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  • What Balls do you use/like, and where do you get them?

I've been on a kick with Wilson Staff balls lately. The Duo and 50. I like them and they're pretty cheap ($12-$20 a dozen).

Play as the greens and fairways firm up - Pro V or major brand urethane - but most of the time Pro V because it is the most popular premium ball.

Winter and play when the course and greens are soft - prefer a "soft" ball - brand not important, but find more Callaway supersoft than any other brand.

I am a member at a links style course with heather lined fairways. I always end up with more balls in my bag than when I started. This is especially true when the pace of play is slow or playing with a few friends who tend to spray their tee shots.

Wilson duo is the shizzle! I got these Bridgestone Treo Soft so cheap tho, they won out. Rockbottom golf.

My favorites are either the Top Flite Gamer or the Callaway Super Soft ( my current ball of choice). But I think it's really important to use the same brand and type of ball as often as possible. A lot of the guys I play with will start with a Top Flite, lose it, dig in their bag and pull out a Titleist, and proceed to switch 2 or 3 more times before the round is through. That's no way to develop consistent feel, IMO. I try to open a dozen and use that ball exclusively until they're all gone. Then I might try a different brand or type of ball......

Yah- I just scored 2 doz Kirkland Signatures at the Costco in Charleston, SC. Had 2 pallets of them on the floor.
On Thurs will see what the buzz is all about. Otherwise, it's back to the MG's.

jbuck31
Trispeed Tour's are good balls for the price. I use them in yellow.

    Pro V1 new ones. Expensive but I think they cannot be beat for around the green. Distance is fine.

    letthebigdogshunt
    I bought 2 dozen a couple years ago from a used ball web site. The thing I found with Srixon balls from a used ball re-seller was that the coating that Srixon puts on their balls to assist spin seems to not react well to the chemicals used to wash them. The balls (at least to me) don't seem to stop as well on the greens, comparing rewashed used balls to new balls. It may be "all in my head" but it seems that way to me.

        mulegolf

        I guess it depends on how old the balls are. When did they start to put the spin skin coats on Srixon balls? When I started playing the sl ball it did not have that coat it was just a normal ball.

          I'm not positive. I know that the Q-Star had it in 2013 (though I've never used those). Golf Galaxy still is selling those (2013 model). The regular Z-Star's also had/have it. I guess I'm not sure I read that the SL's did (but I thought I did when I ordered them), but they were between the Z-Star's and the Q-Stars so I can't believe they wouldn't have had it also.

          I get my balls at Goodwill in a grab-bag for 10 to 15 cents a ball (on 50% discount). I don't really care what I am playing with, but for whatever reason I never play well with ProV1 balls.

          Usually refurbished pro v1x's. If I find a deal, I'll buy them, but only Titleist. Pro V's, NXT's and just picked up 5 dozen Velocity balls for $20. Haven't tried them before.

          Hammer. Usually single drills from EBay or CL, only have purchased one new from the pro shop.

          Oh, sorry - scotts33 might be the only one who gets that.

          Still have several dozen Top Flite D2 Feel from when Target was clearing them out for $4/box 7-8 years ago.

          4 days later

          I will buy a sleeve of a given ball and if I like it, I will then go online and buy a few dozen. Problem is manufacturers are always trying to make a ball new and improved which does not always work for me. I want the Titleist, wound DT ball back. My all time favorite.

          I love the Nike PD soft so I have stockpiled a few dozen as they are no longer made.