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senorchipotle Great Member

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back in high school i fell in love with the maxfli revolution. cheap, durable, great feel. in my opinion, those damn balls were better than the titleist professionals back then. i'd take a rev tour over a pro v1 any day, but sadly they don't make them any more.

now, i buy recycled balls and find them at night on a particular hole where there's always plenty of pro v's and callaways. it always amazes me how people will pay so much for golf balls, knowing full well they can't hit the ball straight, but i guess i can't complain cause they provide me with great balls!

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I miss the Wilson PX3s; discounted down to less than $15/doz on clearance. Now I use Gamers, Zips, or D2 Feels.

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Just this year Titleist discontinued the ball I regularly play with.
The DT SoLo. However, since I buy my golf balls from a logo overrun supplier.
I don't have to go without

In My Bag:
Driver: TaylorMade Burner 9.5* Stock Stiff
5 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Aldila NV Stiff
7 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Stock Steel
4-PW: TaylorMade R7XD Stock Stiff Steel48* Wedge: Callaway Forged52* Wedge: Founders Club60* Wedge: Founders ClubPutter: Odyssey DFX 6600Balls: Titleist ProV1 & DT SoLo

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I miss the Wilson Ultra Balata balls from the early 1990's!

These balls may have been the best I ever played. They were longer than the Titleiest Pro 100's with excellent spin and durability.

I play the Taylormade TP Red ball now and for me it's the closest to the old Ultra Balata's.

In My Bag:
Driver: :Cobra Amp Cell Pro 9.5*, Stock X-Flex

3 Wood: :Cobra Bio Cell 16*, Stock X-Flex

5 Wood: Cobra Bio Cell 20*, Stock S-Flex
Irons: Bridgestone J40-CB 3-PW, Project-X 6.0

Gap Wedge::Vokey: 52* CNC  

Sand Wedge: :Vokey: 58* CNC  

Putters: Scotty Cameron Newport II 

Ball: Bridgestone 330-S(2014)

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The Srixon Hi-Brid Tour. I found one once thought it was a great ball so I found a great deal on e-bay for 3 dozen. I used them for a couple of years and didn't give much thought to it, but when I went to buy more they were nowhere to be found. At the time it was the one ball I was been able to control the spin.

I will judge my rounds much more by the quality of my best shots than the acceptability of my worse ones.

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Strata Tour Ultimate 2!

I still find and play them from time to time. Otherwise, I've got a bunch of Bridgestone B330S and Srixon Z-UR to play with.

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No brand loyalty at all!

Driver: Speedline 10.5*
Fairway woods: 905F 15* and Big Bertha 19*Hybrid: DWS 3HIrons: 2008 FP 4-GWWedge: Carnoustie 56*Putter: Zing Anser 2i

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A friend of mine says he misses a ball called the "jack long" all of the time....
THE WEAPONS CACHE..

Titleist 909 D2 9.5 Degree Driver| Titleist 906f4 13.5 degree 3-Wood | Titleist 909 17 & 21 degree hybrid | Titleist AP2 irons
Titleist Vokey Wedges - 52 & 58 | Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2 Putter | ProV1 Ball
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David in FL Incredible Member

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I miss the Wilson Ultra Balata balls from the early 1990's!

I played the Ultra Balatas too. They were great balls! Much tougher and longer than Titleist balatas, and felt just as good around the green. They wouldn't be able to hold a candle to a modern ProV though, so I can't honestly say that I miss them.......well, except at the cash register!

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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enis750 Great Member

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Nike TA2 Long
the ONE Platinum is a good replacement, but now they are disco'd
anyone pleay the new vapor balls yet?
"My swing is homemade - but I have perfect flaws!" - Me
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rjfan91 Well Established Member

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Just this year Titleist discontinued the ball I regularly play with.

I miss the DT Solo as well. However, since I don't lose as many golf balls as I used to, I started using used Prov1's. Not sure if I'll stick with the Prov's though. Instead of a DT Solo landing and staying within a foot or so, the Prov's spin back a lot. However, Prov's are MUCH better to chip with.

