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Played nine holes today on my own on an empty course, so I tested a Wilson dx3, a TM Burner Tour TP, and a Srixon ZStar. Balls were all as new, and ones that I have had success with on previous occasions. Basically I played a one person Texas scramble with the three balls.
Whilst I could feel/hear a difference in some of the strikes from each ball, there is no way I could say one ball was longer, more spinning or even simply "better". On different holes I saw a difference in driving distance of 20 yards between similar strikes (never the same ball either). On par 3's I saw some shots hit and stop and some roll on (again different balls).
In conclusion I must be a crap ball striker as on different holes the balls behaved very differently and if it was a blind test there was no way I would of been able to tell one ball directly from another and choose the best. So I'll happily go back to playing my ZStar or 330 balls, basically because they were cheap when I bought them, they don't feel like a Callaway stone, and they have durability that others don't.
But I've got some sleeves of dx3, and dozens of fairly good balls like the penta, burner TP etc that can be used until the rock hard greens become too much for them. At that point I'll try the same test again and see if it makes difference to the little demons in my head telling me to use premium balls in qualifiers
Whilst I could feel/hear a difference in some of the strikes from each ball, there is no way I could say one ball was longer, more spinning or even simply "better". On different holes I saw a difference in driving distance of 20 yards between similar strikes (never the same ball either). On par 3's I saw some shots hit and stop and some roll on (again different balls).
In conclusion I must be a crap ball striker as on different holes the balls behaved very differently and if it was a blind test there was no way I would of been able to tell one ball directly from another and choose the best. So I'll happily go back to playing my ZStar or 330 balls, basically because they were cheap when I bought them, they don't feel like a Callaway stone, and they have durability that others don't.
But I've got some sleeves of dx3, and dozens of fairly good balls like the penta, burner TP etc that can be used until the rock hard greens become too much for them. At that point I'll try the same test again and see if it makes difference to the little demons in my head telling me to use premium balls in qualifiers
