Softest ball with lowest driver spin?

[elsito99]

I am playiing to about a 21 hdc, and have been playing the ProV1 for some time. I love the feel of the irons, chipping, putting. But it is turning my fade with the driver into a slice and hurting my score.


Can you guys recommend the highest spinning ball with irons and the lowest spin of the driver? Preferably a high flight ball.


TIA

[joshtpa]

You can try the NXT Tour or the Callaway HX Hot Bite. Both worked quite well at eliminating some side spin from my game. I reviewed 17 balls on this thread in the last few weeks.

http://thesandtrap.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16105

[elsito99]

Thanks for the answer.


The NXT tour seems like a popular choice. I have on in the bag so I will play it on my next round and see how my driving goes.


Never heard much of the Callaway, will look into it also.


You mention the E6 wasn't as spinny, would you rate both the nxt and callaway with more iron spin than the bridgestone?? I was focusing on the E6 so I value your experience.

[joshtpa]

IMHO the E6, just didnt have the same spin as the other two I am speaking of. It is a good ball. Just not on my short list. For my game, there were better choices.

[Grogger31]

I just played the E5+ and E6+ for the first time last week. I hit them both pretty straight off the tee, compared to the NXT Tour which was all over the place for me.

The E5+ was just as soft as the NXT Tour but seemed less spinny off the tee. Think it is going to be my new ball!

[TinCupTampa]

You can try the NXT Tour or the Callaway HX Hot Bite. Both worked quite well at eliminating some side spin from my game. I reviewed 17 balls on this thread in the last few weeks.

I would agree the HX Hot Bite isnt bad... but the HX Hot produces less side spin in my opinion. Long off the tee and pretty good around the green. The one down side to the Hot Bite is the coer gets ripped up pretty easily.

[Chief Broom]

Is this more a question of ball construction (2, 3, or 4 piece) rather than brand name? How many golf ball factories are there in the world?

[joshtpa]

Part of it is how many layers. Part of it is dimple design, part of it is intangibles. Many companies use the same factory, but use different specs.

[ChvyKc]

I love my TP Blacks. I've tried a ton of different balls and picked up a dozen x-outs of these up to try them out. Great distance on drives with very low spin but I can still get them to stick on the greens.

[cfmgolf]

I tried the hot bite after reading the review in one of the golf mags earlier this spring. For a med price ball i thought it was very good. Not to PRO V standards but not in the same price stratosphere either. Nice distance, and i can get it to stop on the greens. A good choice in my opinion. This from a die hard Titleist fan.

[joshtpa]

It is very similar to me to the NXT Tour. Very good ball and great price point

[Chief Broom]

The thing about balls that bothers me most is all of the hype and rediculous mechandising. I wish ball makers would be more straight forward regarding their various balls. Nike is an excellent example of just how silly this merchandising can be. Their "Karma" ball; a low compression ball with a soft cover. It's a good ball, especially for people with average or slower swing speeds (low compression = easier to compress) with decent greenside feel and spin. But you'd never know that just from reading the ball's packaging or from any information that Nike makes available. Other manufacturers aren't any better. Most merchandising is at best subjective and at worst deliberately misleading. The average golf doesn't have a clue about which ball would be best for them other than the fact that ball A must be better than ball B because it costs twice as much per dozen. I understand why this is the way it is. Balls undoubtedly are a major revenue stream for equipment makes. Why else would every brand name be putting out their own line of balls? By promoting brand name over ball specs manufacturers guarantee high sales accross the board. No one really knows which ball is best for their game and instead listens to all the marketing hype and buzz regarding which ball is best. The truth is not every ball is suited to every player's game and using the right type of ball can make a difference, but good luck figuring that out without someone who is really in the know setting you straight.

[joshtpa]

They are not NON PROFIT organizations. Nike is the king of marketing. But not ALL balls are created equally either.

[I <3 Titleist]

I thought the ProV1x was for higher spin players to actually prevent side spin off the tee? Shouldn't you just switch over the V1x instead of the V1?

> Soft center dual core for low spin off the driver. (this is straight from Titleists site on the Pro V1x)

I regularly play the ProV1x and also like the B330-S and Tour iX from Callaway.

[Chief Broom]

They are not NON PROFIT organizations. Nike is the king of marketing.

Well in my business we don't deliberatly try to mislead people with hype and outragious merchandising. Of course not every business lends itself to such tactics the way golf does, so like I said I understand the practice, but I certainly don't like it or respect it. I thought it was pretty funny when Nike's One Platnium did so poorly in Golf Magazine's ball test issue and Nike responded without all of the merchandising babble and made a very clear cut statement regarding the ball and what it was designed to do. In fact their lack of candor and obfuscation was refreshing. Too bad they only did that because the test made their premium ball look bad.

Golf companies know exactly what their stuff does and how it stacks up to their competition, they just keep all that as a closely guarded secret. In fact I imagine that all of the companies work together in concert in this regard to keep the general level of understanding regarding their industry at a minimum.

[joshtpa]

Of course they do. Every retail consumer product is like that. Every car manufacturer says they are the best. Every consumer product makes outrageous claims. Some do it less than others and some do it better. Every driver is the longest and the straightest. Every wedge produces the most spin.

[ChvyKc]

It's a big difference working for a non-profit organization compared to a company that is solely concerned about the bottom line. I work for a Federal Credit Union (which is non-profit) and I absolutely love it. My supervisors are more worried about employee and member happiness instead of making every last penny we can.

Point is, companies like Nike, Wal-mart, Coke, etc are more worried about keeping their investors happy then providing accurate information to their customers. Word of mouth is the best advertising any company can get and the only one that you should listen too.

[joshtpa]

So is Ping, Titleist, and every other manufacturer out there. Not just Nike.