Worst golf balls ever

[adamnbomb]

Have to go with Nitros 

[qtlaw]

Its got to be the TopFlite (?) Magna; lower your scores by playing a BIGGER ball?

[deepred]

On 5/15/2021 at 1:56 AM, Steele47 said:

 

Holy cow!  I completely forgot about the Club Specials. 

I loved the Club Special as a kid, at least it wasn’t a TopFlight or a Blue Ridge Wilson lol

I believe the worst current ball is the Warbird, can’t believe people buy those.

[Txstcatman]

From my childhood: Wilson Blue Ridge, especially the orange ones my dad bought. We both hated them!

 

More recently: Cut golf balls. Felt awful off every club. 

[woodriff]

Anything with Top Flite on it. 

[Rippin6Gears]

The worst? Hands down has to

be not playing a ball you think your playing… wasn’t a ProV1 after all 

 

[jholz]

1 minute ago, Rippin6Gears said:

The worst? Hands down has to

be not playing a ball you think your playing… wasn’t a ProV1 after all 

 

 

WTF? Really?

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

4 hours ago, jholz said:

 

WTF? Really?

I mean, they're both Acushnet properties.

[Greenie]

On 5/21/2021 at 10:14 AM, 801 said:

You all have forgotten about the all time worst golfball ever manufactured ... from a major manufacturer as well.

Taylor Made Inergel golf balls.  They were packaged in those tupper-ware'esque 'air-tight' sleeve containers for a reason ...

remember?  once exposed to 'air', you had about 1 hour before they turned into complete mush.

No joke.  Early ball experiment by Taylor Made that went horribly, horribly wrong.

 

My vote goes to these..

 

My three buddies and I went to a PGA event. They were giving a sleeve of these out at one of the booths at the event. I don't remember what we had to do to get a sleeve but we all got a sleeve. 

 

The next time we went out to play a round together we all broke them out on the first tee. By the third hole my buddies thought they were crap.

 

We use to trade balls. If someone found a ball another player liked we would do a swap if they had a ball that you liked. My thing was collecting logo balls. The guys all knew this so they would hold out unless I traded two balls for the logo ball. 

 

In this case they thought the Inergels were so bad I traded one ball for their three balls and the container. They were laughing at me and couldn't believe I liked them. The next tee box I dropped all the Inergels in the trash can and put those nice containers in my bag. I didn't like the balls either but I thought the containers were worth the trade. I still have the containers.

[GatorNate11]

7 hours ago, Rippin6Gears said:

The worst? Hands down has to

be not playing a ball you think your playing… wasn’t a ProV1 after all 

 

I have...concerns. 

[ksher84]

I would say Kirklands have the worst urethane cover by a long shot.  It almost seems like it's just painted on, rips right up.  I don't think they play that bad though. 

[sirukuma]

Callaway Magna.  Whoever thought making a larger ball would be better clearly never studied the issue very much...... 

[lambo428]

Callaway SR1

[kesteckb]

On 5/21/2021 at 3:14 PM, 801 said:

You all have forgotten about the all time worst golfball ever manufactured ... from a major manufacturer as well.

Taylor Made Inergel golf balls.  They were packaged in those tupper-ware'esque 'air-tight' sleeve containers for a reason ...

remember?  once exposed to 'air', you had about 1 hour before they turned into complete mush.

No joke.  Early ball experiment by Taylor Made that went horribly, horribly wrong.

 

I only hit one of these balls once. I had found one in the weeds on the previous hole, and teed off with it, making my only hole-in-one. After that it went into the plaque, and I never played one again. So for me, this ball has a perfect record. 

[ColumK]

On 5/5/2021 at 7:09 PM, sevenfourate said:

Spalding Molitor’s, Players, Yellow Tornado’s (Showing my age here hey: fellow UK’ers 🤣) Balls with ‘Titanium Distance stamped all over them; or anything from Sports Direct 😳

😁 I remember the Molitors)) When I was a kid we would walk through the longer rough and find umpteen golf balls, Pinnacles and Titleists mostly, Ultra, Top Flite, etc. If you found a Molitor you would usually hit it deeper into the rough with your wedge))

I recall the pink Flying Lady golf balls were also a regular find) And for a period in the early 80's Ping had a 2 toned ball, which I assume weren't good as they were dropped from the market 

Edited August 22, 2021 by ColumK

[Ghostwedge]

Reminded me..... lol

Got a buddy with 4 aces, really good player, has a plaque with all his prominently displayed. Three nice white Titleist balls and  a orange Splading rock. Story is he was hitting so bad one day, to change it up had someone toss him a ball from their bag just before he hit the ace shot.

