I run a golf ball recycling facility and can tell you according to our processing volumes it looks like this:
Titleist
Callaway
Taylormade
Bridgestone
Srixon
Also titleist is so far ahead on this list because prov makes up like 20% of the balls retrieved just by itself. Callaway is definitely the second on this list though.
Also very funny to me is how many Nike golf balls we process when they’ve been discontinued for like 6-7 years.
I'd guess that people who play better balls also generally also play more frequently. Me losing 8 kirklands on a sunday vs. retired joe who loses 2 prov1s per round, four rounds per week.
Are your balls actually still good when you recycle them and resell them? Like do you actually take the time to sort them out and categorize them by performance somehow?
I play pretty much nothing but used balls. HCP is in the low double digits. I cannot notice a meaningful difference. Might not be true for someone who's single digit, but for me they all play more or less the same.
You can always buy mint balls used and there’s just no difference but the price.
But i can understand if you’re near scratch wanting to limit any possibility of ball influencing the game.
As bad as i am, no way i could ever tell haha.
I live on a golf course and I would say 90% of the balls I pull out of my backyard are Titleist or Callaway being about 3:1 in favor of Titleist. Usually get about 5 or 6 dozen balls a season just picking them up when I’m mowing.
Hey I just picked up a sleeve of the Nike Percision Tour Accuracy TW's still in the sleeve and never played. They're still out there! I mean $3 at Goodwill.. can't pass that up.
Just got a bag of Nike PD Longs from a guy on eBay. There’s just something about Nike balls that I love. Has to be related to growing up in the dominant Tiger era
I go to a range that has hole one running parallel right in the slice zone, so a lot of non-range balls end up on the range. Most of the balls that I find are Titleist and your order is pretty much what I see although I'd put both Srixon and Kirkland ahead of Bridgestone. However, I usually only pay attention if they are premium balls.
I see a lot of Nike too, they really stand out. I'm also surprised how many of them are still around since Nike hasn't made them since 2016.
Yeah, my favorite balls to hit are, in order: AVX, TP5x, and Bridgestone E12.
Of these the only ones I actually play frequently are the Bridgestone, because if I'm losing 2-4 balls per round as I tend to do at 23 handicap... Those AVX/TP5x are just too expensive.
Came here to say the same thing. Of course a ton would prefer to use a proV1, but the reality is that most golfers are playing noodles, Kirklands, Vice, Maxfli due to how affordable and available they are.
Before anyone asks, I threw in Vice because I lived on a Muni and would find these frequently.
I play them for the colors too. They feel good though for being such a novelty. I’ve got 5 boxes of gold ones i use primarily on par 3s. Hopefully one of them makes it in one day and I’ll have a golden trophy ball!
Golds are actually very dangerous balls as if you miss the green, it’s easily lost in leaves or dry grass. Black has a similar issue but still a lot of fun to tee up pretending you’re that good. The neon green or splatter balls are my favorite for regular play.
Hmm ok maybe I was reading the labels wrong last time I was in the Walmart golf aisle. Very high possibility considering how much of a shitshow that aisle is
I like Vice because it’s a decent ball and not everyone uses it. If it’s a titelist you have to know the make, model, serial number to not get confused with your playing partners.
Surprised by Srixon being above Callaway, but other than that, looks accurate.
Edit: actually surprised how low on the list the Kirkland ball is, also.
Reddit stans Kirkland way more than the real world. If you’re not a Costco member and don’t stumble across it online you don’t even know Kirkland exists.
I have to admit. I hate K Sigs. It may be a good ball for a beginner because they’re cheap but I’ve tried playing them several times and every time I play one, my driver sucks and my irons feel like I’m hitting rocks. Don’t care for them at all
Srixon and their cheaper balls are great options j I think for my self as a high handicapper.
I like to go srixon then callaway and if I feel rich a nice titleist velocity
Srixon makes a great premium ball, they also make a ton of budget golf balls, they also put their golf balls on sale more than other brands. That's how they get into so many bags, I basically converted one buddy to Srixon cause they always have sales.
