Advice on which golf ball I should use

[mgolfer]

I hit my cheap driver around 180-250 (I am inconsistant) but when I use a cobra driver I hit from 210-250.
I hit my 9 iron 130, 8 140, 7 150, 6 160, 5 175, and slightly higher with my 3and 4 irons (when I don't shank, top or fat them!!)


By the way I can get basically any ball in the world so more expensive golf balls are not a problem.

At the moment I really use any golf ball..from pro v1s to callaways to ultras etc etc...

Could you please suggest a ball that would stick to the green but not exaggerate my slice while keeping my distance.

I do not care about how putting feels as I can adjust to anything.

thanks.

[King Cobra II]

Perhaps you could give the pro v1x a try, if you dont care about price. I personally prefer pro v1's but I also have a solid iron/wood game, and I care more about sticking shots on the green. The prov1x is a bit harder, hence less spin, which in your case might be good, its sort of inbetween a prov1 and a big bertha in terms of handeling IMO. Good luck with it, you can PM me if you end up chosing between a few, I am by no means an expert but I've played quite a few differnt brands and have some feel for what each can do.

[SuaSponteMn]

HX Tour or Taylormade TP Black...

Both are long and straight off the driver, very stable in the wind. HX Tour is nice and soft off the irons and wedges, the Black is more like a ProV1x. both putt nice. I love the HX Tour personally, only ball that seems to blend all the great things about tour balls. Low spin off the big stick, sucks back with wedges, and putts like a dream.

Only problem is it looks like you hit it with a cheese grater after 6 holes. Still flies fine, just looks ugly.

[mgolfer]

ok thanks guys, I thought that the prov1x meant more spin so i was hesitant to put it in play. I did find thought that when using the hx tour, if i hit a bad shot, sometimes when one would slice into the trees the hx tour would end up 1st cut to the right of the fairway.

[keb]

Try the Maxfli Fire Tour ball. It has good distance and feel around the ground.

[mgolfer]

ok I will make a note of all of these, thanks for the help everyone

[Dr._chip_in]

I play the Ben Hogan Tour Deep. It has good distance and plenty of spin with the wedges. As a bonus its easy to tell which ball in the fairway is yours because a most people don't play Hogan's.

[King Cobra II]

I wouldn't play HX tour if I were you, they scuff so easy for me. I can clip a branch and BOOM the ball has a huge scuff in it. For 40 a dozen I expect the ball to withstand a little punishment.

[aidanmcg33]

dont want to hijack the thread but what are nike balls like? I found one on the course the other day and started using it and was driving past the green s on par 4s (pretty short anyway on my course) seemed really good for distance problem was it wasnt long before i hit it over the top of a green and into trees never to be found again.

[CG031]

Bridgestone e6 would probably fit your game.

[mgolfer]

I think that the nike golf balls are ok. The nike one platinum is cheaper than the pro v1 so many people play that one as it spins well around the green (i think). Tiger woods uses the nike one platinum.

[nykfan4life]

I think that the nike golf balls are ok. The nike one platinum is cheaper than the pro v1 so many people play that one as it spins well around the green (i think). Tiger woods uses the nike one platinum.

well, he uses a golf ball which has a nike logo one it which they call a 'modified nike one' i suspect they are pro-v1's without the titleist markings and with a swoosh in thier place

[royalwulff]

I would agree with CG031. Try the Bridgestone E-6 its a good ball and helped me reduce some of the slice off my drives. It is not the cure all but it does seem to help.

[soup]

I don't have a real particular type of ball. However, when I do find one I like, I will generally go on EBay and search for, for example, "Callaway Hex AAAA" - you can usually pick up 100 of them for $100 - $125 and the "AAAA" rated balls look like they are right out of a new sleeve - most have some sort of corporate logo on them, but I find I get a significant value.

[Steelr]

I just bought 5 dozen NXT Tour "near mint" from ebay for $42/shipped. Actually the first time I have bought balls in quantity, usually I just hit what I find.

[ChvyKc]

I use Nike Mojos and I love them. I am moving up from a really cheap ball though since I can't afford the higher priced balls like the Pro V1's. I've hit almost every other ball in it's price range and the Mojo performs better for me. Plus, at 20 bucks you won't be pissed if you end up losing one. I think my next move will be to the Bridgestone balls, I have been hearing a lot of good things about them.