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I bought a box of Titleist NXT Extreme Golf balls before I went out today, and I can safely say that it was a good choice. I shot my best round of the year (87) and loved them. If you get a chance, play them!!!!!

Varsity_Golf

A four foot putt to win never gets any less terrifying.
-David Feherty
 
If I ever get happy with myself for finishing 12th or 15th, someone needs to put my clubs away and I'll take up tiddlywinks.
-Ian Poulter

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they're just glorified top flite's.

Try a top flite or an ultra and you'll get the same result.

What do you normally play?

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


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they're just glorified top flite's.

Are they really?? Considering the ball you play is "Anything I can find lately"......I would like to hear more about your extensive ball testing results.....

What's in my bag:
Superquad Driver
19* and 22* Rescue Hybrids
4-PW MP 57 Irons
CG14 52* Gap Wedge CG12 56* SW CG12 60* Lob Wedge CO3-hI push them around with my Linksmen X-7 cart.


Posted
Are they really?? Considering the ball you play is "Anything I can find lately"......I would like to hear more about your extensive ball testing results.....

"anything I can find" is a pretty widespread test subject.

what would you like to know?

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


Posted
they're just glorified top flite's.

This is horseshit. I can make an NXT ball spin, I cant make a top flite spin.

Posted
This is horseshit. I can make an NXT ball spin, I cant make a top flite spin.

you can make an nxt extreme spin?

it's a rock. a normal nxt is ok, a nxt tour is very good but a nxt extreme is terrible.

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


Posted
a normal nxt is ok, a nxt tour is very good but a nxt extreme is terrible.

There are currently only 2 NXT balls, NXT Tour and NXT. No Extreme anymore. The plain NXT is the old NXT Extreme. The OP must have bought the Extreme's from last year of the year before.

I can make them all spin, just not as much.

In my bag:

Driver: Titleist TSi3 | 15º 3-Wood: Ping G410 | 17º 2-Hybrid: Ping G410 | 19º 3-Iron: TaylorMade GAPR Lo |4-PW Irons: Nike VR Pro Combo | 54º SW, 60º LW: Titleist Vokey SM8 | Putter: Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas H7

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If you cant spin a NXT then you need to re-evaluate your swing and not blame it on the ball. Any NXT will spin plenty for most people.

Posted
If you cant spin a NXT then you need to re-evaluate your swing and not blame it on the ball. Any NXT will spin plenty for most people.

That goes for just about any ball.....


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I have found that these balls perform wonderfully and if they don't, do not blame the ball, for it is a bad craftsman that blames his tools.....IK IK CLICHE!!!!

The NXT Extremes work, and I can spin them on the greens just fine.

Varsity_Golf
A four foot putt to win never gets any less terrifying.
-David Feherty
 
If I ever get happy with myself for finishing 12th or 15th, someone needs to put my clubs away and I'll take up tiddlywinks.
-Ian Poulter

Posted
"anything I can find" is a pretty widespread test subject.

I would like to know the flaw in your swing that makes it so you can't spin this ball...... As a 13 HC you are pobably not focusing too much on spin anyway. I'm trending an 8 now and I'm finally to the point where I can get the ball to spin on purpose....

What's in my bag:
Superquad Driver
19* and 22* Rescue Hybrids
4-PW MP 57 Irons
CG14 52* Gap Wedge CG12 56* SW CG12 60* Lob Wedge CO3-hI push them around with my Linksmen X-7 cart.


Posted
This is an interesting exchange. Most golf balls will work if you know how to hit them (not quite there yet) but I;ve gotta say that some just fit folks game better than others. While golfing in Maui last month, I found an NXT TOUR, I've been playing a Pro V1 for about 2 1/2 years, The NXT TOUR fit my game and I've been playing them ever since. Great ball, great distance and green side control. A golf ball is kinda personal to most people, one may be great for one person but not for everyone. You just have to play what feels right for your swing.

Duffy,

Striving every day to be the person my dogs think I am.
 

Driver; Ping G25, Fairway, Ping G25 3; Irons, Mizuno M59, wedges, Cleveland cg15, 54, 56, 60, Putter; See More Zack style.


Posted
This is an interesting exchange. Most golf balls will work if you know how to hit them (not quite there yet) but I;ve gotta say that some just fit folks game better than others. While golfing in Maui last month, I found an NXT TOUR, I've been playing a Pro V1 for about 2 1/2 years, The NXT TOUR fit my game and I've been playing them ever since. Great ball, great distance and green side control. A golf ball is kinda personal to most people, one may be great for one person but not for everyone. You just have to play what feels right for your swing.

I think the NXT Tour is a pretty underrated ball. Many people gravitate toward higher-priced urethane balls before giving the NXT Tour/Trispeed/E5/6/7 a try.

Unless I'm playing faster and firmer greens, I can usually score just as well with a mid level ball.

In the Bag: TaylorMade R11 TP - TaylorMade R7 TP TS - Cleveland Halo - TM TP 2009 3-PW - Vokey SM 52 - Vokey SM 60 - Rife Barbados CS - ProV1x 


On the Computer:  Analyzr Pro 
 


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Honestly I find these debates funny. If any of you have EVER come up short, have you asked yourself what good did all that spin do me? I have, now I play a cheep ball, hit it far, and score low. Just play for the ball to roll out one more foot, its not that hard.

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Driver: Ping G20 10.5
4 wood: Ping G20 16.5
Hybrid: Ping I20 23

5-P: Cleveland CG16 tour

Wedge: Cleveland Cg16 56

Putter: Cleveland classic

Ball: Top Flite D2 feel

 


Posted
Honestly I find these debates funny. If any of you have EVER come up short, have you asked yourself what good did all that spin do me? I have, now I play a cheep ball, hit it far, and score low. Just play for the ball to roll out one more foot, its not that hard.

9/10 times this approach will work. But, making up and down when you miss a GIR is the difference between a round near par versus the high 70s. For shots over bunkers, to tight pins or sloping greens, the difference between balls might be a 10 footer versus a 2 footer for a good player.

In the Bag: TaylorMade R11 TP - TaylorMade R7 TP TS - Cleveland Halo - TM TP 2009 3-PW - Vokey SM 52 - Vokey SM 60 - Rife Barbados CS - ProV1x 


On the Computer:  Analyzr Pro 
 


Posted
9/10 times this approach will work. But, making up and down when you miss a GIR is the difference between a round near par versus the high 70s. For shots over bunkers, to tight pins or sloping greens, the difference between balls might be a 10 footer versus a 2 footer for a good player.

This is a very good point, its also why I try to split the difference with the d2 feel.

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Driver: Ping G20 10.5
4 wood: Ping G20 16.5
Hybrid: Ping I20 23

5-P: Cleveland CG16 tour

Wedge: Cleveland Cg16 56

Putter: Cleveland classic

Ball: Top Flite D2 feel

 


Posted
Try the Gamer V2....I got a 15 ball pack @ Golfsmith last month and played them during a 4 day 22 man golf outing in Sebring....2 rounds per day....I won enough money to pay for my trip.

Shooting in the mid 80's now.....and they respond around the greens!

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