What should i go for..

[jamesbei]

I am now having to buy new balls, as i have lost all of mine. I usually try to play Pro V1x's but sont really think they suit my game, i am a longish hitter, but my weakness is around the greens, i think i have narrowed it down to,

More Pro V1x's
Hogan Tour Deep
Srixon Z-UR
Nike One's of some sort.

What would you recomend?

[eberryhill7]

As long as you don't mind the distance loss that comes with the nike one platinums, and it is pronounced, then they are an incredible ball around the greens. The distance loss was just too great for me to handle.

[bm303]

I have heard that the Tour Deep's are very similar if not exactly the same as the HX Tour's. I am going to purchase some Hogan Tour Deep's and see if they suit my style of play. At $25 you can't go wrong.

[jamesbei]

  bm303 said:

I have heard that the Tour Deep's are very similar if not exactly the same as the HX Tour's. I am going to purchase some Hogan Tour Deep's and see if they suit my style of play. At $25 you can't go wrong.

Do hogan generally make good balls? you dont get them here (in england)

[jamesbei]

Thought i'd narrowed it down! what about Wilson TX4, they are a bit cheaper.

[beung]

I going to give some ambiguous advice about balls because to me what ball you play is dictated by what you want the ball to do for you that your current ball isn't doing.

No matter what the ball does, how it is off the tee or how much spin it has around the greens, if you play with it long enough your game will adjust to what the ball does. It has to or else your scores will be aweful. The ball can not adjust to your game, the ball is one of the few constants in the game.

So with that said, if your touch around the green is lacking, the ball isn't going to make any difference unless you want the new ball to do something your current ball isn't doing.

Have you tried using different clubs to make the ball do what you want around the greens? Going from one highend ball to another isn't going to make a huge difference, not like going from a low spin ball to a highend ball.

[DJYoshi]

  beung said:

I going to give some ambiguous advice about balls because to me what ball you play is dictated by what you want the ball to do for you that your current ball isn't doing.

that's such great advice. well put. and for the new nike one platinum series...you don't lose as much distance as before...the balls are incredible.. the nike one blacks keep you around the same distance but with less spin and feel..but they're still incredi ball. (ok corny).

[AndThenISaid]

The Nike One balls work pretty good around the greens, for me at least.

[coma]

Check out the Bridgestones e5, or e6, I love the way the e5 work, nice distance and feel, and they bite good off my wedges, and the price is half of the Pro V's (which I used to play)

[Avid Golfer]

  jamesbei said:

More Pro V1x's

The Pro V and Nike are overrated. Out of the balls you listed I recommend going with the Srixon.