Oncore Elixir golf ball - whose tried it and your results

[jjfcpa]

I was intrigued with the gall ball test and noticed that they specifically mentioned that the Oncore Elixir was kind of an outlier because it was less firm than their better performing balls, but still performed pretty well. I decided to give it a try and I'm enjoying it so much I'm going to keep playing it for a while. Here's what I've noticed.

 

First some demographic information: 71 years old, 90 swing speed with driver, played the Snell MTB Black, Bridgestone Tour B RX, and Vice Pro during the last year. I'm not a long hitter, so performance inside of 150 yards and on the green is of upmost importance to me.

 

Driver - the ball just flat out performs. As long or longer than any of the previous balls that I've played.

Long irons - again, distance is very good and the feel is really nice.

Short irons - spin is very good and seems to perform as well as any ball I've tried.

Wedges - no difficulty getting it to check up on the greens or roll out if you're playing a bump and run.

Putter - feel is excellent. I'm very particular about the way a ball performs off the putter, perhaps more than anything else, this can eliminate a ball from getting in the ball. I have found that on lag putts, I'm getting unbelievably close to the hole. Again, this is probably based on the feedback that I'm getting from the ball striking the putter head, and I would judge this ball better than any other that I've tried.

[GoGoErky]

It’s a great ball at a good price. Results are similar to other tour level balls.

[bigmoneyp]

How was the accuracy off the tee? How did it hold its line in the wind?

[jjfcpa]

> @bigmoneyp said:

> How was the accuracy off the tee? How did it hold its line in the wind?

 

I haven't really used it in windy conditions, but off the tee box, it holds it's line very well. Seems to be very low spin off the driver. The Tour B RX may be a little longer on occasion, but it's not worth the price difference for those rare occasions.

 

 

[jjfcpa]

I forgot to mention one of the best features of the Oncore Elixir. The number printed on the ball is in white, but it's printed in a small red square. I previously used to draw a red circle around the ball number when using other balls, but now I don't need to.

[GoGoErky]

No issue in the wind.

[KBong]

Got my free Elixir balls from the promo...need to try them out.

[bigmoneyp]

> @jjfcpa said:

> I forgot to mention one of the best features of the Oncore Elixir. The number printed on the ball is in white, but it's printed in a small red square. I previously used to draw a red circle around the ball number when using other balls, but now I don't need to.

 

The new version that they show on IG does not have the red square (which I personally like better) so I think you may have to go back to to marking with your circle again if you continue to buy them.

[jjfcpa]

> @bigmoneyp said:

> > @jjfcpa said:

> > I forgot to mention one of the best features of the Oncore Elixir. The number printed on the ball is in white, but it's printed in a small red square. I previously used to draw a red circle around the ball number when using other balls, but now I don't need to.

>

> The new version that they show on IG does not have the red square (which I personally like better) so I think you may have to go back to to marking with your circle again if you continue to buy them.

 

Just wondering if they changed it on the new lime green and yellow ball? I emailed them to inquire.

 

[bigmoneyp]

This ball def has different graphics from the ones I have (which are the red square ones)

 

[jjfcpa]

Emailed Oncore yesterday to ask about this and got this reply this morning:

 

Hi John, the new logo ELIXR will be available in a few months, if you prefer those we will swap them no charge (we have a small allotment currently), Ball is pretty identical some small changes to cover but performance wise still the same great ELIXR.

 

Steve

 

Steve Coulton, Co-Founder OnCore Golf

 

The more I deal with Oncore, the better I like these guys. I told him I didn't need to swap them out, because in a few months, I'll need to resupply anyway.

[jonsnow]

One of my regular playing partners is 67, swingspeed about 92-94 & he loves the Oncore Elixir. I can vouch that he hits it noticeably longer than any other ball I've seen him play. The dang thing looks like it's bouncing on a cartpath down the middle of the fairway when he hits it!

[cmagnusson]

I picked up both the AVANT-55 and the ELIXER on their free trial. Haven't hit the Elixer yet but have played my first few rounds using their low-comp offering (since it's been cold as balls up here still) and really like the feel of it. I've definitely lost about a half-club of distance, but spin control and greenside touch have been great. Probably gonna open up the Elixer sleeve this weekend.

[St Jimmy]

Has anyone bought the lime Elixir yet?

If so, how does the color compare to Vice?

I picked up the free sleeve and liked the feel and results, but want to stick with the lime color.

[jjfcpa]

As a test today, I switched from the Elixir to the Bridgestone Tour B RX. The problem was that I noticed that my drives were shorter than I felt they should be. The Tour B RX was indeed longer and so I'm a little perplexed because I really like the feel of the Elixir off the driver and the irons. I play another 18 tomorrow and my plan is to use the RX exclusively and see how it goes. I'm also taking 3 Bridgestone Tour B X balls and I'm going to play it on a couple holes to see how they compare.

 

I think the reason I noticed the distance issue is because I normally play from the senior tees and today I played from the men's tee. All of a sudden the distance issue became very noticeable.

[bigmoneyp]

> @jjfcpa said:

> As a test today, I switched from the Elixir to the Bridgestone Tour B RX. The problem was that I noticed that my drives were shorter than I felt they should be. The Tour B RX was indeed longer and so I'm a little perplexed because I really like the feel of the Elixir off the driver and the irons. I play another 18 tomorrow and my plan is to use the RX exclusively and see how it goes. I'm also taking 3 Bridgestone Tour B X balls and I'm going to play it on a couple holes to see how they compare.

>

> I think the reason I noticed the distance issue is because I normally play from the senior tees and today I played from the men's tee. All of a sudden the distance issue became very noticeable.

 

I was also testing out the Elixr and noticed that it was at least a full club shorter than I am used to. How did the Elixr compare to the Vice Pro for you in regards to distance? Also any experience with the Q-Star Tour? Elixr just feels so good tho.

[GoGoErky]

> @jjfcpa said:

> As a test today, I switched from the Elixir to the Bridgestone Tour B RX. The problem was that I noticed that my drives were shorter than I felt they should be. The Tour B RX was indeed longer and so I'm a little perplexed because I really like the feel of the Elixir off the driver and the irons. I play another 18 tomorrow and my plan is to use the RX exclusively and see how it goes. I'm also taking 3 Bridgestone Tour B X balls and I'm going to play it on a couple holes to see how they compare.

>

> I think the reason I noticed the distance issue is because I normally play from the senior tees and today I played from the men's tee. All of a sudden the distance issue became very noticeable.

 

It makes more sense of you test them side by side instead of on different days with possible different conditions and/or contact.

[Jason m]

3 dozen for 70$ on oncore website