Titleist Tour Soft

[trackcoach13]

There is very little clubhead speed on shots around the green and that is where a urethane ball shines versus surlyn.

[jesusdelallata]

Lately I’ve been testing out several balls. Chrome soft, project a, tp5 and tour soft. all good balls. So far my favorite seems to be the Project a. When I factor in feel, construction, distance, spin and price...it’s awesome.

[1Mordrid1]

Lately I've been testing out several balls. Chrome soft, project a, tp5 and tour soft. all good balls. So far my favorite seems to be the Project a. When I factor in feel, construction, distance, spin and price...it's awesome.

 

Have you tried the Srixon Q Star Tour? For me I find it and the Project A to be the best "value" tour style balls.

[jesusdelallata]

Lately I've been testing out several balls. Chrome soft, project a, tp5 and tour soft. all good balls. So far my favorite seems to be the Project a. When I factor in feel, construction, distance, spin and price...it's awesome.

 

Have you tried the Srixon Q Star Tour? For me I find it and the Project A to be the best "value" tour style balls.

 

Yes I have. I like the project A better.

[linkerpan]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

[AmazinBlue]

Played the Tour Soft on Sunday in 45-50* temps. Started with the TruSoft and hated it. The Tour Soft felt soft, but not mushy, was very straight all day, putted well and was solid for chipping. HArd to tell the quality of spin when chipping on the first time out and not striking it cleanly for the most part. On full iron shot s and even a 23* hybrid into greens, The ball never finished more than six inches from it's pitch mark and the greens were decent, not mushy or spongy.

 

All in all, I give it a solid A-/B+. I want to get a decent round in, in good weather, but this could be the first time I plan to play a Titleist in at least 20 years. Just waiting for their 4 for 3 deal.

[Tanner25]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Not a fan boy, just a connoisseur of a soft yellow ball, lol. It has a great yellow color and feels decent. Can't wait to take it to the course.

[BottleCap]

 

Nope that is not it at all. Just look at his signature, he is not here to provide real insight on how any ball plays, etc. Go back and read his various comments they offer no value whatsoever, just Titleist shill remarks.

 

I rarely play Titleist balls, I still have like 30 dozen RZN platinums I horded at the end

[Toddo64]

I played the Tour Soft this weekend and was very impressed how it played. It came off the woods and irons with a nice feel and putted very nicely. I haven’t used a Titleist since the first generation of the DT Solo. I want to use it on a dry track and see how it plays.

[nsxguy]

I bought a sleeve of these and played them for 9. In no way, shape, or form did they perform even remotely close to even low spin urethane balls.

 

Actually this was a very early season game for us so the extra run out helped me on several holes with the slower greens. But make no mistake, this ball performed the same for me as a Q Star, and should be regarded as such.

 

I gave my remaining two balls to my playing partner when we concluded our round.

 

Of course because the Tour soft is an overpriced 2 piece ball that should be $25 a dozen like the rest of the discount surlyn balls. I just find it incredibly dishonest of Titleist to use the term "tour" when it's not a tour ball.

 

As surlyn balls go, most of them should be around $10. Right there with the Slazengers of DSG or the Spongebobs from Walmart.

 

So your logic seems to be that any ball with the same cover should sell for the same as the cheapest one out there,,,,,,,,,,,

 

Interesting POV. :blind:

[nsxguy]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

[BiggErn]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

 

$35 was overpriced when it was the NXT-S

[nsxguy]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

 

$35 was overpriced when it was the NXT-S

 

I'm not sure what your response has to do with what I was replying to linkerpan about,,,,,,,, but thanks,,,,,, I guess,,,,,,

[North Butte]

To a man shopping on price, there’s no reason to ever even look at a Titleist ball. Or read a thread about Titleist balls. They simply are not priced to be a cheaper deal than other brands, ever. Been true forever.

[linkerpan]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

 

The tittle of this thread is Titleist Tour Soft€. I think is dedicated to collect opinions about the ball. My opinion is that the ball is expensive to be a surlyn ball and that should not compare it to the premium balls of other makers.

I think the way Titleist has handled that comparison is not apples to apples and is misleading. It may be a very high quality surlyn but it should be compared to its peers.