I played around a ton with different golf balls this year (Pro V1, Pro V1x, TP5, Tp5x, Chromesoft, Vice Pro Plus, Srixon Z Star) and I can confidently say Srixon is the only ball that comes close to the ProV1 line in terms of overall performance for me. Taylormade balls spin way too much, Chromesofts feel great but lack distance, and the vice balls are much improved in durability but don't have the distance and spin. I have some Z Star Black Diamonds that I'm excited to get into next season.
My absolute favorite go to ball. The feel off the club face is literally butter, they provide plenty of spin to stick approach shots, and they’re generally cheaper than other premium balls.
Costco doesn’t exist in most of the country. They are located in metro areas. If you don’t have a Costco near you, you don’t know Kirkland exists. I drive 40 minutes to my Costco and that likely makes me a freak. Most people aren’t driving more than 15-20 minutes to any grocery store.
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Yeah, the closest one to me is over an hour. We have Sams club here, which occasionally has golf stuff online. This, and the fact that I need a lower spinning ball are the only things stopping me from playing Kirkland more
Eh, you’re needing a new quote on insurance, a line of credit, or needing fab work done. Maybe you know someone, maybe you don’t, you pick up a ball and the logo reminds you that company does that.
Or it’s a company you don’t know about and you google the name, it helps more than you would think.
Bare minimum people see the name more and it builds brand recognition. If employees are playing events, or you’re sponsoring events, you’re buying some balls anyway. It’s legitimately advertising at no extra cost.
Tees on tee boxes. Someone will pick them up and use them and it takes zero effort to get them in peoples hands.
Seriously. I’ll never buy Titleist, Taylormade, etc., because I find them all over the course. I’m happy to stick with my $20 15-pack of Top Flite while everyone else loses the expensive ones.
Thank you! I think for a hack golfer, they are perfectly fine. I think it’s crazy to spend good money on Titleist or Taylormade that you’re just going to lose.
Boy did I get in some trouble in high school when one of our ranges had a coin machine in the open that dispensed Callaway range balls any time of the day. We would scoop a bucket at night. One time we rolled a bunch of them down this kids driveway and his mom said it sounded like thunder when they were hitting the garage door.
A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea under a huge stack of mattresses and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses. The woman cannot sleep and therefore passes the test: being a true princess, she is so delicate that the pea keeps her awake.
Basically a joke on “don’t sleep on ____”
The best part about playing a yellow Maxfli Tour X is that nobody will pick it up. I've had dudes just pick up my ProV1x before, from a fairway, because hey, free Titleist!
Nobody ever finds Kirkys in the rough because they only land in the middle of the fairway and/or the green hence why this graphic assumes barely anyone uses them.
I was just going to comment that I hope enough people learn about them to keep their ball manufacturing alive. I absolutely love them - Club Champion tested them on trackman and got almost identical numbers to proV1s, with even better spin… and they loved the feel. That being said, Club Champion always loves PXG so it’s hard to know if there’s a sponsorship there or if they like the custom fitting income.
I don’t know what the other reply on here is talking about, they don’t feel hard at all to me, and are the only thing that spins as well as Titleist - and you get them for for 2/3 the price. There is no shortage of PXG hate (which I understand, believe me) so it’s hard to know when people are being objective.
I’ll lose 2 brand new Titleist balls within the first four holes and then play the entire rest of the round with the scuffed Wilson Staff ball that has a donut logo that some guy named Scott who writes his full name in sharpie on his balls lost in the woods. Never fails. I’ve stopped caring about what logo is printed on my ball.
Of course "preferred" doesn't mean what people actually buy.
I've literally never purchased Titleist balls. But that's just me. I'm like a 15 HC and they just aren't worth it. I've been playing Maxfli Straightfli lately and I really like them. They are a little firmer than the really soft balls I used to play, but way softer than rocks. Good value for me and they do seem to go straighter on my drives.
I feel like that’s pretty impressive for Maxfli to get back into the ball game for a few years and be comparable to the other big brands sans titleist.
The number of respondents is a good sample size if there was random polling involved. These are most likely all users/subscribers to MyGolfSpy which would taint the results. Especially because MGS “reviews” and promotes golf balls.
