Tried a ton of different balls through the years, cheapos and premium. Gave up on the high dollar balls as they do nothing for me. And makes no sense to spend extra $$ when something else will produce same results, at lower cost. I remember starting out with the old Rock Flites and graduated to Maxfli Blue Max, which was a top dollar ball in it's time. Realized at that point about the benefits(none) of pricey balls and dropped into the Top Flite x-outs($5/doz.) which seemed to be a better ball than the reg. TF balls. Go figure. The last several years I've used the(original) Callaway Warbirds a lot, along with the Pinnacle Exception. Both dirt cheap, when they have them, at RBG. The newer Warbird is a harder ball, still with super distance from the tee, but the fw shots are not so good as the original ball. The Exception is just a great all around ball. The Laddie is a good ball and have played it a lot; still have a few sleeves left for colder days. I've now settled into the TF Gamer; farthest off the tee and easy to hit off the fw, same as the Exception(for me anyway). Price is right.(hear that/read that John??)