What this thread is not, as far as I know, is a threat about only positive reviews of it

[J13]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

 

Plenty of Urethane balls can be had for $35 :nyam:

[North Butte]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

 

The tittle of this thread is Titleist Tour Soft€. I think is dedicated to collect opinions about the ball. My opinion is that the ball is expensive to be a surlyn ball and that should not compare it to the premium balls of other makers.

I think the way Titleist has handled that comparison is not apples to apples and is misleading. It may be a very high quality surlyn but it should be compared to its peers.

What this thread is not, as far as I know, is a threat about only positive reviews of it

 

So we should only be talking about the Tour Soft.

 

Except for you. You should talk about “fanboys on a hardcore golf forum”.

 

P.S. One might observe that Titleist fanboys are out of place on a forum of cheapskates who are hung up on discount hunting.

[nsxguy]

Titleist fanboys have so little space in a hardcore golf forum. Very hard to sell to connoisseurs a ball with lesser performance at similar price than urethane. Same with the drivers.

 

Ummmmm, ProV1 $48, Tour Soft $35. :wave:

 

The tittle of this thread is Titleist Tour Soft€. I think is dedicated to collect opinions about the ball. My opinion is that the ball is expensive to be a surlyn ball and that should not compare it to the premium balls of other makers.

I think the way Titleist has handled that comparison is not apples to apples and is misleading. It may be a very high quality surlyn but it should be compared to its peers.

What this thread is not, as far as I know, is a threat about only positive reviews of it

 

Ahhh, so you meant OTHER brands' urethane golf balls then ? Got it.

[elwhippy]

Finally got to try a Tour Soft. First hole. Massive drive and gripped almost too well on the approach. Second hole. Felt too soft off a full 7 iron and jumpy on longer putts. Third hole into a strong, cold breeze. Nailed it...until ball started to balloon. Same with second shot. Flew too high and lost a lot of distance into the breeze. Pars on next two holes then sixth was across the breeze. Another very solid drive but distance nothing special. Knockdown wedge went much too far and moved a lot more on the breeze than other balls I use. Swapped it for a 2016 Project (a) and that was must better to control into and across the breeze.

Not sure what the TS is trying to do. For distance go for the Velocity and for trajectory control it has to be the V1.

[1Mordrid1]

A lot of the issue people are taking with the Tour Soft is Titleist's marketing campaign with it. Specifically singling out other brand's premium balls and quickly showing charts that show vague data with distance and feel categories on them, and stating Tour Soft is better than TP5 and Chrome Soft is ironic. Especially since Chrome Soft and TP5 share a lot of performance traits with the ProV1. So why is Titleist not telling people that the Tour Soft has better distance and feel than their own ProV1?

 

All of the big brands have had marketing campaigns comparing themselves to others, but this is the first time I can remember one of them trying to compare a mid level ball to a premium ball. I guess maybe it is out of necessity, because if you are going to charge $35 for a non uerethane 2 piece ball you had better make people believe it is a premium ball.

 

And in reality I guess the placebo effect has worked because Titleist never said that the Tour Soft outperforms the TP5 or Chrome Soft with greenside spin and control, but they have a lot of people drinking that cool-aid because the commercial was vague and led them to think that it outperforms the other premium balls in all categories.

[North Butte]

And in reality I guess the placebo effect has worked because Titleist never said that the Tour Soft outperforms the TP5 or Chrome Soft with greenside spin and control, but they have a lot of people drinking that cool-aid because the commercial was vague and led them to think that it outperforms the other premium balls in all categories.

 

Worse yet, they have the Titleist haters on GolfWRX swearing blind that they DID claim better shortgame spin than Chrome Soft!

 

Let's face it, any serious player interested n short-game spin and control is never going to buy a Tour Soft or any other 2pc Surlyn ball regardless of price or brand or advertising campaign. Titleist knows that.

 

So when they say Tour Soft is "better" than Chrome Soft that means "better" in the ways that are important to the target market for a 2pc Surlyn ball. Spin and height on full shots, "feel" and distance. And go figure, there are indeed plenty of 2pc Surlyn balls that you can hit as high and get as much distance as a Chrome Soft.

 

I think the claim for full-swing approach spin is mighty optimistic but I've got to say the guys I've played with who are trying it don't seem to have any trouble holding greens with a 7-iron or whatever. So it's not a Velocity or e6 or Pinnacle Gold type knuckleball on full swings at least. No short-game spin at all, though. None. As expected.

