Category: Golf Balls
Technology has radically changed the game of golf. And nowhere has technology affected things as much as it has the golf ball. Over the years, major manufacturers such as Titleist, Maxfli, Callaway, Nike and TopFlite have applied aerodynamics and materials science to push the little orb to its limits.
Snake Eyes Tour Performance II Golf Balls Review
SNAKE EYES Tour Performance II
Grade: A
Teacher’s Comments: Amazing price/performance ratio
I stopped by GolfSmith early last week to browse the end-of-season sale items and ran across a display of GolfSmith’s Snake Eyes Tour Performance II balls. I didn’t know anything about them and the information on the box frankly wasn’t really helpful; just the usual marketing speak about a three piece ball, energy transfer, distance and spin. What got me, though, was the price: just $10 a dozen for a three piece ball. I couldn’t pass up a deal like that.
I’ve now played 36 holes with the Snake Eyes Tour Performance balls, and find I really like them. My two rounds playing them (two combined nines over two days, and a single 18) were 79 and 84. I don’t know how much I can attribute to the ball, since a lot seems to me coming together for me right now—my swing has felt really good, I’m putting like a golfing god and the conditions are hard and fast. But on the other hand, it’s cooler and breezy and balls just don’t fly as far under those conditions. So I’m going to at least give the Snake Eyes at least an assist.
The first thing I noticed is that the Snake Eyes are long. Judging from where my tee shots are landing (on a very familiar course), I find that they’re longer than any ball I’ve recently played—perhaps even longer than my beloved Callaway HX Hot. Ball flight off the tee bores nicely, and I’m not seeing the ballooning shots to which I’m prone. I’m also hitting lots of fairways and greens, so there’s not a lot of sidespin.
Around the green, they’re more than adequate for my game. I’ve never been able to get a ball to check up and spin back, so that not a standard to which I’ll hold them. They do, however, stop quickly on the green with shots off mid and short irons. I like the way they putt, too.
Feel is a bit hard to discern because of the cooler weather. They’re surely not as hard as a Pinnacle or standard Top Flite. Neither are they as soft as one of the “soft feel” balls. They’re fine in the cold, and I think they’ll be even better in warmer weather.
Durability hasn’t been an issue. I’ve actually got the balls from the first sleeve I opened and they are not inordinately scruffed.
In short, I really like them. And here’s the bottom line. I’m going back to Golfsmith to buy a hundred dollars worth of these balls. Seriously.
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MacGregor Tourney Ball 16 Pack
Fall weather brings leaves on the fairway, and exponentially increases the chances of losing a ball. My solution is to turn to cheaper balls—ones that I won’t worry too much about losing. In that past, that’s meant the Pinnacle Gold Distance 15-Pack, which I’ve found to be more than acceptable.
But Golfsmith now is running a deal where you can get two of their MacGregory Tourney 16-packs for just $20. That’s 32 balls for a Jackson. It really doesn’t get any better than that.
The MacGregor Tourney is billed as a low compression, two piece ball. Sounds about right.
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Ryder Cup Logo Golf Ball
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Nike One Tour D Balls
More fall sales. The Nike One Tour D Ball has been marked down from $45 to $30 a dozen.
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New Bridgestone Tour B330-RX
Bridgestone has a new version of the Tour B330-RX out that promises to be longer and softer.
The B330-RX is a tour-level ball designed for amateur swing speeds. I like it very much, but it’s too pricey for every day use.
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Srixon Z Tour Yellow
Srixon claims that “Science has proven that yellow is the most visible color in the visual spectrum and psychology has correlated green with calming and stress relief; therefore Srixon has enhanced our line of golf balls based on these two findings with the introduction of Tour Yellow, which is a unique blend of yellow and green to formulate the next generation of Tour golf balls.”
The question of the day: would you play with a yellow golf ball?a
I should think I’d be laughed right out of the league.
Aside from the unusual color, this is a three-piece, “tour performance” ball. And its priced likewise.
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Titleist DT Solo 2010
Titleist DT Solo Golf Balls 2010 - 12 pack
The Titleist DT Solo has been reworked for the 2010 season. Titleist says that it offers significant distance gains over previous models for golfers with average / moderate swing speeds.
That was the thing that attracted me to the ball when I reviewed it for the site all the way back in 2004.
What I’m wondering is if this is designed to replace the earlier Titleist DT Carry and DT Roll, which now have been relegated to the “other balls” section of the Titleist web site.
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