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Time for a higher level Callaway ball? Chrome soft-x

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Wed, Feb 8 2017 1:56 PM

  http://www.callawaygolf.com/golf-balls/balls-2017-chrome-soft-x.html

   

  Would be nice to see more distance/spin for a Callaway here.  :)

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  And yellow of course LOL

• phred952 2,714 Posts

  Wed, Feb 8 2017 2:02 PM

  Also with slower meter speed, and a better value for the total performance specs like the Nike balls offer.

  And of course in yellow as a standard color.

• borntobesting 9,701 Posts

  Wed, Feb 8 2017 3:23 PM

  hpurey:

  http://www.callawaygolf.com/golf-balls/balls-2017-chrome-soft-x.html

   

  Would be nice to see more distance/spin for a Callaway here.  :)

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  And yellow of course LOL

  or maybe my favorite ball Bridgestone 330 RSX

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 7:07 AM

  borntobesting:

  or maybe my favorite ball Bridgestone 330 RSX

   

  That too!   I've hit the B330 RX a few rounds after finding a yellow one and liked it.  

  ;-)

• alpenpirat 1,169 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 7:24 AM

  Why you like to see new balls in the pro-shop ??

  Me and our champs are playing the L- 34 Callaway Hex Chrome with very good results. Very good distance includet a good meter controll to hit the center over 90%. 

• phred952 2,714 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 7:50 AM

  alpenpirat:

  Why you like to see new balls in the pro-shop ??

  Me and our champs are playing the L- 34 Callaway Hex Chrome with very good results. Very good distance includet a good meter controll to hit the center over 90%. 

  My point is that the Nike's give some more "Bang for your Buck" compared to the Callaways when you look at  the performance / cost per sleeve.  Or offer higher perf than the Callys do for more credits, as we all know.

  I'd like to see a Cally L45 /Legend+ spec ball with the 3.5 meter.  That would make it close to a Nike L61, except for .5 spin.  And the Nikes are only 50 credits more than the Cally L34's. with a lot more spin. Or compare the L81 Nike to the L67 Truvis.  Less cost and better performance.   Much better value in my opinion.

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 8:46 AM

  phred952:

  I'd like to see a Cally L45 /Legend+ spec ball with the 3.5 meter.  That would make it close to a Nike L61, except for .5 spin.  And the Nikes are only 50 credits more than the Cally L34's. with a lot more spin. Or compare the L81 Nike to the L67 Truvis.  Less cost and better performance.   Much better value in my opinion.

  The next ball will always have an inferior value for money.

• SlicedPepper 796 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 9:53 AM

  With Nike balls going away, whenever that happens, hopefully they'll have proper replacements. 

  Wouldn't mind seeing the Callaways bumped up, or maybe add the Titleist X and V to the shop.

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 9:58 AM

  phred952:

  Or compare the L81 Nike to the L67 Truvis.  Less cost and better performance.   Much better value in my opinion.

  I agree that Nike L81 balls are a better value than the Truvis Chrome. But I actually like the Truvis better. What kills it for me is the higher cost and lower durability. But for me, the difference in distance between the two balls is negligible.

  
  If they would just lower the price of the Truvis a bit and adjust its durability to 2.5, I'd be buying it over the NIke. In fact, depending on what they replace the Nike balls with it, I'll probably switch over to the Truvis when the Nike balls are gone. 

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Thu, Feb 9 2017 11:30 AM

  phred952:

  My point is that the Nike's give some more "Bang for your Buck" compared to the Callaways when you look at  the performance / cost per sleeve.  Or offer higher perf than the Callys do for more credits, as we all know.

  I can't agree with you on the more preformance/cost I'm afraid phred.

  I use the Cally L33 which when you divide the cost, 250 credits, by the total attributes, 11.5, comes out at 21.74 credits.

  The Nike RZN Black comes out at 42.17

  The L40 RZN is 41.38

  The L61 you mentioned is better but still 35.71

  The best value Nike I could find is the old L48 ball at 29.63

  The Cally Truvis though is 44.64

  Whatever they do I hope they don't drop that L33 Callaway, it's been one of the best buys in the pro shop since it was just about the best ball you could get.  Albeit under a different name.  And then another name.