[leejohnkieh]

And in reality I guess the placebo effect has worked because Titleist never said that the Tour Soft outperforms the TP5 or Chrome Soft with greenside spin and control, but they have a lot of people drinking that cool-aid because the commercial was vague and led them to think that it outperforms the other premium balls in all categories.

 

Worse yet, they have the Titleist haters on GolfWRX swearing blind that they DID claim better shortgame spin than Chrome Soft!

 

Let's face it, any serious player interested n short-game spin and control is never going to buy a Tour Soft or any other 2pc Surlyn ball regardless of price or brand or advertising campaign. Titleist knows that.

 

So when they say Tour Soft is "better" than Chrome Soft that means "better" in the ways that are important to the target market for a 2pc Surlyn ball. Spin and height on full shots, "feel" and distance. And go figure, there are indeed plenty of 2pc Surlyn balls that you can hit as high and get as much distance as a Chrome Soft.

 

I think the claim for full-swing approach spin is mighty optimistic but I've got to say the guys I've played with who are trying it don't seem to have any trouble holding greens with a 7-iron or whatever. So it's not a Velocity or e6 or Pinnacle Gold type knuckleball on full swings at least. No short-game spin at all, though. None. As expected.

 

Yea this is my thought as well. I know that this ball is at the mid tier range and is not supposed to compete with ProV's or any other top tier ball. I'm also skeptical about others getting a lot of greenside spin since I don't get any either.

[J13]

And in reality I guess the placebo effect has worked because Titleist never said that the Tour Soft outperforms the TP5 or Chrome Soft with greenside spin and control, but they have a lot of people drinking that cool-aid because the commercial was vague and led them to think that it outperforms the other premium balls in all categories.

 

Worse yet, they have the Titleist haters on GolfWRX swearing blind that they DID claim better shortgame spin than Chrome Soft!

 

Let's face it, any serious player interested n short-game spin and control is never going to buy a Tour Soft or any other 2pc Surlyn ball regardless of price or brand or advertising campaign. Titleist knows that.

 

So when they say Tour Soft is "better" than Chrome Soft that means "better" in the ways that are important to the target market for a 2pc Surlyn ball. Spin and height on full shots, "feel" and distance. And go figure, there are indeed plenty of 2pc Surlyn balls that you can hit as high and get as much distance as a Chrome Soft.

 

I think the claim for full-swing approach spin is mighty optimistic but I've got to say the guys I've played with who are trying it don't seem to have any trouble holding greens with a 7-iron or whatever. So it's not a Velocity or e6 or Pinnacle Gold type knuckleball on full swings at least. No short-game spin at all, though. None. As expected.

 

 

It's obvious they targeted Chrome Soft because Callaway keeps eating more and more ball share each year. Callaway is now #1 in ball sales in big box stores and now they are going after green grass. I don't blame Titleist for trying to play some defense and protect their golden goose.

 

Anyone claiming they are getting as good of green side spin with the Tour soft compared to a urethane ball should be ignored and dismissed.

[North Butte]

And in reality I guess the placebo effect has worked because Titleist never said that the Tour Soft outperforms the TP5 or Chrome Soft with greenside spin and control, but they have a lot of people drinking that cool-aid because the commercial was vague and led them to think that it outperforms the other premium balls in all categories.

 

Worse yet, they have the Titleist haters on GolfWRX swearing blind that they DID claim better shortgame spin than Chrome Soft!

 

Let's face it, any serious player interested n short-game spin and control is never going to buy a Tour Soft or any other 2pc Surlyn ball regardless of price or brand or advertising campaign. Titleist knows that.

 

So when they say Tour Soft is "better" than Chrome Soft that means "better" in the ways that are important to the target market for a 2pc Surlyn ball. Spin and height on full shots, "feel" and distance. And go figure, there are indeed plenty of 2pc Surlyn balls that you can hit as high and get as much distance as a Chrome Soft.

 

I think the claim for full-swing approach spin is mighty optimistic but I've got to say the guys I've played with who are trying it don't seem to have any trouble holding greens with a 7-iron or whatever. So it's not a Velocity or e6 or Pinnacle Gold type knuckleball on full swings at least. No short-game spin at all, though. None. As expected.

