Best reasonably-priced golf ball?

[Harry Longshanks]

This is a little bit off-topic, but today I was picking up some supplies, and I saw these:


I searched all over, but there was no company branding anywhere on the box. (In retrospect, I should have opened the box and a sleeve and looked at a ball, but I was in a hurry.)

Anyway, the only printing on the box was in tiny font and was Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which I recognized as Srixon's parent company, but which 99% of the golfball buying public probably wouldn't know.

Are these new? Why no reference to Srixon? Are they marketed as a low end ball (I think they were about $15) and Srixon doesn't want their brand name to be associated with discount balls.

Any info to satisfy my curiosity would be appreciated. Thanks!

[AlCzervik]

i am done using maxfli noodles. havent been able to hit them straight the whole season. too much spin off the clubface for me.

[shortgame85]

  clubmaker15 said:

I had a golf lesson on my putting and my pro said I should become consistent in using one ball. I am a mid-handicapper golfer on a varsity high school golf team and would like to find a reasonably-priced golf to use. I want something that is soft, but still have the distance I want on my tee shots(255-270 yds). I want to pay as much as $30 bucks or so for a dozen of them. I was looking at the Top Flite D2 Feel, Titleist DT Solo, Titleist NXT Tour 2008, Taylormade Burner TP, or Wilson Staff Zip ball. Any suggestions or recommendations would be helpful.

We have similar handicaps. For my money, I think the best value is the Taylormade Burner (non TP). I like the distance and the greenside spin is good, as well. I played one of my best rounds ever last night. I was about 50 yards from the hole, in the rough, with the pin placed on the upper tier. I hit my gap wedge to within three feet and the ball stuck! Made par. Good ball!

I have two boxes of the Burner TP. I have played a round with one. To me, the TP feels harder. I just don't like the feel off the club face with the TP as much as I do with the softer regular Burner. Therefore, the $19.95 box is more preferable to me than the $24.95 box of balls.

[DJYoshi]

reasonably priced - NXT Tour.
Lower than that - Nike Juice aren't bad...or Callaway HX Tour/Hot
I left the ProV & Nike One Black realm and moved over to the TP side
playing the TP Red....consistent feeling...i love it.

[bogeyhitter25]

Go with the Titleist NXT Tours. I hit my first career birdie with one of them.

[JMReynolds]

NXT Tour is a great ball for sure.