Callaway Supersoft and Spin

[willmillar]

I played a round last week with the Callaway Supersoft ball, and I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of spin I got on shots from 90 yards in. Has anyone else experienced decent short game spin with the Supersoft?

[GSDriver]

If you can spin it, clearly you're a decent ball striker.

 

Yes, I can spin a Supersoft an acceptable amount, it's not going to back up 10 feet, but it is possible.

[SUITS]

I'm happy with any ball stopping within a few feet of its mark, I find it detrimental when balls are spinning back 5-10 feet. I can't control when it does it so I settle for a lower spinning ball that doesn't do it as much.

[willmillar]

The amount of "check and stop" is what really surprised me. It rolled out no more than a foot or two after landing, and I can live with that. I expected much more roll out. I'll put them in play again next week to see if I get the same consistency. For half the price of what I normally play it's certainly worth looking into....

[Golf64]

Great ball, but went with Q-Stars for feel and performance. Wilson 50s are a great ball for the buck too. On sale here for $50 for 4dz.

[willmillar]

Great ball, but went with Q-Stars for feel and performance. Wilson 50s are a great ball for the buck too. On sale here for $50 for 4dz.

 

Regular QStar or the QStar Tour?

[North Butte]

If you find that a Supersoft spins a lot then be sure not to EVER play a urethane cover ball. You'd have 80-yard wedge shots spinning back 90 yards and ending up behind you.

[willmillar]

I normally play a urethane ball (ZStar...check the signature line...) and that's what surprised me about the Supersoft....from 90 yards and in the Supersoft checked and stopped with only a couple of feet of rollout...I can usually back up a ZStar a good 2 feet with a well struck wedge shot....

[North Butte]

What happens with a 7-iron to a full green?

 

That's the shot where I see the largest difference between even a "low spin urethane" ball like AVX and supposedly "high spin surlyn" balls. For my game and my home course a urethane ball will stop in 2-4 feet but any surlyn ball I've ever tried will run out 20+ feet in mid-summer firm conditions.

[willmillar]

What happens with a 7-iron to a full green?

 

That's the shot where I see the largest difference between even a "low spin urethane" ball like AVX and supposedly "high spin surlyn" balls. For my game and my home course a urethane ball will stop in 2-4 feet but any surlyn ball I've ever tried will run out 20+ feet in mid-summer firm conditions.

What happens with a 7-iron to a full green?

 

That's the shot where I see the largest difference between even a "low spin urethane" ball like AVX and supposedly "high spin surlyn" balls. For my game and my home course a urethane ball will stop in 2-4 feet but any surlyn ball I've ever tried will run out 20+ feet in mid-summer firm conditions.

 

I didnt make an observation with a 7 iron shot....I was referring to full 90 yard wedge shots....if I had to guess I'd say there would be more rollout with the Supersoft on a 7 iron shot.

[North Butte]

For my game, any ball that I find playable under firm conditions will stop absolutely dead in its tracks on a 90-yard full-swing wedge shot. For me, that's not a sensitive test for distinguishing acceptable from unacceptable balls. I realize other people's games have other sorts of requirements.

 

If it were me, I'd consider any roll-out on a full-swing 90-yard wedge shot (for me that's just under my stock 52-degree gap wedge distance) such you the couple of feet you observed to be a big warning sign of insufficient spin.

 

Of course there are certainly Surlyn balls that won't even spin at all with a 90-yard wedge shot. The Titleist Velocity and original Bridgestone e6 come to mind. Or the old 2-piece Surlyn rocks I played back in the 1990's!

 

Supersoft (or Srixon Soft Feel or Titleist TruSoft) are better behaved than the flat-out no-spin models like the Velocity. But every time I'm given one of them a through tryout I end up having a shot per round or so go scuttling off the back of the green after a well-struck mid-iron shot.

[willmillar]

For my game, any ball that I find playable under firm conditions will stop absolutely dead in its tracks on a 90-yard full-swing wedge shot. For me, that's not a sensitive test for distinguishing acceptable from unacceptable balls. I realize other people's games have other sorts of requirements.