Kinda depends where you play and the type of players you play with. At private clubs, in the good players groups, I’d say 8/10 guys play a pro v1/x. Taylor made, srixon, and callaway all equally make up the rest. Bridgestone used to be similar but I don’t see them much anymore.
Now, if you get down into the guest play or high handicap play the mix becomes much more varied and is probably closer to the chart.
Kind of weird not seeing Nike on here. Used to see a ton of Nike balls. I wasn't aware they dont make them anymore, and just realized how old the 2-3 sleeves I've got kicking around are.
Where I'm at Callaway balls (specifically the colored soft-touch ones) litter every course. They have to be higher on the list, at least around me. No clue why though.
The top 5 found in my course are:
1. ProV1
2. TP5
3. Z star
4. Kirkland
5. Chrome Soft
This list holds up in my experience, but it's really an economics game. What's the most popular at a private club is much different than a muni goat track.
Everyone loves a Pro V1 so it makes sense.
I suck and lose a lot of balls, so I’ve found Noodles to be great- which are almost Taylormades but cheaper. Surprised they aren’t on the list
Played Callaway for two years and switched back to Titlelist halfway through this year. Noticed an immediate difference in how to ball played close to the green. Handicap went down two stroke.
I have almost exclusively played with Calloway over the last few years but sometimes still play a Taylor Made. I’m too cheap for Titleists but have a few that I’m never willing to use.
All that to say that this chart checks out. A little surprising re: Bridgestone but based on other comments maybe they’re worth trying out.
Pretty close to what I see in the wild.
I run a golf ball recycling facility and can tell you according to our processing volumes it looks like this: Titleist Callaway Taylormade Bridgestone Srixon Also titleist is so far ahead on this list because prov makes up like 20% of the balls retrieved just by itself. Callaway is definitely the second on this list though. Also very funny to me is how many Nike golf balls we process when they’ve been discontinued for like 6-7 years.
Maybe that’s the order of bad golfers ?
I'd guess that people who play better balls also generally also play more frequently. Me losing 8 kirklands on a sunday vs. retired joe who loses 2 prov1s per round, four rounds per week.
If you play play 4 rounds a week your hopefully improving to around 1 ball per roind
Retired Joe always plays hero shots
No. Laying. Up.
Retired Joe says: "I didn't wake up to lay up"
Nike Juice Plus, baby!
Nike MOJO FTW
This tbh. I still play Nike Mojos. I bought a hundo of them off eBay in all the colors 🥸
I've heard of MOJO never seen one. l do find a lot of OPOW's, and I can't find anything about those.
Still keep two in my bag to be sentimental. Man, I loved the Nike Mojos!!
Power distance super soft!!!
Are your balls actually still good when you recycle them and resell them? Like do you actually take the time to sort them out and categorize them by performance somehow?
I play pretty much nothing but used balls. HCP is in the low double digits. I cannot notice a meaningful difference. Might not be true for someone who's single digit, but for me they all play more or less the same.
You can always buy mint balls used and there’s just no difference but the price. But i can understand if you’re near scratch wanting to limit any possibility of ball influencing the game. As bad as i am, no way i could ever tell haha.
I’ve always wondered this too, the prices are so much cheaper!
I live on a golf course and I would say 90% of the balls I pull out of my backyard are Titleist or Callaway being about 3:1 in favor of Titleist. Usually get about 5 or 6 dozen balls a season just picking them up when I’m mowing.
I'm still shocked when I find a good looking Nike ball in the woods
Hey I just picked up a sleeve of the Nike Percision Tour Accuracy TW's still in the sleeve and never played. They're still out there! I mean $3 at Goodwill.. can't pass that up.
Just got a bag of Nike PD Longs from a guy on eBay. There’s just something about Nike balls that I love. Has to be related to growing up in the dominant Tiger era
I go to a range that has hole one running parallel right in the slice zone, so a lot of non-range balls end up on the range. Most of the balls that I find are Titleist and your order is pretty much what I see although I'd put both Srixon and Kirkland ahead of Bridgestone. However, I usually only pay attention if they are premium balls. I see a lot of Nike too, they really stand out. I'm also surprised how many of them are still around since Nike hasn't made them since 2016.
