Any one tried the Volvik Vivid Golf Ball?

Ringoblack · 2017-11-02T18:14:26+00:00

Found one last week and tried it. Although it felt soft to me, it did get pretty good distance. And the color, you sure can see it a mile away. Any one el...

sdandrea1

Wife uses them exclusively. Loves them. When we play together we have NO problem finding her ball.

Rickochet

I played them most of the summer. I like the green ones. Very easy to see and and the green is very easy to tell it isn't a yellow ball or dandelion. Distance is good but cover can chip easily if you hit a rock. Also after several rounds and it you wash them a lot the green color will actually fade to yellow.

candukid

I traded in some clubs for a store credit and picked up a dozen of the Yellow. They do have great distance but as others have written, they lack the check up on the green. My B330-RXS costs a bit more but IMO is a much better ball all around.

P.S. they do disappear in the leaves on the ground this fall...

Rickochet

candukid P.S. they do disappear in the leaves on the ground this fall...

The red, pink and orange won't and you could probably use them as hand warmers in the fall. 😜

candukid

Rickochet
pink maybe, but the red and orange...you seen our leaves up here? they b red and orange and yellow 😄

Provisional

I saw Bubba signed with them . Joined bandwagon when I found one for $.37 at PIAS. Liked it when playing in group since it was obvious which one was mine. I thought they were a little short of the Callaway super soft but straighter. Picked up dozen used aaaa grade of green Vivid for $27 shipped from Sunshine golf which were very good . My best swing speed is maybe mid 80s so you'd think I'd get better compression with softer ones. Not too sure that's right though because if I want longer drives I'll use a lost &found Top rock distance unless temperature is cooler . I'm thinking it is mental?

Spuzz

Provisional I saw Bubba signed with them

and then he ditched them.
https://www.golfbuzz.com/d/2514-bubba-s-balls/11

They don't spin much is the issue, otherwise decent ball, imo.

kchacker

Loved the colors, thought it was far too squishy to hit with any power. I wish more manufacturers would make splashy balls. I love the soccer ball print and the different colors.

Rickochet

Spuzz They don't spin much is the issue, otherwise decent ball, imo.

Plus 1 - Our greens were very hard most of the summer and I like how the Vivids feel but I had to factor in rollout on the greens, not my usual one hop and stop.

garyt1957

Spuzz

He wasn't playing the Vivid, though

mulegolf

SVonhof
I bought two dozen of them for visibility in the fall leaves. I thought that they didn't go as far off the club as a Callaway Chrome Soft but felt similar off of an iron. My main complaint was like you and Ringoblack said, they felt like mush off of my putter and I continuously left putts short. I believe I'll try the Wilson Duo Soft Optix balls for next fall. They look to be very bright colors also and although I've never played one, those who have played the white ones them seem to like them.

ZWExton

mulegolf Was this the regular vivid or the XT? XT is supposed to be higher compression, may resolve the mushy issue.

Provisional

mulegolf
I thought that the vivid color would help find ones that were trying to hide. Not for me. I can see the white balls best I've have found , but when the deep brumuda rough eats one forgetaboutit!. They are also uncanny in hiding under the smallest leaf. Our leaf fall is delayed for Indian Summer here. 85* + today. Thankfully .
I saw my ball disappear into rough on 11 on a pitiful drive today went straight to it and still took several minutes to locate but found three others in process. Found mine, went back to get club & had to search some to locate it again! Doubt I'll fool around with any more Volvic or other colors but whites.

mulegolf

ZWExton
It was the regular Vivid.

raggmann54

Wilson is coming out with a very low compression ball this month which will have colors very close to the Volvik for the "average" player in the $19.99 price range.

mikeintopeka

I gave them a try and didn't like the "feel" off the irons and I thought the distance off the tee resulted in a loss of about 5-10 yards. I'm glad I only had one sleeve.

rsvman

mikeintopeka I felt the same way. I liked them OK; the colors were great. But I felt a slight performance loss with these balls.

I like Wilson Duos, Nike Mojos, TM Project As, TM Burners. I used to use the older Volvik balls (pretty sure they called it the Volvik Crystal, where it almost looked liked the cover was clear and the color was beneath) and I liked them just fine.

Rickochet

Provisional but when the deep brumuda rough eats one forgetaboutit!.

I hate that. We used to play a course that let the bermuda rough get high before a Hooters Tour tourney. You had to step on your ball to find it. It was a guaranteed a 5 hour plus round. Our group plays "leaf rule" in the fall. If a hazard or OB is nowhere near take a leaf rule free drop and move on.

Spuzz

garyt1957

Maybe he should have
LOL

Rickochet

rsvman I like Wilson Duos, Nike Mojos, TM Project As, TM Burners.

I played some Mojos and the Vivid side by side last summer and for me the Vivid flew much farther.

rsvman

Rickochet For me it was the opposite, although I never really played them side by side.