Dear Team Titleist members,
14 handicap who loses too many on the "tight course layouts" here in Japan to justify the cost of Pro V1s, so I found the Tour Soft to be for my budget and mid-range swing speed.
However, if the My Golf Spy ball testing data is to be believed, the previous 2 series of Tour Soft balls came out in mid-60s compression and now the latest series tested earlier this year showed up at mid-80s. I only played one round with the newest series... and maybe I don't fully know a clear strike or the wind there might be between the trees on this par 3 with a huge gully between the tee box and green... but what I felt were well struck balls on a course I have probably played 100 rounds at came up way short, even the second try after clubbing up.
Is it possible that the new series of Tour Soft balls (with the darker thicker alignment "T" mark) at 20 compression points higher have been bumped out of my ideal ball range?
And should I be stocking up on as many of the older series I can get my hands on for $5 cheaper/doz I can get them? Or should I not actually worry about making the switch?
Thanks for any input to clear up my confusion... I wrote to MGS - they haven't replied :(
GR