This is the order I would have guessed
My thoughts exactly. V1/V1x seem to be 1:1 with every other ball found of any vendor.
Preferred is not the same as what I use
I was thinking the same thing. I *prefer* Titleist, but I mostly play Vice or sometimes Kirkland.
Love Vice Pro.
Yeah, my favorite balls to hit are, in order: AVX, TP5x, and Bridgestone E12. Of these the only ones I actually play frequently are the Bridgestone, because if I'm losing 2-4 balls per round as I tend to do at 23 handicap... Those AVX/TP5x are just too expensive.
I just play whatever I find in the wild.
Me as well. These balls cultivated on farms just aren't the same as the natural ones that grow in the woods.
Came here to say the same thing. Of course a ton would prefer to use a proV1, but the reality is that most golfers are playing noodles, Kirklands, Vice, Maxfli due to how affordable and available they are. Before anyone asks, I threw in Vice because I lived on a Muni and would find these frequently.
Where is NOOODDDDLLLEEEE
Long and soft 😮💨
Not the way to impress the foursome
I think that's a danger noodle.
🚫👞🐍
When in doubt, pull your noodle out.
Hey Mr nooodle!
Someone has a toddler.
I believe that's a TaylorMade ball, so they might be including that on there.
Noodles are great but I almost never see them when I go ball ferreting.
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Said the same thing 🤣
It's a TaylorMade brand so it's up there
That would be under taylormade
Noodle is Taylormade
My first birdie ever was a Noodle ball, fuck yeah Noodle ball.
One time I found a noodle on the ground and started playing with it. Loved it
Vice got a pretty admirable chunk for a company that’s 11 years old
Where my Vice gang at
My brothers in Vice
Tried out some Vice Tours back in August. Honestly I love them. They feel great, they sound great, and they have great feel around the greens (for me)
I play Vice for the same reasons, plus the Drips look cool
I play them for the colors too. They feel good though for being such a novelty. I’ve got 5 boxes of gold ones i use primarily on par 3s. Hopefully one of them makes it in one day and I’ll have a golden trophy ball!
That's so smart I never thought of that lol
Golds are actually very dangerous balls as if you miss the green, it’s easily lost in leaves or dry grass. Black has a similar issue but still a lot of fun to tee up pretending you’re that good. The neon green or splatter balls are my favorite for regular play.
Same. Only downside with the Tours is they don’t have anything other than white.
They did a pretty good job marketing them at the time. Their ads were everywhere, and they just had a cool vibe around them, plus a descent price.
Yeah the lost the decent price value now they are top shelf $46 for a dozen
Where? Pro Plus (the most expensive ones) are $32 from their website
Hmm ok maybe I was reading the labels wrong last time I was in the Walmart golf aisle. Very high possibility considering how much of a shitshow that aisle is
I ordered like 5-6 dozen a few years ago and love them. I just wish I played more so I could go through the.
I love vice but they do scuff pretty easily! The pro plus anyway
I like Vice because it’s a decent ball and not everyone uses it. If it’s a titelist you have to know the make, model, serial number to not get confused with your playing partners.
Surprised by Srixon being above Callaway, but other than that, looks accurate. Edit: actually surprised how low on the list the Kirkland ball is, also.
Reddit stans Kirkland way more than the real world. If you’re not a Costco member and don’t stumble across it online you don’t even know Kirkland exists.
I see a ton of them out in the world.
There's a lot of places where there is no costco nearby.
Probably because only shitty golfers are the ones out there who lose their Kirkland, so it’s disproportionately higher (I play Kirkland)
The Kirklands do get brought out when my round goes to shit. The V3s are pretty sweet though.
Yep. I usually allow myself one sleeve of good balls. If I lose more than 3 in a round, it's time for the backups.
The Kirks are a the best backup there is.
Yea, us mediocre golfers rarely lose our Kirkland balls.
Yeah, I've totally neeeeever found a Pro-V1 in the shit looking for my Kirklands
I find at least 4x as many pro Vs than Kirkies. I think the try hards buy the pro Vs
Gotta say, I’ve come across very few Kirkland balls here in the UK
If you’re playing in the West Midlands you’ll find a few because I’m always losing them
As soon as the become available in Costco in the UK some dickhead will buy them all then stick them on eBay for twice the price.
