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AndreasS Member

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I have played many rounds with various balls, namely, Pro V1, Pro V1X, Taylor Made Red and Black, Nike One Black and Platinum and Callaway's Tour i and Tour ix.
I haven't found any significant difference in distance although the harder balls do fly straighter (Pro V1X, Nike One Black etc)

Anyway, I stumbled up Titleist's NXT Tour and had a great round with it and have continued to use the ball interspersed with using other brands. What I find noticeably different is the feel off the putter face which is considerably different from all the other balls. It feels very, very soft which make it so much easier to dial in distance on the greens. I don't find a significant differences between the other balls but the NXT Tour feels great. Try it out.
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I love the NXT Tour as well. It produces plenty of spin and distance and is perfect off the putting face. Have you found you chew them up easily? I find bite marks in mine after the round - still usable, but the urethane cover just tears off.
What I Play:
Wilson Mini Stand Bag | PING G10, 10.5°, Proforce V2 HL S | PING G5, 15°, 18°, Aldila NV 75 S | PING G5, 19°, Aldila VS Proto By You 80 S
Mizuno MX200 4-PW S | Ping Tour W 50/12 X | Ping Tour W 58/TS X | A selection of putters, all 35.5 inches.
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kleraudio Great Member

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NXT tour's dont have urethane covers do they??

Jim

In my Ogio Blade Stand Bag:
 

TaylorMade Burner 10.5*

Adams Insight BUL 15*
Taylormade RBZ 3H

TaylorMade RBZ 4-AW

Vokey SM4 54-11

Cleveland CG14 58 2 dot wedge

Ping Karsten Series Craz-E putter

Top Flite Gamer

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dmband8985 Well Established Member

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NXT tour's dont have urethane covers do they??

its something called fusablend...it doesn't say what that means, but its supposed to be soft like urethane especially around the greens. i wonder what the difference is between the fusablend polymer on the nxt tour and the ionomer covers on the nxt extreme and ionomer on the nxt extreme is...

oh and the title of this post is misleading...nxt tours are not underrated...they are one of the go to balls for decent weekend golfers who don't like spending 50 bucks a dozen on balls...underrated would be something like srixon z-stars

in my bag:

Driver: '08 Cobra F Speed LD 10.5 w/UST Proforce V2 Tour Flight stiff

Fairway: Adams Speedline Fast10 3-wood w/Aldila Wasabi stiff
Hybrid: Nickent 3dx 3H
Irons: Nike CCI forged 4-pw Wedges: Nike Victory Red 52 56 60 Putter: Rife Mr. Beasley Balls: Bridgestone B330-RX Tees: epoch

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misty_mountainhop Great Member

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I love the NXT Tour as well. It produces plenty of spin and distance and is perfect off the putting face. Have you found you chew them up easily? I find bite marks in mine after the round - still usable, but the urethane cover just tears off.

NXT tour's dont have urethane covers do they??

No; they don't have urethane covers. That tends to be a "Tour level" ball thing (Bridgestone E5+ excepted).

I quite like them but I tear them to shreds which means I end up not using them. Would rather use the TaylorMade Burner TP; very similar but cover is more resilient in my hands.

Home Course: Wollaton Park GC, Nottingham, U.K.

Ping G400, 9°, Alta CB 55S | Ping G400, 14°, Alta CB 65S | Adams Pro Dhy 18°, 21°, 24°, KBS Hybrid S | Ping S55 5-PW, TT DGS300 | Vokey 252-08, DGS200 | Vokey 256-10 (bent to 58°), DGS200 | Ping Sigma G Anser, 34" | Vice Pro Plus

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timastyle Dedicated Member

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I quite like them but I tear them to shreds which means I end up not using them. Would rather use the TaylorMade Burner TP; very similar but cover is more resilient in my hands.

I would respectfully disagree. The TM Burner TP feels a lot more like a rock than the NXT Tour, although the cover is a bit more resilient as you stated. I don't feel that it has anywhere close to the soft feel that the NXT does. I played the NXT Tour for many years and recently got a set of the X-22 Tour irons. Those clubs tear the NXT's to shred, so now I've been trying to find another ball with similar feel without having to throw the ball away after a round because of all the scuff marks. I bought a dozen of the TM Burner TP's and they don't even compare.

JMHO...
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My local sports authority carries Callaway HX tour X-outs for 18 bucks. They arern't marked X-out, and I cant find any blemishes to speak of. I usually get a round out of one and its still good enough for 9. I bought about 10 boxes of them after trying them. I played HX hots before that, and they are very similar, but the HX tours are much more resilient. Thats my underrated 20 dollar ball until something better comes along...

In My Mizuno (used to be) stand bag:
R580, with the womens cover they gave me at the store
19* and 21* Fusion FT hybrid
R7 irons 4-AW
56/8 Wedge Rossa Daytona Putter, the older black one.

