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Philip9210 Well Established Member

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I saw a few people mention the callway red and blue's, they have these on clearance at my local walmart for 11$ a dozen, is it worth it to pick up a box or two?

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Big_M Great Member

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I can't believe no one has mentioned the Maxfli Fire balls... they have been under $15 a dozen quite some time, sometimes $9.99 and play very close the the NXT Tours. I have about five dozen left from when I stocked up at the 9.99 price, and I might just pick up another few dozen if I see them anywhere. So technically I don't miss them yet, but they are getting harder to find.

I also miss the old Starta Tours and Taylormade had a nice cheap ball about 10 yrs ago, but I don't recall the name.
My Clubs: Callaway FT-i Tour LCG 9.5° w/ Matrix Ozik Xcon 6 stiff; Sonartec GS Tour 14° w/ Graphite Design Red Ice 70 stiff; Adams Idea Pro 2h(18°) & 3h(20°) w/ Aldila VS Proto 80 stiff; Adams Idea Pro Forged 4-PW w/ TT Black Gold stiff; Cleveland CG12 DSG RTG 52°-10° & 58°-10°; Odyssey...

JGulkCG Well Established Member

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back in high school i fell in love with the maxfli revolution. cheap, durable, great feel. in my opinion, those damn balls were better than the titleist professionals back then. i'd take a rev tour over a pro v1 any day, but sadly they don't make them any more.

wow, i cant believe someone else loved the maxfli revolution. that was easily the softest ball i've ever played. the slightly off yellow look to it was lovely as well when i found it. you could never find a completely white maxfli revolution. loved that ball.


walfice Dedicated Member

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I miss the Tour Edition golf ball, great in it's day.
adams.gif Speedline fast 10 9.5˚
adams.gif Speedline fast 10 15˚
adams.gif A7 17˚
adams.gif Idea Pro 3-PW
mizuno.gif MP T-11 52˚, MP T-10 58˚  cameron.gif Red X  titleist.gif NXT

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cookedonphonics Member

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Titleist professional and the original Strata balata

In my bag:
Driver-- PING G2 8.5 deg.
Hybrid-- PING G5 19 deg.
Irons 4-UW-- Ping i20
Wedges Vokey Sand 54, and Lob 60 Putter--:Maxfli: C3 Mallet Putter


martytilma Well Established Member

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The "Vardon Flyer"!! Just kidding! I used to love the Precept EV Extra Spin.
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. -Ben Hogan

 

mrt10x Established Member

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So it seems a lot of folks like the old Callaway Blues and that Dicks often has older balls in stock,,, So one should check their local Dicks for Blue Balls?


sorry :)

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senorchipotle Great Member

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So it seems a lot of folks like the old Callaway Blues and that Dicks often has older balls in stock,,, So one should check their local Dicks for Blue Balls?

awesomeness.


The Recreational Golfer Great Member

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In the 60s I played a Maxfli ball that had a circled green dot on it. I thought that was so cool. They also had balls with red dots, but I really loved those greens. In those days about the only thing we knew about golf balls was high compression (professionals only), medium compression (most recreational golfers), and low compression (juniors, women, the elderly). To this day I mark my ball with one green dot.

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Maxfli HT Urethane ball. Loved it!
Driver: Cobra ZL 3 Wood: Cleveland Launcher War Club: Burner Titanium Raylor 21degree Hybrid: Bobby Jones 24 4-PW: Ping i3's Wedges:Mizuno MP T-10 White Satin 52, 56, 60 Putter: 15 year old Odyssey Rossi Blade. Ball: Bridgestone e5 Swing Oil: Grey Goose, always in the bag.

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back in high school i fell in love with the maxfli revolution. cheap, durable, great feel. in my opinion, those damn balls were better than the titleist professionals back then. i'd take a rev tour over a pro v1 any day, but sadly they don't make them any more... thoughts...

wow, i cant believe someone else loved the maxfli revolution. that was easily the softest ball i've ever played. the slightly off yellow look to it was lovely as well when i found it. you could never find a completely white maxfli revolution. loved that ball.

yeah... the Maxfli Revolution was my first thought when I read the title of the thread. At the time, it was one of my favourite balls.

A couple others I remember going way back.

If you liked Greg Norman in the '80s... you at least tried that ball. They weren't very expensive either

Titleist professional and the original Strata balata

Whatever happend to STRATA?

Cheers, Allan

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Maxfli from the 80's. I forget the name but it had a hexagon dimple design. Nice soft feel and long. Played that ball exclusively for a few years.

Driver.... Nickent DX Evolver V2 65 stiff /07 Burner YS6+ stiff .
4 wood..... Nickent 4DX
Hybrids.....Tour Edge Geomax 22* 25* 28*
Irons.....TM R7 6-P + AW,SW,LW
Putter.....Odyssey White Hot XG 2 BallBag.......Callaway ORG 14 A.L.I.C.E. Ball........Bridgestone e6 / Srixon Soft Feel...


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tomvk77 Dedicated Member

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tour balata

Dirver: Mizuno JPX 825 9,5 Fujikura Orochi Red Eye Stiff 65 g.
3 wood: Mizuno JPX 825 14 Fujikura Orochi Red Eye Stiff 75 g.
Hybrid: Mizuno JPX 825 18 Fujikura Orochi Red Eye Stiff 85 g. 
Irons: Mizuno MP 59 3 / PW KBS Tour stiff shaft ( Golf Pride Niion )
Wedges: Taylormade ATV Wedges 52 and 58 ( Golf Pride Niion )
putter: Taylormade ghost series 770 35 inch ( Super Stroke slim 3.0 )
Balls: Taylormade TP 5


Yukari Great Member

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Ditto for me.  The original urethane covered Revolution was the most softest ball I've played.  I loved that feel off the putter face.

Originally Posted by senorchipotle

back in high school i fell in love with the maxfli revolution. cheap, durable, great feel. in my opinion, those damn balls were better than the titleist professionals back then. i'd take a rev tour over a pro v1 any day, but sadly they don't make them any more.

now, i buy recycled balls and find them at night on a particular hole where there's always plenty of pro v's and callaways. it always amazes me how people will pay so much for golf balls, knowing full well they can't hit the ball straight, but i guess i can't complain cause they provide me with great balls!

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Don

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Spyder Great Member

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I miss the Callaway i(S). Now, I use all Pro V1 and Pro V1x. Occasionally, I throw in a Nike RZN or 20xi.


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Titleist Pro Trajectory 90's and 100's and Maxfli HT 90's and 100's. Now I play mostly Titleist Solo's and ProV's, Bridgestone 330RX's and 330's, and Noodles.

Don

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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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