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I recently did the golf ball fitting at Golf Galaxy. When all was said and done, it recommended the Callaway Big Bertha Diablo ball. I have been a big fan of the Titelist NXT Extreme up to this point, but will try the Callaways out as soon as all the snow is gone.

My question is if anyone knows what the Titelist comparison to this Callaway ball is. It is a surlyn, two piece ball, that is soft in feel. I assume there has to be some comparable Titelist ball, but oddly enough, of the 30 choices that the ball fitting provided, there was not a single Titelist one offered. I am not sure if this is because the ball fitting software filters out Titelist, as Golf Galaxy may want to push other brands.

Thoughts?

----------------- IN MY BAG -----------------

Irons: Diable Edge
Gap Wedge: Jaws 52 Degree
Hybrids: 3 & 4 HybridDriver: Diable Edge 9 DegreePutter: White Hot #9 PutterBall: Big Bertha Diablo GPS: uPro

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I would think that the DT Solo (new edition this season) fits this description, no?
Driver: Callaway Diablo Edge 10*
Woods: Mizuno F-60 (15*, 18*); Hybrids: Callaway FT-iZ 21*, Callaway X 24*
Irons: Mizuno MX 25 (5I - GW)
Wedges: Mizuno MP T Chrome (56/10), MP T-10 Black Satin (60/8)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot Tour #9
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Pretty similar balls; both would fall into the "super-soft distance 2-piece" category.

Titleist balls are generally the best-sellers in their category at golf retailers. Retailers, however, do better business when they are able to move other brands off the shelf. That's why they would recommend other brands' balls before Titelist's: it pays off more for them when their customers don't automatically reach for a box of ProV1s, or what have you.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

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Did Golf Galaxy charge anything for their fitting? If so what?

909D2 - 10.5º
909 F2 3 wood15º
AP 2 3-PW PX 5.5
52º Black Nickle and 60º oil can Both Spin Milled
reg 588 56º White Ice Rossie Z Star Tour YELLOWSG3

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Did Golf Galaxy charge anything for their fitting? If so what?

They normally charge $20 but I can't answer what the OP was charged if anything.

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919THI 11* w/ OBAN Revenge 6 (S)
919THI 16.5* w/ OBAN Revenge 7 (S)
KZG 18* & 22* U Iron w/ Matrix Studio 84 (S)
KZG 5-PW Cavity Back Forged III w/ N.S. Pro 1050 GH (S)KZG Forged TRS 50*, 54*, 58* w/ N.S. Pro 1050 GH (S)Kirk Currie/Wright San Saba 33" e7 or TriSpeed uProMy...

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Just took a look at my GG Ballfitting Sheet from November 2008. They gave me two sheets. One has premium balls, and the other has mid-range to low-cost balls. (Strangely, the premium sheet did not list any Titleist balls).

GG threw in the ball fitting free, as I also had a driver fitting that day and bought the Hyper X Tour. Among midrange balls , the Slazenger RDS Tour was middle of the pack on distance, but #1 on Accuracy and #3 on overall performance. TopFlite D2/Feel was bottom on distance, #2 on accuracy, and #9 overall.

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Thanks for all the input. They charged me $18 for the person who asked.

----------------- IN MY BAG -----------------

Irons: Diable Edge
Gap Wedge: Jaws 52 Degree
Hybrids: 3 & 4 HybridDriver: Diable Edge 9 DegreePutter: White Hot #9 PutterBall: Big Bertha Diablo GPS: uPro

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With how inaccurate the swing simulator has been at GG in some recent posts. Do we really think this ball fitting is worth it or are they just trying to move different brands like mentioned above?

titleist.gif Titleist 910 D3 - Project X 6.0 7C3 Shaft  |  adams.gif Adams XTD Super Hybrid - 15 degrees  
adams.gif Adams Idea Pro A12 Hybrid - 18 degrees 
Adams CB2 - KBS Tour Shafts - 4 - PW
vokey.gif Vokey 54.10 Oil Can  |  vokey.gif Vokey 60.07 Oil Can  |  rife.gif Rife Trinidad - SuperStroke

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Tough to say. Although they moved me to a different brand, they did move me to a cheaper ball so i would like to think that there is some validity to it. If they would have moved me to a more expensive ball I would have had my doubts. I did tell the guy beforehand what ball I was shooting.

----------------- IN MY BAG -----------------

Irons: Diable Edge
Gap Wedge: Jaws 52 Degree
Hybrids: 3 & 4 HybridDriver: Diable Edge 9 DegreePutter: White Hot #9 PutterBall: Big Bertha Diablo GPS: uPro

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After thinking about it for a few days, I have decided to "fit myself" not sure if this is recommended however I am going to have fun with it. I am planning on getting 4 sleeves of different balls, and playing 4 rounds. the one I play best with, wins. I am a skeptic of the simulators in general. There is a thread on here currently about how they "mess with the simulator distances". If this is the case, then who knows how accurate fitting from a simulator is. Luckily the cost of a sleeve of 3 balls isn't prohibitive and it'll be enjoyable. Once I have done it, I'll update everyone here on what I tried, how they performed, and which I picked.

909D2 - 10.5º
909 F2 3 wood15º
AP 2 3-PW PX 5.5
52º Black Nickle and 60º oil can Both Spin Milled
reg 588 56º White Ice Rossie Z Star Tour YELLOWSG3

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After thinking about it for a few days, I have decided to "fit myself" not sure if this is recommended however I am going to have fun with it. I am planning on getting 4 sleeves of different balls, and playing 4 rounds. the one I play best with, wins. I am a skeptic of the simulators in general. There is a thread on here currently about how they "mess with the simulator distances". If this is the case, then who knows how accurate fitting from a simulator is. Luckily the cost of a sleeve of 3 balls isn't prohibitive and it'll be enjoyable. Once I have done it, I'll update everyone here on what I tried, how they performed, and which I picked.

I did that last season, I got several sleeves of both premium balls and the next step down and tried them. I think it is a good way to find what you like, IMHO, that is more important than the numbers on the screen. I settled on the TaylorMade TP Red, of course, with my luck, they will stop making them since they released the Penta.

Craig 

Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?

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Pretty similar balls; both would fall into the "super-soft distance 2-piece" category.

I agree. Titleist outsells every brand, so if your list didn't have one Titleist Product out of 30, then I think that GG is trying to move other manufacturers products. When I was the merchandiser for a municipal course, we always got incentives to purchase any ball other than Titleist. Other ball makers just want to get shelf space.

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Driver 983 K 8.5 Grafalloy ProLite Stiff
Fairway Big Bertha Steel Head 4 Wood Memphis 10 Steel
Irons 3-PW CB 690 Flighted Rifle 6.0 +.50..+1^Wedges Mild Steel Raw 254-10 & 260-10..+2^Putter 8802 the...

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