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How many have found their "utopia" golf ball?


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I've been using Srixon for at least 10 years now, currently using the Z-Star. I've tried a lot of balls that I find along the course, and really like the B-RX. It feels and plays similar to the Z-Star. I also have some ProV1s in the cupboard and use them from time to time. All three of these balls are close in performance and feel.

Callaway Mavrik 10.5* HZRDS 6.0 55g
Cobra BioCell 3w PXi S
Callaway Mavrik 20* Catalyst 65 5.5

Callaway Mavrik 5h 23* Catalyst 65 5.5
Titleist DCI 962 2-PW DG S300
Cleveland 588 54*, Callaway PM Grind 58*
Cameron Mil-Spec 

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Srixon Trispeed Tour, seems to be the perfect ball for my 18 handicap and my 95 mph swing speed. I have tried so many kinds of balls over the years. I bought 8 dozen at Golftown on sale for $18.75 a box. Now they back up to $34.99 a box. I shot my best score ever with this ball in September at Black Mountain in Kelowna, BC from the Blue tees (par 71), an 83 and that was with double bogey on 15 and 18. Oh what could have been??? I was on fire that day.

I now have total and complete confidence in my ball on every shot. One less variable to worry about.

Not sure what I will do with the 18 dozen multiple brands of balls on the shelf in my closet.

Callaway Mavrik - Fujikura Pro 2.0 6-S stiff 
Tour Edge 3 wood - Mitsubishi Fubuki HL-55 stiff 
Callaway Apex 21 3 hybrid - UST Mamiya Recoil Dart 75 HYB stiff
Mizuno JPX921 Hot Metal 5-PW - Nippon N.S. PROGH neo stiff 

Haywood Signature 48°, 52°, 56°, 60° - KBS Tour stiff
PXG One & Done

 

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For me I thought it was the Bridgestone Tour BXS. The ball did everything I wanted, feel was just right. Spin was just as I wanted. That was until they were sold out at Dicks and Pro V1s were on sale for 39. The difference on the putting green performance of the Pro V1 for some reason is just night and day. I dont know if it's how its rolling off the face of the putter or just feel. But putting stats dropped dramatically when I put the Pro V1 in play. I have since tinkered on the putting green with various balls and I simply do much better with the Pro V1.

So.. its Pro V1 for me.

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B XS. I love that ball. The TP5 is a very close second and I played that most of 2017/18, but this year I been sold on the B XS. I'm really bummed they are changing it for 2020, so I stocked up 8 dozen, which should last me all of next season.

 

The B XS is easy to control for me, and yet, when I need to hit a crazy draw around a tree or a forest, it can do it. It's a wizard ball around the green and I like the feel off the putter.

 

I do think the TP5 is slightly longer off the driver, but it's not much.

TSi4 Tensei White AV RAW X-Stiff/Hzrdus Gen 4 Black Stiff

Stealth 5 wood with Ventus

Titleist TS2 7 wood with Ventus

Mizuno MP-64 KBS Tour Stiff

Mizuno T24 60 X

Mizuno T24 56 V

Mizuno T24 50 F

Ping Vault 2.0 Ketsch

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Bridgestone Tour B RX and its predecessors and successors. I've tried others but keep coming back to it.

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Ping G410 Plus 10.5

Ping G410 5 Wood 

Ping G430 22* Hybrid 

Titleist U*505 ('23) 4i

TaylorMade P790 ('23) 5-AW

Taylor Made MG4 56*
Titleist SM8 60*

Scotty Cameron Phantom X 7.5

TaylorMade TP5x Pix

Vessel Lite Lux

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Srixon Z Star Series has been something I have always come back to. Recently the XV has been the best ball for me. Price, colors, and performance have been exceptional. On another note, I have noticed that the XV performs better with my current set of irons. Ball flight, trajectory and spin have been a perfect match with the current set up. With my older irons, performance was better with the regular Z-Star. I will be stuck on the XV for a while.

Driver: PING G410 LST, Ping Tour 65X

3 Wood: PING G400, Project x EvenFlow Blue 75 6.5

3 Hybrid: PING G410, Ping Tour 85 X

Irons: Mizuno MP-5 (4-PW), Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: PING Glide (50SS, 54WS, 58ES), Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2.5

Ball: Taylormade TP5 (Pix or Yellow)

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Played PV1X almost exclusively from release to last year. Switched to straight PV1 for flight. Tinkered with AVX to lower flight, but kept coming back to PV1. Does everything I want and am familiar with it.

 

Have tinkered with Cromesoft X that I really enjoyed. Didn’t get along with 2017 ZStar that I shortly dated.

 

Keep coming back to PV family.

Ping G430 MAX 10K 9*, Ventus Black 6X
Ping G430 MAX 3W 15*, Ventus TR Red 7X
Ping G430 MAX 7W 21*, Ventus TR Blue 8X 

Ping i230 4i DG 120 S300

Ping Blueprint S, 5-PW DG 120 S300

Titleist Vokey SM9 50F, 54S, 58M

Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Mini CH /or/ Tri Hot 5K Seven CH

 


 

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I couldn't agree more. Wish they'd just leave well enough alone...Geeze! Kinda miss the days of balata, surlyn or a rock covered ball, lol. ...And look @ the decline of Stacy Lewis' game once they took away her "Utopia" model of the Pro V1x. Let's @ least move out the model/design change time to 4-5 years.

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I have played just about every ball (urethane) made over the last 5 years.

I had thought the Chrome Soft was the best ball for my game. I like the travis, and bought a bunch over the last year. [Although TM TP5 is a very good ball also.]

I grabbed two doz QStarTours over the summer - dropped my cap almost 6 strokes. Went back to the Chrome Soft - cap is now back up those same 6 strokes.

So I got 5 doz QST for the season, and plan on playing those for competitions, while playing daily with the 18 dox CS I already own.

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