Member Reviews: Top-Flite Gamer V2 Golf Balls

I used these balls last year to get down into a comfortable 5 index. Often called the "Poor Man's ProV", there is good reason for this. This ball not only out-performs balls in the under $20 category, it also competes with balls in the under $30 category as well. The distance is fine with low spin off the driver, it performs well with the mid irons, and has more than enough spin to be predictable off the short irons with decent feel off the putter. For someone that wants a better ball for a great price, the Gamer V2 won't disappoint! 

I found myself looking for a ball with more spin than what I was playing but still at a reasonable price when I came across some reviews of the Top Flite Gamer V2.  Wow, am I impressed!  Now, it doesn't spin like a Pro V1 but since it costs only 40% of what a Pro V1 costs the fact that I can spin a wedge back a few feet or stop a 9 iron with next to no roll out is pretty amazing to me.  Off of the driver I get more that acceptable distance with less side spin than expected.  The mid-irons have a bit more spin but travel a reproducible distance.  To find a three piece ball for less than $20 that performs as well as much more expensive balls is a treat.  My...

I HATE Top Flight balls, or 'pop rocks' as I prefer to call them. A friend of mine said to try a  box of Gamers V2 to see what I thought. Wow, for $20 you can't go wrong. All in all and excellent ball. If I ever get to a single digit handicap maybe I'll look elsewhere but that's not going to happen so it's the Gamer for me.

For its price range, the Top Flight Gamer v2 is, at a minimum, a contender for all-round "best value" ball, if not the leader of that category. The wedge spin doesn't match premium ball, but it does spin very well. A well-struck 9-iron only rolls out a few feet for me, and I've had a few great pitches that hardly rolled out at all. The wedge spin is definitely the best in its price range. I believe that the v2 spins a little less than the original did, but I'm not positive. If there's a difference, it's minimal. I'm not sure how to evaluate its distance performance, but I'm driving it a little farther than I did the original Gamer. That said, I made swing changes about when I changed...