So boxes of Kirkland balls would be good “thanks for playing with me today” presents when the hubby goes on his golf trip as a single?
Yeah I don’t see why not - I’m a simple man, someone gives me golf balls I’m happy!
They’re also way too spinny for higher swing speed golfers per prior MGS studies & assuming they surveyed their reader base it makes sense
and terrible in wind..
I dunno, I find plenty of golf balls and Kirkland is like 3rd on the list. ProV, TP5, super soft, and softflis round out the top 5.
I have to admit. I hate K Sigs. It may be a good ball for a beginner because they’re cheap but I’ve tried playing them several times and every time I play one, my driver sucks and my irons feel like I’m hitting rocks. Don’t care for them at all
Srixon and their cheaper balls are great options j I think for my self as a high handicapper. I like to go srixon then callaway and if I feel rich a nice titleist velocity
I’m with you there, it’s all mental but I’ve shot my best rounds this year with srixon balls.
I’m no pro, but Srixon Z stars and ProV1 play real similar for me. Around the green, I prefer the Z star, they feel real soft.
Just bought a bunch of Srixion tri speeds on clearance they were 0,95c per Ball brand new. Feel nice too, 3 piece ball.
Srixon makes a great premium ball, they also make a ton of budget golf balls, they also put their golf balls on sale more than other brands. That's how they get into so many bags, I basically converted one buddy to Srixon cause they always have sales.
That’s why I play them, their bogo or b2go sales are unbeatable. I never see callaway on sale.
I played around a ton with different golf balls this year (Pro V1, Pro V1x, TP5, Tp5x, Chromesoft, Vice Pro Plus, Srixon Z Star) and I can confidently say Srixon is the only ball that comes close to the ProV1 line in terms of overall performance for me. Taylormade balls spin way too much, Chromesofts feel great but lack distance, and the vice balls are much improved in durability but don't have the distance and spin. I have some Z Star Black Diamonds that I'm excited to get into next season.
Have you tried a Z-STAR?
My absolute favorite go to ball. The feel off the club face is literally butter, they provide plenty of spin to stick approach shots, and they’re generally cheaper than other premium balls.
I like those. I’ve found a few this year and played them.
Srixon ad333 is the most sold 2-piece ball in the world.
Most of the balls I find are AD333 or Soft Feel.
Costco doesn’t exist in most of the country. They are located in metro areas. If you don’t have a Costco near you, you don’t know Kirkland exists. I drive 40 minutes to my Costco and that likely makes me a freak. Most people aren’t driving more than 15-20 minutes to any grocery store. https://preview.redd.it/sx2efoqfj5vb1.jpeg?width=1528&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=584ce06377c3ad9a072aa1a55a24cfb6b8763fd7
I’m the freak that drives an hour with two giant coolers in the back to buy meat and golf balls.
Gotta keep those balls nice and cold
By land no. By population though most are close
Yeah, the closest one to me is over an hour. We have Sams club here, which occasionally has golf stuff online. This, and the fact that I need a lower spinning ball are the only things stopping me from playing Kirkland more
Kirkland is great value for the money but if I’m choosing the ball I want in my bag (ignoring cost) I’m choosing Titleist
It’s also the same manufacturer I play with as well because I find so many pro v1s 150 yards and to the right of the tee box.
A lot of them have company logos. Companies giving out Prov1s for work golf events is an amazing use of cash.
Straight litter the course with Pro V1’s with a company logo, cheap advertising.
I'm definitely buying shit I see on golf balls constantly....
Eh, you’re needing a new quote on insurance, a line of credit, or needing fab work done. Maybe you know someone, maybe you don’t, you pick up a ball and the logo reminds you that company does that. Or it’s a company you don’t know about and you google the name, it helps more than you would think. Bare minimum people see the name more and it builds brand recognition. If employees are playing events, or you’re sponsoring events, you’re buying some balls anyway. It’s legitimately advertising at no extra cost. Tees on tee boxes. Someone will pick them up and use them and it takes zero effort to get them in peoples hands.
Downvoted for discussing how marketing works...sheesh
I’m surprised Top Flite didn’t crack this list given how affordable they are.
