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Fair enough I'm sure there is a wall somewhere behind it but the balls can't make contact with it. The impact screen is anchored and the some kind of heavier mat/ screen behind the main one to deaden the impact. My point more that the balls do not contact anything beyond screen that would crack them. I have damaged plant of others types of golf balls in my life but never a new one like the Snells. Also no hate for Snell, I think the product would be superb if it weren't for this. Maybe the other 117 balls I have will hold up better especially on grass, the feel is wonderful.

I think the ball would easily compete with other top balls if the outer shell was durable. If I can’t play at least a full round with one ball cause damage it doesn’t really fly. I’d spend more on balls from damage than I would if I just hit my normal couple Titleist into the lake.

Few photos of Snell ball after 5 swings and a couple comparison photo of Titleist AVX after 300+ swings.

I was hitting on a sim but there is no wall behind it or anything hard. it is on a professional trackman sim at a club.

I played golf a lot as a young kid and was a huge part of my life with my dad. Life changed and I didn’t play at all through my teenage years. Picked the game back up 5-6 years ago and fell back in love, but golf is so much harder than I remembered it. playing to about a 18 end of last season but haven’t kept official handicap. Have really started to take it more seriously this year and been playing 5-7 hours a week through winter on trackman. I love golf because it presents a challenge I will never master. It is a place of immense challenge but simultaneous peacefulness. Golf is a game of life. Ive read MSG content for years but decided to become more involved in golf communities as a whole in an effort to improve my game and golfing network. I would call either Far Corners in Boxford, Ma or Atkinson in Nh my home course(s). I grew up/ live in the northern mass southern New Hampshire regoion. winter is the worst thing about golf in my region. I work in operations. My last name is Shepard and I like shepherds pie…pies of most varieties really. I also tend to be logical/pragmatic to a fault.

I’ll be going to the show. Not sure what to expect but saw free rounds of golf as part of the vip ticket and trying to play more random places this year.

Snell Golf should be ashamed…but proud. RTB Prime X in depth review. I cracked this ball on my 5th wedge shot under 100 yards during warm up. Average swing speeds with 60 degree 80-84 and Average 3 hybrid 94-99. Typically I play a pro v or avx, but I have a Maine mountain and seacoast golf trip coming up in May; 6 days, 6 courses and 7 total rounds. The weather might be ripping and I’m going to lose/ beat up some balls (16 handicap going into this season). Belgrade Lakes rocks could eat a dozen alone if you’re not accurate. Figure I realistically need 1.5-2.5 dozen, so I’m bringing 6 . I bought 10 cases of Snell Golf MTB Prime X for $200 at end of the year sale, an unbeatable deal and I’ve been wanting to try them. Figure I can use them as beaters if they suck and be supplied for the season if they’re good. Ive read great things about performance…and a few about durability. These balls feel exceptional in my opinion. Feel so so soft on full shots and still really solid on short handsy shots. In a perfect world I’d have this feel from 180 yards and firmer pro v feel when you need to get nippy from 40 yards over a bunker into a downslope. Tonight I took the Snells to the indoor club I am playing at this winter (trackman). I always warm up on a par 3 with 2 pins at 80 and 95 yards. Tonight I brought a couple sleeves of Snells for testing. These are perfect distances for full warm up shots on my 54 and 60. I generate solid spin and cut at the ball pretty hard, but have never damaged a ball. I checked the Shell ball after each swing and after swing 1 the outer layer had some indentation. Enough so that if I was not a somewhat bad golfer or was playing in a tournament I would change ball. I took 4 more swings all with the same result until I found a large crack on swing 5 and changed balls to finish my warmup. After my warmup I put a new snell back in play for some driver, hybrid and long irons shots. The ball once again felt exceptional and performed nearly identical to my preferred AVX. Launched a little higher and a little spinier, but marginal. While the ball held up better it still took a ton of damage relative to what I’ve experienced before. I have uploaded a few pictures of 2 snell balls after 5 wedge shots and a few iron/ hybrid shots. The balls did not seem to take damage on driver. I have also uploaded a shot of a Titleist AVX that has taken over 300 shots for comparison. I take roughly 500-600 full shots a week currently since November and have gamed 9 AVX the entire time. I have only had to retire one ball for chips/dents. I feel like I would go through 6 Snell balls a round on grass just from damage. A sand shot will scuff these. Excellent performing ball with atrocious durability. A lot to be proud of, but also a lot of work to do. Hopefully the new 2024 offerings address the one major issue of outer case durability.