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Posted March 9
Cross-posted this in the hackers paradise as well. My take on the balls after playing with it today.
Members mark golf ball review:
I tested them out today playing 18. Here’s my take on them since no one online anywhere has posted a detailed review as of 3/8/25.
1. Feel:
They’re firm. Very firm. Clicky to a fault for most players I’d imagine. Played in 65* weather today and overcast so it wasn’t cold enough for everything to feel hard. These were much firmer than ProV1 & ProV1X. Felt akin to ProV1X left dash. Online says 90 compression but to me that’s WAY off! PV1x is 96 compression, PV1x left dash is 102 compression according to my golf spy. The MM ball is at least 100 in my estimation based purely on feel. For reference I hit them indoor off a mat and the MM and left dash felt nearly identical in firmness.
2. Performance:
These things go. Great off the tee and irons. Probably got 5-10 more yards out of them on both driver and irons. Low spin in the driver and lower spin on irons. Where the spin became problematic was green side. The firmness of the ball contributes to the lack of grab to your wedge leading to bump and runs even when trying to get them to check. However, I was able to get a solid amount of stopping power with these out of the green side bunker. May have been poor strikes green side that contributed to the lack of check or the conditions I was playing. Now, in fairness to the MM I was playing on closely mowed 11.0 greens today. I play a soft putter (DF3 Accra) and these felt great paired with it - felt I was able to control pace better than with a PV1 or Chrome Tour (my typical gamer ball). Felt more like a milled putter paired with ProV1 which I what I used to putt. The launch was medium to high on these. I like the windows of all my clubs these launched. Easy to flight and they didn’t balloon on me. I could hoist them when needed and also flight them as needed.
3. Durability
Great durability. I think the urethane cover is firmer/harder than other premium tour balls. As such I think the durability is greater. I won’t buy chrome tour balls again because after 1 or 2 holes those balls will be scuffed just from clean iron/wedge shots. If you’re hitting out of the sand with CT go ahead and grab a new ball to putt afterward - that’s my experience with the chrome tour balls. These are as durable, if not more so, as ProV1s.
4. Value
At a little over a dollar a ball these are the best value ball I’ve found. They perform better for me than similarly priced balls (ksig). I want a low spin driver ball (check), manageable spin iron ball (check), high spin green side wedge ball (nope), and preferred feel on putter with a good roll (check). You can’t have everything out of every ball and these check 75% of the boxes for me, and if I just get better at GIR I won’t have to worry about green side spin.
Overall impression:
Great value (pun intended) ball that performs well for the 10-20 handicap golfer in mind. Keep in mind that it’s firm and may not check as much as other balls will on green side shots. For $27 per 2 dozen it’s worth the experiment to see if they earn a spot in your bag.
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