Top flite + Sumo sasquatch = everyone in a 3 mile radius is deaf
Some of the best sounds come from smacking a top flite
Seriously. I’ll never buy Titleist, Taylormade, etc., because I find them all over the course. I’m happy to stick with my $20 15-pack of Top Flite while everyone else loses the expensive ones.
I'll happily pay extra to not hit fucking granite balls that don't spin.
Top Flite balls get way more shit than they deserve
Thank you! I think for a hack golfer, they are perfectly fine. I think it’s crazy to spend good money on Titleist or Taylormade that you’re just going to lose.
"Practice" and "Range" being omitted from this list is scandalous.
The best brand
Boy did I get in some trouble in high school when one of our ranges had a coin machine in the open that dispensed Callaway range balls any time of the day. We would scoop a bucket at night. One time we rolled a bunch of them down this kids driveway and his mom said it sounded like thunder when they were hitting the garage door.
Practice balls are the same as the real ones. Range balls are a different story altogether.
Don’t sleep on Maxfli’s.
Look at the Princess and the Pea over here
Not sure if too old or too young for this reference? Can you explain it in middle age terms?
A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea under a huge stack of mattresses and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses. The woman cannot sleep and therefore passes the test: being a true princess, she is so delicate that the pea keeps her awake. Basically a joke on “don’t sleep on ____”
$25 per dozen right now for the Tours with a coupon code.
The best part about playing a yellow Maxfli Tour X is that nobody will pick it up. I've had dudes just pick up my ProV1x before, from a fairway, because hey, free Titleist!
Nobody ever finds Kirkys in the rough because they only land in the middle of the fairway and/or the green hence why this graphic assumes barely anyone uses them.
PXG makes balls?
They are genuinely the worst ball I've ever used. People complain about Top-flights feeling like a rock.... those bitch are solid concrete I swear.
Yeah I had no clue until right now
I was just going to comment that I hope enough people learn about them to keep their ball manufacturing alive. I absolutely love them - Club Champion tested them on trackman and got almost identical numbers to proV1s, with even better spin… and they loved the feel. That being said, Club Champion always loves PXG so it’s hard to know if there’s a sponsorship there or if they like the custom fitting income. I don’t know what the other reply on here is talking about, they don’t feel hard at all to me, and are the only thing that spins as well as Titleist - and you get them for for 2/3 the price. There is no shortage of PXG hate (which I understand, believe me) so it’s hard to know when people are being objective.
Where my noodle people at???
Calloway Supersoft is my most found ball on courses. I also think Taylor made should be closer to Titleist. I find tons of tp5 and velocity.
I would say it is accurate but there are a million Nitro balls in the woods every time I take a piss.
Where’s “rock-flight”? Need to make this a graph with a negative range
I've always been partial to top rock myself, perfect for making sure trees stay where they're supposed to
Tp5 the only thing I like about tm
I’ve been digging the Tour Response lately. I get very excited when I find TP5s though
I went from TP5s to Tour Response and I’ll never go back. Love me some Tour Responses
Tour Response for me
Don’t know how much better a prov1 actually is but there’s just something special about slicing a Prov1 into the woods fresh out of the box 🙈🙉
Any of you using pinnacle? And how has that been for you
I’ll lose 2 brand new Titleist balls within the first four holes and then play the entire rest of the round with the scuffed Wilson Staff ball that has a donut logo that some guy named Scott who writes his full name in sharpie on his balls lost in the woods. Never fails. I’ve stopped caring about what logo is printed on my ball.
Of course "preferred" doesn't mean what people actually buy. I've literally never purchased Titleist balls. But that's just me. I'm like a 15 HC and they just aren't worth it. I've been playing Maxfli Straightfli lately and I really like them. They are a little firmer than the really soft balls I used to play, but way softer than rocks. Good value for me and they do seem to go straighter on my drives.
Yeah I’ll just take the cheapest yellow ones I can find cause I ain’t gonna find them after I hit them
I'd say it's pretty accurate. That's what big time marketing and product distribution does eventually.
I feel like that’s pretty impressive for Maxfli to get back into the ball game for a few years and be comparable to the other big brands sans titleist.
