Saintnine U-Pro?

PhilsFanDrew · August 2, 2021

Has anyone played this? I've seen this ball on RockBottomGolf before but happened to see Amazon was selling for $21.99. It's a 2 piece urethane ball and the only one currently on the market (in the US anyway). I used to play the Bridgestone e5 and liked that ball a lot and was wondering if this ball performed similar.

cardigan · August 2, 2021

A couple of members discussed them recently in this thread:

PhilsFanDrew · August 2, 2021

26 minutes ago, cardigan said:

A couple of members discussed them recently in this thread:

Thanks for pointing that thread out. I searched just by "Saintnine" and only found giveaway threads.

elwhippy · August 2, 2021

Made by Nexen tyres. Tyres are decent if not up to Goodyear, Michelin or Pirelli standards.

JAM01 · August 4, 2021

Have played the U Pro yellow exclusively this season. I’m a lower swing speed player, 210 yard drive is a bomb for me. I found them for $25 for 2 dozen with a bogo that’s offered regularly on their web site.
They have a mental mate logo which might be a little off putting for some, but no one on my regular courses plays them, so ID ing your ball is easy.
Plays like a distance ball off the tee, long enough for me and pretty straight on a good strike. 85 or 90 compression, so not really soft.

Irons - again pretty good low spin distance.

Wedges - not Tour spin, but they seem to fly high and bite enough due to the urethane cover.

Putting - my putter insert is on the softer side so no feel issues or clicking on putts. Put a good roll on it, it goes where you aim it.

I know a few have mentioned durability issues. For me, I can play these for 18 holes and they hold up pretty well.

Overall performance for me is right where I need it for the cost, about $1 a ball on sale. For a yellow urethane that I can see pretty well, I’ll take it.

PhilsFanDrew · August 4, 2021

Purchased a dozen and put in play today. Overall it played pretty similar to the Bridgestone e5 from what I can remember. Definitely a higher, less penetrating ball flight compared to 3-4 piece premium urethane balls. It doesn't spin like the tour balls but there is notably more spin than a ionomer 2/3 piece. Case in point I blocked a tee shot on a par 3 missing right of a greenside bunker. I hit a flop shot with my 58 degree wedge that initially I thought I landed too far on the green but it only released a couple feet. With a 2 piece ionomer it releases more like 8-10 feet. Instead I had a 5 foot uphill putt and saved par.

The only downside is the cover is not as durable as other premium urethane balls. It scuffs fairly easily after a couple well struck wedges. The mental mates logo didn't bother me. For years I would buy logo overrun balls and as mentioned it does make it easy to identify your ball. I wouldn't say I'm ready to purchase more and make it my gamer just yet but I will continue to test.

LPSISCO · August 28, 2021

I bought a couple dozen because I like throwing a pink ball into the mix sometimes, and there’s not many options on a tour ball. I think Volvik had one a couple years ago, but none of the big boys.

The UPro is fine, but it definitely doesn’t spin like a tour ball off wedges and half wedges. My course has quite a few elevated greens where you need to spin something green side (or, maybe, I need to short side myself less…), but the UPro doesn’t spin and sit like my usual TP5 and XV. Distance wise it’s shorter than both, but 5 yards either way on a drive isn’t the end of the world. The short game manners is, for me.

For the price, it’s fine. Not really a fan of the mental mates either, they look like blobs of bright paint, not easy to tell what they are actually supposed to be.

pallmall · August 30, 2021

The printings of mental mates are the most complicated designs I've even seen for non-personalized balls. Cannot be made by traditional pad printing. Must be jet printing or a transfer film.

PhilsFanDrew · August 31, 2021

I've been playing the U-Pro the last couple rounds and just shot my season low of 82 today. While the short game spin/control will never be mistaken for a ProV1 or other premium ball it is noticeably better than 2 piece ionomer balls. I think I am going to pick up another dozen or two and ride the rest of the season out with these.

PhilsFanDrew · September 2, 2021

RockBottomGolf has the U-Pro for $15 when you buy 2+ dozen.

Edited September 2, 2021 by PhilsFanDrew

bekgolf · January 16

I came to this thread because I got an email from Maple Hill about a sale on Saintnine u-pro. $10 a dozen, $40 for 6 dozen, or $130 for 20 dozen!

It's got to be a crap ball, right? I wonder how it performs next to a Kirkland? Does anyone play it and if so can we get a comparison to something else?

Thanks

mattt987 · January 17

17 hours ago, bekgolf said:

I came to this thread because I got an email from Maple Hill about a sale on Saintnine u-pro. $10 a dozen, $40 for 6 dozen, or $130 for 20 dozen!

It's got to be a crap ball, right? I wonder how it performs next to a Kirkland? Does anyone play it and if so can we get a comparison to something else?

Thanks

I haven't hit the u-pro, but did win a dozen of Saintnine's premium balls on here a few years ago. They were the worst balls I've ever used. Not worth $130 for 20 dozen, heck I wouldn't take 20 dozen for free.