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A friend of mine who is a personal trainer to several semi-pro and pro golfers gave me a shag

bag that one of them was discarding when he left for Japan. It contains several lightly used

balls.

I normally use Titleist DT Solo.

In the bag are :

Titleist Pro V1X

Callaway Chrome + and Diabalo

Last time I was on a launch monitor my swing speed was in the high 70s.

Doug

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A friend of mine who is a personal trainer to several semi-pro and pro golfers gave me a shag bag that one of them was discarding when he left for Japan. It contains several lightly used balls.     I normally use Titleist DT Solo. In the bag are : Titleist Pro V1X Callaway Chrome + and Diabalo   Last time I was on a launch monitor my swing speed was in the high 70s.

Try them out on par 3s and see if you like / benefit from the spin around the greens. Otherwise shelve them until you feel like your game can benefit from them. But I love those soft cover balls for second shot onwards. I just do my best to not lose them on tee shots since they may spin a bit more / you care if you lose one in the woods. Last thing: the Diablo, if memory serves, is the "one of these thing is not like the others". It's a distance ball akin to the Titleists NXT, I think. The Diablo Tour was a pretty good ball though. It'd be the one I think you'd find most similar to the Solo.

Dom's Sticks:

Callaway X-24 10.5° Driver, Callaway Big Bertha 15° wood, Callaway XR 19° hybrid, Callaway X-24 24° hybrid, Callaway X-24 5i-9i, PING Glide PW 47°/12°, Cleveland REG 588 52°/08°, Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind 56°/13°, 60°/10°, Odyssey Versa Jailbird putter w/SuperStroke Slim 3.0 grip, Callaway Chev Stand Bag, Titleist Pro-V1x ball

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As a 28 hcp, you should use the cheapest balls you can find. Free is good! :beer:
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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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As a 28 hcp, you should use the cheapest balls you can find. Free is good!

lol, that sounds like me.

I don't buy balls, I find more than I lose and play those.  I probably have a 100 ball surplus, running out of Bridgestone E-6's though.  Maybe I'll start working through the Titleist's next.

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Play whatever you want. Who cares but you? I play Prov1x because they're the best ball on earth. Period. To each his own. You'll get cornballs defending Walmart brand like its their religion here. There's a strange obsession with goofy curmudgeons hating on Prov1 and Scotty Cameron here, it's actually comical. Who cares? If your handicap is 28, I suggest just playing what you like, the quality of the ball is inconsequential to your skill at this point to be honest. Just have fun and play what you like.
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As you play more, you'll know when you should play better balls. Until then, round is good. When you get better, you'll need a good ball to hit and stick to greens. It will also become apparent that you need to play the same type of ball so you'll know how it reacts for your shots.

Driver.......Ping K15 9.5* stiff 3 wood.....Ping K15 16* stiff 5 wood.....Ping K15 19* stiff 4 Hybrid...Cleveland Gliderail 23* stiff 5 - PW......Pinhawk SL GW...........Tommy Armour 52* SW...........Tommy Armour 56* LW...........Tommy Armour 60* FW...........Diamond Tour 68* Putter.......Golfsmith Dyna Mite Ball..........Volvik Vista iV Green Bag..........Bennington Quiet Organizer Shoes.... ..Crocs

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Well I used the Titleist ProV1x on the par 3s. It did not make a difference. I parred one, bogeyed two, and double bogied the other. But I

had fun. See detail on my swing thread.

It's not the ball in this stage of my improvement just like some of you said.

Doug

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Like you, Solos are my bread and butter ball. I like ProV's ok and would play them if they were free. I don't think they would help or hurt your game.  I think the Diablo might have a harder feel than the Solo.

The good thing about ProV's is when you get good enough that you know the difference, you don't lose as many, LOL!

If someone gave me a bag of lighly used ProV's, I would play them.

Don

In the bag:

Driver: PING 410 Plus 9 degrees, Alta CB55 S  Fairway: Callaway Rogue 3W PX Even Flow Blue 6.0; Hybrid: Titleist 818H1 21* PX Even Flow Blue 6.0;  Irons: Titleist 718 AP1 5-W2(53*) Shafts- TT AMT Red S300 ; Wedges Vokey SM8 56-10D Putter: Scotty Cameron 2016 Newport 2.5  Ball: Titleist AVX or 2021 ProV1

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