 

 

It's obvious they targeted Chrome Soft because Callaway keeps eating more and more ball share each year. Callaway is now #1 in ball sales in big box stores and now they are going after green grass. I don't blame Titleist for trying to play some defense and protect their golden goose.

 

Anyone claiming they are getting as good of green side spin with the Tour soft compared to a urethane ball should be ignored and dismissed.

 

Wait a minute, I thought the golden goose was ProV1?

[trackcoach13]

And in reality I guess the placebo effect has worked because Titleist never said that the Tour Soft outperforms the TP5 or Chrome Soft with greenside spin and control, but they have a lot of people drinking that cool-aid because the commercial was vague and led them to think that it outperforms the other premium balls in all categories.

 

Worse yet, they have the Titleist haters on GolfWRX swearing blind that they DID claim better shortgame spin than Chrome Soft!

 

Let's face it, any serious player interested n short-game spin and control is never going to buy a Tour Soft or any other 2pc Surlyn ball regardless of price or brand or advertising campaign. Titleist knows that.

 

So when they say Tour Soft is "better" than Chrome Soft that means "better" in the ways that are important to the target market for a 2pc Surlyn ball. Spin and height on full shots, "feel" and distance. And go figure, there are indeed plenty of 2pc Surlyn balls that you can hit as high and get as much distance as a Chrome Soft.

 

I think the claim for full-swing approach spin is mighty optimistic but I've got to say the guys I've played with who are trying it don't seem to have any trouble holding greens with a 7-iron or whatever. So it's not a Velocity or e6 or Pinnacle Gold type knuckleball on full swings at least. No short-game spin at all, though. None. As expected.

 

 

It's obvious they targeted Chrome Soft because Callaway keeps eating more and more ball share each year. Callaway is now #1 in ball sales in big box stores and now they are going after green grass. I don't blame Titleist for trying to play some defense and protect their golden goose.

 

Anyone claiming they are getting as good of green side spin with the Tour soft compared to a urethane ball should be ignored and dismissed.

 

Wait a minute, I thought the golden goose was ProV1?

 

It is and I think that is why Titleist is using their strategy with Tour Soft, i.e., other premium balls are only as good as our mid-tier ball and the Pro V1 stands alone on the top of the mount.

[TheRIGERE]

$35 for a surlyn Ball? Yeesh

Its not Surlyn tho :)

[Break81]

It may be a good ball for soft receptive greens. Would love to see a scratch golfer play this ball on baked hard greens where you can barely get a pitch mark from 120 yards out. Would be off the back quite a bit.

 

This ball will sell great off the bat. Will it sustain the $35 price tag ? Maybe in pro shops but I doubt the retail store will move them in any considerable number.

[North Butte]

It may be a good ball for soft receptive greens. Would love to see a scratch golfer play this ball on baked hard greens where you can barely get a pitch mark from 120 yards out. Would be off the back quite a bit.

 

This ball will sell great off the bat. Will it sustain the $35 price tag ? Maybe in pro shops but I doubt the retail store will move them in any considerable number.

 

Our greens were firming up some last week, not quite to peak season condition but firmer than they were back during the depths of winter.

 

My buddy with the Tour Soft found it was holding just fine on full-swing approach shots. But he did have a couple of bog-simple chip shots from 10-15 yards short of the green that ran well past the hole. I'd say one out of the three shots like that I saw him hit reacted about like he wanted (land, take about two little bounces then roll out 10 feet or so. The other two out of three ended up 20-30 feet past where he expected.

 

Now maybe he mishit one or both of those a little. He chips with a GW and doesn't really try to nip it and spin it hard anyway. The real teller was on a longish bunker shot where he had to fly the ball about 20 yards and land on what's usually one of the firmer greens on the course. He landed it just where he wanted and was pretty p.o.'d that it rolled about 30 feet and all the way to the back fringe.

[monks66]

I just dont get all the hype for this ball, there wasnt the hype for NXT Tour??

[North Butte]

I just dont get all the hype for this ball, there wasnt the hype for NXT Tour??

 

The NXT Tour came out before there was any GolfWRX around to "hype" it (i.e. discuss it to death, mostly in terms of hate).