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Fletch09 Established Member

Fletch09

Anyone have an opinion on what the most durable tour ball is?

Since receiving my 60 degree X-tour wedge w/ Mack Daddy grooves I'm tearing apart every ball I've tried.......ProV1x (2006), Nike One Black (2006), HX Tour (2007).

Anyone know of a tour ball that this wedge won't take a chunk out of? I've heard the new Nike One balls are more durable but I haven't played one yet.
In the bag

909D3 8.5 Matrix Ozik XCon 7 X
Burner TP 14.5 Fujikura RE*AX SF TP 75 X
Idea Pro 20 RP Project X 6.0 X-Tour (2005) 4-PW RP Project X 6.0 X-Tour Chrome Wedges 50 and 54 RP Project X 5.5 X-Tour Vintage 60 w/ PM grind Teryllium Ten Newport 2 34" ProV1X
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jeffr92

Bridgestone B330-S and the Nike One Platinum are pretty durable, better than the Pro-Vs and the Srixon Z-URS atleast.

Driver: 905R 9.5° (Titleist Speeder by Fujikura - S)
3-Wood: 906F2 15° (UST Proforce v2 - S)
5-Wood: 909F3 18° (Matrix Ozick - S)
Irons: Amp Irons 4-PW (True Temper Dynalite 90 - S)
Wedges:   Oil Can 248.06, 254.10, 260.04
Putter: White Hot XG #5

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hjimzaf Well Established Member

hjimzaf

Anyone have an opinion on what the most durable tour ball is?

I LOVE my mack daddy 60* wedge! To me the spin that I get with it is worth having to get new balls more often. I play the HX Tour 56. The club really eats those things up.

Diablo Octane
Big Bertha 2007 3W 

Razr X 3H, 4H
Razr X Irons 5-PW 

Wedges X-Tour 56* and 60*

White Ice D.A.R.T Mallet 

Ball Tour i(s)

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mybloodinvt Established Member

mybloodinvt

unfortunately, i think that is the nature of the grooves on the mack daddy wedges. they tear up the covers of balls. i have found that the balls of today, pro-v's, hx tour, b-330's, over the course of normal play, are far more durable than the balls of ten years ago, ie, tour balatas, ht-100's, professionals, etc. i don't think you will find a tour ball to stand up to the abuse that mack daddy grooves dish out. besides, mack daddy wedges will probably be outlawed within the next few years.

in the bag:
driver-titleist D2 10.5* w/aldila nv shaft
3-adams speedline fast 10 w/aldila shaft
hybrid-titleist 585 17* w/aldila shaft
irons-titleist 735cm w/ttdg s-300 shafts

wedges-cleveland 588, 53* and 60* w/ttdg shafts

putter-scotty circa 62 #1, gun metal finish

ball-pro v1

shoe-dryjoys

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Spamination

There really isn't a single durable tour calibur golf ball out there.

The tour calibur balls of today almost exclusively rely upon the soft outer layer to create ballspin; whereas, in the past, the interaction between the elastic band/liquid center rubber ball with the soft balata/surlyn outer shell created spin. The surlyn covers of yester-year were a lot more durable than the super-thin solf outer layers modern high-end balls use.

That being said, the most durable tour calibur balls I've hit so far is the Taylor Made TP Red. The Callaway Tour-56 is the least durable I've seen. And the Pro-V1 is somewhere between the two.

If I really drive down a ball to create a lot of spin, I'll get groove marks on any of those 3 balls, even with a mid-iron.

Driver: Callaway FT-5 Tour 9.5 neutral, Fujikura Fit-On 380 Shaft
3 Wood: Callaway X-Tour 13 degree, X-Stiff Steel Shaft
5 Wood/Hybrid: Callaway X-Hybrid 18 degree, Stiff Graphite Shaft
Irons: Cleveland CG2 Forged 3-PW, GW, SW, X-Stiff Steel Shaft
Putter: Scotty Cameron Pro Platinum NewportBal...

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Fletch09 Established Member

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Thanks to all for the input.

At the recommendation of our club's Assistant Pro I tried the B330 yesterday and had my best round of the year to date. I found it to be a bit more durable than the ProV1x (2006) and One Black (also 2006 version). It also seemed to be 5-10 yds longer off the tee and just as responsive as other balls I've played around the green. Very impressive ball, I'm sold! (for now)
In the bag

909D3 8.5 Matrix Ozik XCon 7 X
Burner TP 14.5 Fujikura RE*AX SF TP 75 X
Idea Pro 20 RP Project X 6.0 X-Tour (2005) 4-PW RP Project X 6.0 X-Tour Chrome Wedges 50 and 54 RP Project X 5.5 X-Tour Vintage 60 w/ PM grind Teryllium Ten Newport 2 34" ProV1X
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IeaglePar3s

I played the Nike one platinum Tour Prototype 07's and they felt pretty nice. They were also durable as ****.

Whats in the bag!

Driver: Titileist 983 E. 9.5* S.
Woods 3&5: Titileist 906F
Irons: Nike NDS 3-pwLob Wedge: Vokey 60*Wedge: Vokey Spin Milled 56*Putter: Nike Oz Black T160. 35Ball: Titileist Pro V1-x

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warbirdlover Well Established Member

warbirdlover

I've heard the Maxfli Tour Fire are very durable and an excellent ball.

WBL

What's In the Bag
Callaway FTiq Tour i-mix 9.5º with stiff Mitsubishi Rayon Javlnfx 6
Cobra F-Speed LD 3-wood 15.5º with 43" YS Tour AD regCobra Baffler DWS 20º & 23º with Aldila VS Proto HL regPing S59 3-PW with Nippon PRO 950GH stiffTitleist Vokey Spin Milled 56º wedgeInazone B...

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P3R3 Well Established Member

P3R3

I've heard the Maxfli Tour Fire are very durable and an excellent ball.

I found one of these at a local course and I was suprised how soft it was around the greens. Nice ball.

MX500 9.5* S
Burrows Golf MAC Powersphere 3W
IDEA PRO Irons
Perfect Club 21*
IDEA PRO 3HSakamoto 54* X-tour 60* Newport 2 Pro Platinum Custom

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