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Big_M Great Member

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oh and the title of this post is misleading...nxt tours are not underrated...they are one of the go to balls for decent weekend golfers who don't like spending 50 bucks a dozen on balls...underrated would be something like srixon z-stars

yeah... I would think that you would have to live under a rock to have not tried and/or heard of NXT Tours?

I quite like them but I tear them to shreds which means I end up not using them. Would rather use the TaylorMade Burner TP; very similar but cover is more resilient in my hands.

I agree the Burner TP (similar to old Maxfli Fires) plays pretty good... it does have a harder feel, but not rock hard, and performance and greenside check seem pretty close.

I actually have 2 dozen Maxfli C3 to try out soon... they were $14 a dozen at Dick's (on clearance) and they are 3-piece w/ urethane cover. If I like them I'm going to go back and buy several boxes before they are gone.
My Clubs: Callaway FT-i Tour LCG 9.5° w/ Matrix Ozik Xcon 6 stiff; Sonartec GS Tour 14° w/ Graphite Design Red Ice 70 stiff; Adams Idea Pro 2h(18°) & 3h(20°) w/ Aldila VS Proto 80 stiff; Adams Idea Pro Forged 4-PW w/ TT Black Gold stiff; Cleveland CG12 DSG RTG 52°-10° & 58°-10°; Odyssey...
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misty_mountainhop Great Member

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I would respectfully disagree.

Eh?? Each to their own I guess. I, like yourself, have played the NXT Tour a lot and quite like it but I don't find the Burner TP remotely "like a rock". Sure you're not referring to the straight TM Burner rather than the Burner TP?

Big_M: I think I read/heard somewhere that the Maxfli Tour Fire balls were basically re-branded by TM as the Burner TP with a slightly better cover. Could be BS though.

Home Course: Wollaton Park GC, Nottingham, U.K.

Ping G400, 9°, Alta CB 55S | Ping G400, 14°, Alta CB 65S | Adams Pro Dhy 18°, 21°, 24°, KBS Hybrid S | Ping S55 5-PW, TT DGS300 | Vokey 252-08, DGS200 | Vokey 256-10 (bent to 58°), DGS200 | Ping Sigma G Anser, 34" | Vice Pro Plus

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AndreasS Member

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I find that all the expensive balls tear up pretty quickly regardless of make so I'm always ready to use a couple of balls per round.
The NXT Tour just seems to have a completely different feel off the putter than all the other balls I've tried (not just the expensive ones).

It's just funny that most golfers I meet along the way insist on using Pro V's and wouldn't even consider such a 'budget' ball. Glad to hear I'm not alone!
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I like the NXTs. and yea it seems to get some bite marks when I use one after a round.

In my 2010 TMX Staff Bag
r9 SuperTri 9.5 Driver
r9 #3 Fairway Wood
r9 #5 Fairway wood
Burner Plus Irons (3-PW) w/ Graphite shafts 54*/60* Wedge Newport 2 Studio Select Pro V1s

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drtbk933 Well Established Member

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Another good ball is the Maxfli BlackMax. It comes in a distance and a control model. I buy the control model, and I think they play nicer that NXT's. They sell them at Dick's 2 for $25. Maxfli also has other balls in the $15-30 range that play very nice.

Driver: Hyper X Tour 10.5* Graffalloy Prolaunch Blue Stiff Shaft
Hybrid: Acer Select 5000 16* Ping Cushin Stiff Shaft
Irons: NDS 3-PW (missing #7, replaced with clone) True Temper Uniflex SpeedStep Shaft
Wedges: Acer XK Tour 56*10 Precision Stiff Shaft, Revolution 60*10 True Temper Wedgeflex

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MGP Well Established Member

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Big_M: I think I read/heard somewhere that the Maxfli Tour Fire balls were basically re-branded by TM as the Burner TP with a slightly better cover. Could be BS though.

I'm not sure either but I was playing a practice round this summer with a Tour Fire and found a "one hit wonder" Burner TP. I played them side-by-side for 4-5 holes and I couldn't tell them apart by feel or performance.

What's in my bag (most of the time)

Exotics 12°, Aldila VS Proto 65S
Exotics CB1 4W, 16.5°, Fujikura Stiff
3DX DC Ironwood 20°, 23°, 26º Hybrids, Proforce V2 Stiff Acer XP905 Pro 6-PW, Dynalite Gold S300Inazone CNC Spin Satin GW 50°/8°, SW 54°/14°, LW 58°/4°Boccieri...

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Ovalevader Member

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I'd also like to mention the Pinnacle FX longs. They play ridiculously long and straight, and other long/straight balls aren't even on the same playing field as far as feel goes. Also about as durable as a tank... I have a ball that my friends have named "the ball" because I must have used it on par 5's for about 20 rounds straight now.

In My Mizuno (used to be) stand bag:
R580, with the womens cover they gave me at the store
19* and 21* Fusion FT hybrid
R7 irons 4-AW
56/8 Wedge Rossa Daytona Putter, the older black one.

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