height off their woods. The lack of feel off the putter is a mute point and would change from person to person and putter to putter.
Off woods and long irons i’d give them a 10/10 review, off wedges and for putting feel I’d give them a lowly 5/10.