[ShowMe]

Every single ball that I've ever hooked deep into the woods.  Cause it must have been the ball, not my swing...

[jwb10]

On 6/14/2021 at 9:47 PM, Greenie said:

My vote goes to these..

 

My three buddies and I went to a PGA event. They were giving a sleeve of these out at one of the booths at the event. I don't remember what we had to do to get a sleeve but we all got a sleeve. 

 

The next time we went out to play a round together we all broke them out on the first tee. By the third hole my buddies thought they were crap.

 

We use to trade balls. If someone found a ball another player liked we would do a swap if they had a ball that you liked. My thing was collecting logo balls. The guys all knew this so they would hold out unless I traded two balls for the logo ball. 

 

In this case they thought the Inergels were so bad I traded one ball for their three balls and the container. They were laughing at me and couldn't believe I liked them. The next tee box I dropped all the Inergels in the trash can and put those nice containers in my bag. I didn't like the balls either but I thought the containers were worth the trade. I still have the containers.

I loved the Tupperware, still have some and use it for my ProVs, keeps them nice and fresh

[jwb10]

On 5/5/2021 at 3:30 PM, phizzy30 said:

Oh man you're taking me way back with the Molitors.  Now I feel old.  As for more recent offerings, the Mojos and the Maxfli Noodles are right there as some of the worst balls ever. 

"Molitor" was the guy who invented Top Flite. The originals were meant to be The Lexus of Top Flite to honor him. i guess they got over it ??

 

[Esox]

Ram, Golden Ram balls. Worse than the old Rock Flites. 

I used to game the wound Maxfli DDH 100 faithfully. Did quite well with it in the 90's. Cant believe someone mentioned it as the worst. Their spin was just a bump below a Titleist Balata, which I spun too much.

[rgk5]

The MacGregor Muirfield was the worst balata ball ever made.  It flew like a wounded mallard and the cover was as durable as onion skin.

[Bensdad]

About 40 years ago the Macgregor Tourney ball was so bad you could put the entire dozen through a test ring (for roundness) and only about 3 would pass.  In addition the first time you hit one of them it was immediately out of round and would wobble when putted.  I heard that Jack Nicklaus played them under contract and still won majors.  What would his record have been with a Pro V1?

[monks66]

top flite xl

[double_d]

I think they were called Dunlop DDH 110 distance. They went far but zero spin or feel.

 

Also I think circa 1998ish Top-Flite had balls called System C and system T that were supposed to be somehow optimized to work with either the Callaway GBB Driver or the Ti-Bubble Taylor Made driver. 

 

I kid you not.

 

[me05501]

As a broke golfer in the 90's I was a big fan of the Top Flite XL2000's, the ones that were supposed to feel softer and spin more. I'd be curious to play one now for old time's sake. 

[Tanner25]

Not sure if the Callaway Max is the worst ever, it is just very disappointing. It has no feel and is no easier to hit than any other ball. Very deceptive advertising. Runner up is the MG Sr ball. It goes further...NOT. 

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

On 8/23/2021 at 10:52 AM, me05501 said:

As a broke golfer in the 90's I was a big fan of the Top Flite XL2000's, the ones that were supposed to feel softer and spin more. I'd be curious to play one now for old time's sake. 

NOOOOOOO!

A few years back when I was getting back into golf, I took all my balls and began chipping them around the yard.  The XL2000s were the worst ones I'd found - couldn't hit them a consistent distance; they'd always  land way short or completely overshoot the target!

[The Pearl]

Nike MOJO

[hammergolf]

I tried the Volvik S4. It literally felt like a Top Flite. 

[Chip Out Sideways]

For UK guys who played in 70's or 80's Commando would take a lot of beating in a worst ball ever competition