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bradabco Established Member

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SRIXON Soft Feel.
Driver: Taylor Made R9, Woods: Callaway Hyper X 3 wood, Hybrid: Cleveland Mashie 20 degree Irons: Callaway X-20's, Wedge: Cleveland 588 56 degree, Putter: Cleveland CC 6 Classic Black Platinum, Ball: Noodle, Shoes: Contour
 
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MMouse Well Established Member

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Another notch for the Bridgestone E6. I've been playing it all year and have loved it. The E5 goes too high for my swing as I don't have any problems getting the ball up in the air.

In my bag:

Nike SQ DYMO 10.5
Big Bertha 3 Wood
Big Bertha 3-10 IADAMS Tom Watson Classic 54,58 and 64 Wedges Nike Oz 5 Putter/Wilson Staff ( not sure model, bought it in second hand store ) Ball: Bridgestone E6

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Titleist NXT Extreme, one of the farthest balls out there, and has less spin which a beginner does not want.

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R9 460, RIP
R9 TP 3 Wood, Diamana 'ilima 70*Idea Pro Black 20*Titleist AP1 712 4-AW Spin Milled Black Nickel 56.08 & 60.10

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max power Great Member

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I'm not sure exactly what we're classifying as mid and mid-high handicappers (I'm guessing like 16+), but I'll say the Top Flite D2 Feel. $1/ball, probably best two piece ball I've used other than the E5-which is over twice as expensive. D2 Feel is long, doesn't spin too much off the driver, but checks up nicely around the greens and feels great off the putter.
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Recycled = Used balls that have been cleaned
Refinished = Used balls that have been re-coated

I have no personal experience, but from what I've read, you should stay away from refinished balls.

There are lots of good balls in the $20 range. I just ordered 100 Bridgestone E6+ at $12 a dozen, near mint condition from golfballnut.com

Ogio Grom | Callaway X Hot Pro | Callaway X-Utility 3i | Mizuno MX-700 23º | Titleist Vokey SM 52.08, 58.12 | Mizuno MX-700 15º | Titleist 910 D2 9,5º | Scotty Cameron Newport 2 | Titleist Pro V1x and Taylormade Penta | Leupold GX-1

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lysander Newbie

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Best I have hit so far is Wilson DX-2 soft. It has the best combination of straightness, distance and green side control as well. If I am on a bad day I will stay with MaxFli Revolution low compression balls.

My golf buddy at 18-cap stays with Bridgestone e6+ and he never wants to change.
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Top Flite D2 Feel ...

This is the ball I played for 2006-08. Then I got a free ball-fitting when I bought my driver, and D2 Feel was at bottom for distance. So, I switched to RDS Tour. But RDS Tour is discontinued, so I'm about four sleeves away from switching to TopFlite Gamer.

Latest on D2 Feel: Talked to a couple of people who still play it, and they say this year's version is a little livelier than earlier ones. Always great around the greens, just that earlier ones a little short on distance. Any other performance reports on modern D2 Feel?

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Driver:  :touredge: EXS 10.5°, weights neutral   ||  FWs:  :callaway: Rogue 4W + 7W
Hybrid:  :callaway: Big Bertha OS 4H at 22°  ||  Irons:  :callaway: Mavrik MAX 5i-PW
Wedges:  :callaway: MD3: 48°, 54°... MD4: 58° ||  Putter:image.png.b6c3447dddf0df25e482bf21abf775ae.pngInertial NM SL-583F, 34"  
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I would buy the best ball you feel comfortable buying.  Better balls are worth the price if you can make solid contact most of the time and have no trouble launching the ball  I'm only mid hdcp  11+ but more spin nearer the green is a good thing  Nxt are so close to the pro v for me. I also love Bridgestone 330rx. and chrome soft. The Snell balls online are also very nice   All of this I find $30 -$39

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bste Well Established Member

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Started using Volvik Crystal last season. Good three piece for the price around $30

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ppine Well Established Member

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Golf Digest has a decent article this month on how to answer this question.

It is amazing how many amateur golfers, especially higher handicappers will spend a lot of money on clubs and green fees but "play whatever golf ball they can find" or buy used balls at a swap meet from the bottom of a lake.

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      Honestly, unless there's something about that rough there that makes it abnormally penal or a lost ball likely, this might be the play. I don't know how the mystrategy cone works, but per LSW, you don't use every shot for your shot zones. In that scatter plot, you have no balls in the bunker, and 1 in the penalty area. The median outcome seems to be a 50 yard pitch. Even if you aren't great from 50 yards, you're better off there than in a fairway bunker or the penalty area on the right of the fairway. It could also be a strategy you keep in your back pocket if you need to make up ground. Maybe this is a higher average score with driver, but better chance at a birdie. Maybe you are hitting your driver well and feel comfortable with letting one rip.  I get not wanting to wait and not wanting to endanger people on the tee, but in a tournament, I think I value playing for score more than waiting. I don't value that over hurting people, but you can always yell fore 😆 Only thing I would say is I'm not sure whether that cone is the best representation of the strategy (see my comment above about LSW's shot zones). To me, it looks like a 4 iron where you're aiming closer to the bunker might be the play. You have a lot of shots out to the right and only a few to the left. Obviously, I don't know where you are aiming (and this is a limitation of MyStrategy), but it seems like most of your 4 iron shots are right. You have 2 in the bunker but aiming a bit closer to the bunker won't bring more of your shots into the bunker. It does bring a few away from the penalty area on the right.  This could also depend on how severe the penalties are for missing the green. Do you need to be closer to avoid issues around the green?  It's not a bad strategy to hit 6 iron off the tee, be in the fairway, and have 150ish in. I'm probably overthinking this.
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