 

If it were me, I'd consider any roll-out on a full-swing 90-yard wedge shot (for me that's just under my stock 52-degree gap wedge distance) such you the couple of feet you observed to be a big warning sign of insufficient spin.

 

Of course there are certainly Surlyn balls that won't even spin at all with a 90-yard wedge shot. The Titleist Velocity and original Bridgestone e6 come to mind. Or the old 2-piece Surlyn rocks I played back in the 1990's!

 

Supersoft (or Srixon Soft Feel or Titleist TruSoft) are better behaved than the flat-out no-spin models like the Velocity. But every time I'm given one of them a through tryout I end up having a shot per round or so go scuttling off the back of the green after a well-struck mid-iron shot.

 

I agree with you 100 percent....The day I played them I hit wedges into the green...it will certainly be a more thorough test to see how they react to iron shots....

 

I was really surprised at the "check and short roll" on these as I fully expected them to hit and roll out much more than they did...but I really only noticed the wedge shots.

[MooJersey]

I love how Super Soft feel when I hit them with woods, irons, and putter. I have trouble stopping them though. Especially short chips. I get no check.

[msg]

I play Supersofts and Chromesoft. I love them both. Sure it's no CS when it comes to spin but I can hold greens using the SS.

[me05501]

I have noticed similar results with the Maxfli Softfli. I don't need to adjust my game to play that ball.

 

The need for added ball spin owes a lot to the type of short game you play.

 

If you use more of a modern-type short game that relies on low spinners, you probably need a high-spin ball. I do not. I play a lot of shots in the short game using the Raymond Floyd-type approach. Chipping, "putting with loft," or maybe lifting the ball higher to get it to stop. Most balls react about the same way to each of these techniques.

 

I also appreciate that lower-spinning balls hold their line better on mishits.

[aquapig]

I have no problem getting at SS to stop. It spins back on wedges just enough and is usually right next to its ball mark with 6-7 irons.

 

Like the AVX, I will get the occasional flyer off my irons that goes 10-15 yards rather than usually, but I have no problem getting them to stop on greens.

 

But for the price, I think it’s the best ball out there.

 

I like the Snell Black a bit more, but for grabbing a quick dozen balls at Walmart for 19.00, can’t beat it.

[Jackal]

For my game, any ball that I find playable under firm conditions will stop absolutely dead in its tracks on a 90-yard full-swing wedge shot. For me, that's not a sensitive test for distinguishing acceptable from unacceptable balls. I realize other people's games have other sorts of requirements.

 

If it were me, I'd consider any roll-out on a full-swing 90-yard wedge shot (for me that's just under my stock 52-degree gap wedge distance) such you the couple of feet you observed to be a big warning sign of insufficient spin.

 

Of course there are certainly Surlyn balls that won't even spin at all with a 90-yard wedge shot. The Titleist Velocity and original Bridgestone e6 come to mind. Or the old 2-piece Surlyn rocks I played back in the 1990's!

 

Supersoft (or Srixon Soft Feel or Titleist TruSoft) are better behaved than the flat-out no-spin models like the Velocity. But every time I'm given one of them a through tryout I end up having a shot per round or so go scuttling off the back of the green after a well-struck mid-iron shot.

 

I'm with you on that.

The Trusoft and the Super soft both check up and roll 3-7 foot after they hit.

 

With my style of play, if I catch one thin and it still hits the green, it won't go more than 15 feet.

Those Titleist Velocity balls play like a 'hard' Pinnacle, or Top Flite distance ball.

[bigeasy]

I found one the other day and had the course to my self. I was hitting a Srixon z star and Taylormade tour preferred. We have had a lot of rain and the greens are soft, so they were all stopping and not releasing. But the real difference was the distance on both the driver and irons were 5 to 10 yards on both, maybe more, plus if you like a soft ball, these are the one. I will try them again.

[North Butte]

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Edited April 15, 2023 by North Butte