I never thought I would be saying this.....

backinit · 2020-07-05T17:47:26+00:00

The red covered golf balls are the dog's bollocks...lol. They really show up well to me with my current state of vision. I can't believe I am typing this, bu...

scotts33

KCee I've been playing Snell's for awhile now and like them. Both the Black and X seem very good. Black feels better IMO, but I probably get a bit more out of the X.

The MTB-X seems to be as close as one can get to a Pro V1X. Looking at the data the MGS guys did with a robot one can't argue to try an MTB-X.

Dean Snell interview with MGS.

ode

scotts33 loved the OG MTB.....still have a dozen or so....I guess the black is the closest replacement to it. Don't sleep on the Black. OG graphics were not the most durable and wore off quickly. Assuming they have fixed that since the initial launch. I see they have added yellow offerings in all lines. Must be doing pretty good as a company!

KCee

scotts33 I'd still give the edge to the ProV's, but I think the Snells are excellent and they were $26/dozen shipped when I got mine. I've also had good results with TP5X and Tour B X balls. Snell may be closest to ProV for me. I feel like I can play either ProV1 or Prov1X and also MTB Black or MTB X. With TM I feel like I lose significant driver distance with TP5 compared to TP5X. I have ok swing speed, but probably not enough for some balls.

ode

Red balls, yikes🛑

Rickochet

ode Red balls, yikes

Red and blue balls, yikes.

meagain

Any color is better than this:

Rickochet

meagain Any color is better than this:

Maybe. Years ago there were some different color Noodle Ice balls. I actually found the pink ones easy to see. A bud found one that was grape purple and you could see it for squat.

scotts33

KCee I have ok swing speed, but probably not enough for some balls.

This is an old wives tale. Soft balls are slow balls. Higher compression balls gain distance for ALL swing speeds low to high. See 2019 MGS Ball Test done with robot.

meagain

Rickochet Red and blue balls, yikes.

May be better than black and blue balls?

mikeintopeka

colej He said I can’t see watch your golf ball when you use that red ball!

That's me. I don't yell about playing a red ball but I do apologize before we take off down the first fairway. "red is really hard for me to see on green grass unless the sun hits it and causes a glare. So, I'm kind of useless in trying to help you find it."

mulegolf

I have been playing the matt green Srixon Soft Feel balls this year (more often than not). I like them and find them easy to see (both in the air and on the ground). A couple of years ago I tried the Volvik Vivid balls in both red and green. I didn't like them because I felt that they cost me distance. I liked how they were easy to find but the red ones seemed to be great in the air but when they hit the ground and started rolling I couldn't follow them as well as white or yellow balls.
I have the same problem with orange balls. I can find them when I look for them but from a distance they're hard to follow. The orange or red balls seem to be easier for me to find in the fall leaves for some reason and that's why I buy them, for fall use.

backinit

mulegolf I found vivid balls to be average off the tee and about 1/2 club longer with irons.

KCee

More than a few guys I play with will pull out a Red ball on hole #3 at our club. It's a dogleg left par 5 with OB left and the driving range on the right. Depending on the tees you generally need over 200 yds to get a look around the corner so a lot of guys are hitting driver and of course erring towards the driving range and there's only a handful of trees to keep it out. The Red balls do stand out among the white and yellow range balls and cut down the search time.

garyt1957

Rickochet I agree if it was the really low compression ones. They were really short off the driver for me. Irons were Ok.

DC300

Rickochet That sounds like a problem I would never have to worry about. My record for one golf ball can’t be more than 2 rounds with it.

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