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Originally Posted by Wazmankg
This is my first ever equipment thread so be gentle guys. I always was of the opinion that the brand of ball a player of my skill uses makes very little difference. I've played mostly found balls the past few years. This year I decided to try and settle on a ball. I tried some NXTs and they were fine. Then I tried some Maxfli {i don't know what they're called but they have light gray lettering}. I really liked them, but I couldn't find them at Dick's SG when I ran out. They had these Slazenger Raw Distance titaniums on sale, 2 for 1 or something, so I picked up a couple dozen... big mistake. I played them yesterday and it literally felt like I was hitting rocks. The good news is I managed to lose 5 of them... I didn't even look for the last 2 in some deep rough. I suppose I could put the rest of them in a long sock and use it to fend off potential attackers. So I need some recommendations on a soft, decent ball that won't cost me half a C-note per dozen.
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Wazman: Can we have an update? Did you settle on a ball? If so, did that improve your play? If so, what did it improve? Did you become a ProV1 fan? Or was the D2 feel just fine? Or did you choose something else?
As for me, I have played Topflite's Gamer, D2-Feel and Wilson's Zip balls and I have pretty much settled on the D2-Feel for the foreseeable future, though I still have a few rounds worth of the other types left over. I liked the Gamer and D2-Feel, pretty much equally, so I will go with the cheaper option. I couldn't find much wrong with them for any aspect of my game. I didn't hit it off with the Zip. With all the experimenting, I haven't played one ball long enough yet to notice short-game improvements, but I expect improvement once I lose the left-overs and finally settle.