The best ball you're (probably) not playing

[fredloves2golf]

I've been buying gloves from MasterGrip for just about as long as I've been playing golf. Recently, I decided to take a chance on their mg Tour C4 golf balls. At $19.99/dozen, I thought, "Why not?"

Well, I've been out 4 times with them (rounds of 80, 81, 79, 83) and they're super soft, fly long off the driver, and stick or spin back on all iron shots. I'm definitely a fan and playing the best golf of the season (which may not all be related to the ball)!

If there's any fault, it would be durability. I hit a cart path on the second hole this morning and it tore a chunk of the urethane cover to where I could see the next layer beneath it. Normal wear is pretty decent where only a short wedge might scuff it.

Hopefully this post doesn't come across as a shill... I just wanted to share my experience and help someone with an option to save half the cost of other premium balls.

[Bastid]

The best ball I'm not playing?

Titleist Tour Balata 100

I still have a few dozen that I break out once in awhile for some wedge contests but yeah, that's the ball.

[SQ Bimmer]

I have always been curious about "tour" balls from manufacturers other than the big ones. I think my next set are gonna be Hogan tour balls.

  Bastid said:

The best ball I'm not playing?

I found one of these in a range bucket a while ago. Should I have kept it? lol

[Bastid]

Heh...that ball hasn't been manufactured in 10 years so chances are no. I bought a few dozen off of ebay a few years back. Softest ball on the market, feels like a marshmallow when you putt. But no, chances are that ball was beat to a pulp.

[doof_dizzler]

  Bastid said:

The best ball I'm not playing?

Best golf ball I've ever played! I liked the 90s too but ya I loved golf back when I was just learning, playing 36 holes a day at the pitch & putt with a wedge and a putter and Titleist Tour Balatas! Those were the days. I still have a couple of them in my storage box of souvenir balls. I have one I made 3 straight birds with

[Chubbs]

  Bastid said:

The best ball I'm not playing?

Great golf ball. I still have a few laying around. What came after that, the Professional i think?

[Bastid]

  Chubbs said:

The Professional was out during the same times as the Balata. I'll break a sleeve of balatas out when my friends and I have a little match on this nine hole course in my town. Great old course, perfect for a balata match. They still fly fine, much flatter ballflight than a Pro V1x though, much flatter. Spin is about the same.

[glenntwo]

Hah, you guys don't remember the Maxfli Tour Ltd. from the mid 80s. That thing spun so much the paint would fly off it. It had a low trajectory too, so you could hit screamers into the green and they would hop twice and come rocketing back at you. And this was with V-grooves. Apparently they lost an infringement suit on the dimple pattern and had to change, and they never were the same again. Back then they were giving Titleist a run for their money in the high-performance ball category.

[uttexas]

Maxfli was putting out great irons and balls until they got bought out.
I haven't played the Penta ball, and at $46/dozen, probably won't play one unless I find it on the course.

[glenntwo]

  uttexas said:

Maxfli was putting out great irons and balls until they got bought out.

Yep the old Aussie blades were nice, but apparently they turned them into a budget model set. But those Tour Ltds were some kind of ball. I never did come across another ball I liked as much as them. Titleists just didn't compare, and everything now is designed to fly up in the stratosphere. I don't know anything about the Penta, but I suppose trying them out wouldn't hurt.

[Aaronsrix17]

the best ball for the money has to be the srixon AD333 for 19.99 and performs almost as well as any ball more than $40

[miker1951]

I just bought a dozen of these MG C4 golf balls. I am a 9 handicap and play PROv1. Now I am switching to this ball for only $19.99 a dozen. Play better than the ProV1. Distance is about the same but the spin is much better on the green with wedges. By far a Superior Value. Golfs best kept secret. I was spinning the ball and my partners thought I depended the grooves on my wedges. However I haven't told them where I bought them yet. I haven't noticed the durability problem some have brought up. They last me a full round. No different than the ProV's. Try them.