Most durable tour ball?

[Fletch09]

Anyone have an opinion on what the most durable tour ball is?

Since receiving my 60 degree X-tour wedge w/ Mack Daddy grooves I'm tearing apart every ball I've tried.......ProV1x (2006), Nike One Black (2006), HX Tour (2007).

Anyone know of a tour ball that this wedge won't take a chunk out of? I've heard the new Nike One balls are more durable but I haven't played one yet.

[jeffr92]

Bridgestone B330-S and the Nike One Platinum are pretty durable, better than the Pro-Vs and the Srixon Z-URS atleast.

[hjimzaf]

Anyone have an opinion on what the most durable tour ball is?

I LOVE my mack daddy 60* wedge! To me the spin that I get with it is worth having to get new balls more often. I play the HX Tour 56. The club really eats those things up.

[mybloodinvt]

unfortunately, i think that is the nature of the grooves on the mack daddy wedges. they tear up the covers of balls. i have found that the balls of today, pro-v's, hx tour, b-330's, over the course of normal play, are far more durable than the balls of ten years ago, ie, tour balatas, ht-100's, professionals, etc. i don't think you will find a tour ball to stand up to the abuse that mack daddy grooves dish out. besides, mack daddy wedges will probably be outlawed within the next few years.

[Spamination]

There really isn't a single durable tour calibur golf ball out there.

The tour calibur balls of today almost exclusively rely upon the soft outer layer to create ballspin; whereas, in the past, the interaction between the elastic band/liquid center rubber ball with the soft balata/surlyn outer shell created spin. The surlyn covers of yester-year were a lot more durable than the super-thin solf outer layers modern high-end balls use.

That being said, the most durable tour calibur balls I've hit so far is the Taylor Made TP Red. The Callaway Tour-56 is the least durable I've seen. And the Pro-V1 is somewhere between the two.

If I really drive down a ball to create a lot of spin, I'll get groove marks on any of those 3 balls, even with a mid-iron.

[Fletch09]

Thanks to all for the input.

At the recommendation of our club's Assistant Pro I tried the B330 yesterday and had my best round of the year to date. I found it to be a bit more durable than the ProV1x (2006) and One Black (also 2006 version). It also seemed to be 5-10 yds longer off the tee and just as responsive as other balls I've played around the green. Very impressive ball, I'm sold! (for now)

[IeaglePar3s]

I played the Nike one platinum Tour Prototype 07's and they felt pretty nice. They were also durable as ****.

[warbirdlover]

I've heard the Maxfli Tour Fire are very durable and an excellent ball.

[P3R3]

I've heard the Maxfli Tour Fire are very durable and an excellent ball.

I found one of these at a local course and I was suprised how soft it was around the greens. Nice ball.