In my bag:

Driver: 907d2
Fairway: R7 ti 5-Wood
Hybrids: 909H 21 Rescue 4Irons: KZG Forged Evolution 5 - PW w/Rifle 6.0 shaftWedges: 52 Rac & Vokey 58Putter: Studio Select 2Ball: Titleist ProV1xEyes: SG5

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I used to buy Callaway Blue golf balls. I don't exactly remember if that was actually their name, but they came in a blue box, and had a little blue dot logo on the ball. You could get blue or red and i always got blue while my brother got the reds. This was in the mid to late 90s.

I'm not playing bridgestone e5+. No idea if they are anything alike... but i have some nostalgia for those old balls.
Bag: Flight SS
Driver: 10.5* r5 draw with Pro Launch blue 65 Stiff
Irons: CCi Forged 3i-pw
Wedges: 56* CG12 black pearl and 60* low bounce RTG 900
Putter: i-Series Anser 35"Ball: e5+Tee: Zero FrictionGlove: FootJoy WeatherSofRangefinder: MedalistShoes: Sp-6 II, Adidas 360Scores this year:92 91...
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back in high school i fell in love with the maxfli revolution. cheap, durable, great feel. in my opinion, those damn balls were better than the titleist professionals back then. i'd take a rev tour over a pro v1 any day, but sadly they don't make them any more.

When I saw the title of your thread the very first ball that popped into my head was the Maxfli Revolution. I still think that's the best ball I've ever played. It felt amazing off the driver, crisp off the irons and putted like butta!

Honorable mention goes out to the Precept EV Extra Spin.

"Never follow a bad shot with a stupid shot"

In my
Rapture 9.0
Rapture 3w Tight Lies A3KZG CBII irons with Rifle shafts 52 & 56 wedges White Hot 2 ball ProV

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In no particular order:

Callaway Red 3-piece
Precept U-Tri-Tour
Precept Powerdrive
Strata Tour Professional

Still have a few of the Strata Pros and U-Tri-Tours and use them once in a while. I'll probably use these all up for the rest of the year (along with my TP Blacks), until we see what happens to balls next year.

R9 SuperTri 10.5*
Exotics XCG-3 4W 16.5*
Idea Pro 18* and/or 20*
i15
X-Tour 54/60PM Trinidad TP Black LDPAll in a SCB and MicroCart

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sp33d

the old Nike SuperSofts. I could stick those on greens from 190 out. But they only lasted a round. but at $15 a box who cares.

Aerolite III bag
MP600 10.5*
F-50 15*
MP57's Project X 5.5 3-PW
CG10 56* RAC 52* 60* 2 Ball putter ProV1/ProV1X Blackberry Storm GolfLogix

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case31 Well Established Member

case31

Nike TA2 Long

The Vapors to me feel super hard. Same with the Tour D. The regular One Tour isn't bad, it's just like the One Black which I have always been a fan of. This year I got a couple dozen One Platinums on discount and I like how soft they are. I guess when I run out of the Platinums I'll have to go to the Pro-V's.

In the bag:
Ping G5 Driver 9 degree, Ping G10 3-wood, Nike 3 hybrid, TaylorMade R9 Irons 4-AW, Cleveland CG15 56 and 60 degree wedges, Odyssey 2-ball blade putter

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enis750 Great Member

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The Vapors to me feel super hard. Same with the Tour D. The regular One Tour isn't bad, it's just like the One Black which I have always been a fan of. This year I got a couple dozen One Platinums on discount and I like how soft they are. I guess when I run out of the Platinums I'll have to go to the Pro-V's.

i also was able to pick up a few boxes of one platinums

Nevada Bobs brought in 2 cases of them and my buddy is a manager there i bought 3 boxes for $27CDN each i should be good for the year....but what about next year!!!?? hhahaha!
"My swing is homemade - but I have perfect flaws!" - Me
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