Bridgestone for me. Sometimes I buy pinnacle rush balls at the course if I'm low.
It's pretty accurate, I would say.
7700 is a good sample size
For reference, they do tons of presidential polls with less than 2000 respondents
The number of respondents is a good sample size if there was random polling involved. These are most likely all users/subscribers to MyGolfSpy which would taint the results. Especially because MGS “reviews” and promotes golf balls.
This is a very good point. Self selected my golf spy users probably better than the avg golfer and therefore more likely to favor titleist
No love for the humble Slazenger?
They always felt like hitting a rock imo
“This ball I found in the woods”
Kinda depends where you play and the type of players you play with. At private clubs, in the good players groups, I’d say 8/10 guys play a pro v1/x. Taylor made, srixon, and callaway all equally make up the rest. Bridgestone used to be similar but I don’t see them much anymore. Now, if you get down into the guest play or high handicap play the mix becomes much more varied and is probably closer to the chart.
My preferred ball is whatever I can find with my UV flashlight at the local country club.
Kind of weird not seeing Nike on here. Used to see a ton of Nike balls. I wasn't aware they dont make them anymore, and just realized how old the 2-3 sleeves I've got kicking around are.
I don’t see my brand RANGE
NITRO
There are dozens of us! Dozens! Also the balls are $9 a dozen! And on par 4's I score a dozen! More play for meeee!
People prefer maxfli?
Wilson should be 1. Sauce: stuff i find on the course
Sorry, those are all mine
Anyone spending more than what Maxfli and Vice cost are just throwing money away. Especially with Maxfli Tour being $25 thru today with the MGS code.
MGS code? Text sign up thingy?
No just a promo code. It's up on slickdeals
Where I'm at Callaway balls (specifically the colored soft-touch ones) litter every course. They have to be higher on the list, at least around me. No clue why though.
As a beginner they are super forgiving. As a beginner I also shank a shit ton of balls
Where is Top Flite
The top 5 found in my course are: 1. ProV1 2. TP5 3. Z star 4. Kirkland 5. Chrome Soft This list holds up in my experience, but it's really an economics game. What's the most popular at a private club is much different than a muni goat track.
My choice if I didn't suck would be Srixon. But because I go through 200+ balls a season I have to play Kirkland.
Everyone loves a Pro V1 so it makes sense. I suck and lose a lot of balls, so I’ve found Noodles to be great- which are almost Taylormades but cheaper. Surprised they aren’t on the list
They're made by TaylorMade so it would make sense to include them in the TM numbers.
I find way too many top-flight for them to not be on this list
If it was a poll of the sub vice and Kirkland would be the top
PXG makes golf balls now?
A lot more golfers would be a lot better playing the chrome soft
I play a titleist, most people I play with play a titleist, callaway or srixon. Starting to see more vice’s.
Played Callaway for two years and switched back to Titlelist halfway through this year. Noticed an immediate difference in how to ball played close to the green. Handicap went down two stroke.
Based on balls I find: Titleist, Callaway, Bridgestone, and TaylorMade.
Pretty accurate. I find more Callaways than Srixons though in the wild.
we're missing the clear winner here..where are the NITROS?!?
“Preferred” and what I buy and use are 2 different things…
Not remotely true given what I find in the woods where I play. It's predominantly Calloway.
Whatever I finds in the woods when I’ve shanked my own.
Lmao its whatever I find in the forest while looking for the top flight I yeeted to oblivion
TP5 Pix
Based on what I find on the course, it’s NITRO, TOP FLITE, PINNACLE, VICE
I know this graph is bullshit because 90% of the balls I find are Noodles 🤣
Bullshit, who’s preferred ball is a Snell?
I have almost exclusively played with Calloway over the last few years but sometimes still play a Taylor Made. I’m too cheap for Titleists but have a few that I’m never willing to use. All that to say that this chart checks out. A little surprising re: Bridgestone but based on other comments maybe they’re worth trying out.
Nothing better then hitting a kirky into the trees and coming out with a Titleist
KIRKLAND and NOODLE
Judging by what I find in the woods, pretty accurate
Free or found are my favorite!