lopey986

40-50 is the sweet spot for a dozen of the top end balls. 30 for DTC brands. IMO. Titleist is obviously the benchmark and they are 55 but if you wait for the loyalty deal it knocks the price down to 42. Dicks/GG had Chromesofts buy 3 get 1 free in their 48 ball cube. Srixon runs regular bogo sales. If LA Golf got down to 40-50 i'd probably pull the trigger on trying them after seeing the ball data. For DTC brands like MaxFli and Vice, the more you buy the more you save so it knocked them down into that 30 range.

The ProV1 yellow seemed to perform much better than the ProV1 White, I wish the Maxfli yellows had made it into the testing. Makes me wonder if the yellow cover isn't slightly firmer which led to more distance. I am going to have to try out the Maxfli Tour S in yellow and see if that is the case there over the white Tour S

i almost bought that dang cubed box early this year and talked myself out of it...now i'm really hoping it makes a comeback again. i might have to drop into my local dicks and see if they don't possibly still have some on shelfs even though they don't show online anymore. that's a great deal.

granted i only look at the mid swing speed data as that matches up with my own swing but none of the DTC brands were particularly impressive. they all lagged behind Maxfli.

For a mid swing speed guy here a couple things that stuck out to me: LA Golf Ball seems to be FOR REAL. Top marks for driver and iron at mid swing speed. Still...I can't justify 60 bucks for a dozen balls. ProV1 YELLOW was a champ. Kind of surprising to see it rate higher than the white version, must be something to the coloring proces of the cover that changes the dynamic of the ball. Titleist Tour Speed was a pleasant surprise and you can find some sales on them sometimes compared to the ProV so maybe save a little scratch without sacrificing much performance wise. MaxFli keeps hanging with the big dogs. Easily the best value in a golf ball that you can get. Chromesoft X LS was a surprise to me, it's the one ball that I haven't tested out at all, going to have to throw a few in the bag before I definitively settle on a ball. As of now, i'd like to go pro v1 yellow but due to cost i'll end up sticking with my Maxli Tour Yellow (i do wish the Maxfli Yellow had made it into testing considering the difference in performance between the prov1 yellow/white but iiwii.) Quickie Edit: TAYLORMADE TP LINE...BIG WOOF. Absolutely atrocious performance from them. Their Tour Response ball graded out better.

Bummer, they had a line in their weekly Monday email that gave me hope it would be dropped this week at the end of the editors choice awards.

Nice to see a great ball lab for the new Tour S ball. I have played my best golf with the AVX and Tour S this summer...now that the yellows have dropped I think i'll be going all in on the Tour S. Just holding out for the actual ball test data before I pull the trigger.

We need another run of these hats, ASAP! Or...if anyone has a new one they'd like to let go of...slide in my DMs!

Are we getting the ball test data this week?

FWIW the AVX has always been my favorite ball and I've been playing the Maxfli Tour S as well this year, I don't notice any difference between the two other than what they cost me to buy them.

I believe if you go into the store they will honor the discount but for some reason it's not showing up online yet.

spin is down on v3 compared to v2 but you have to remember where v2 was and it was SUPER high. even if they cut 10% off their spin numbers it's STILL gonna be one of the highest spinning balls.

Excited that basically every ball in my rotation is being put through the test, looking to settle on one ball for next season so this data plus my own anecdotal experience will be great to have!

i'm definitely happy paying the 20 for the pro version, i don't use the photo upload much but just supporting the service and getting the handicap are more than worth 20 bucks imo. Believe some courses charge to establish an official handicap so i figure it's probably coming out all about the same either way.

there's a little tutorial on how to keep your scorecard for picture uploads. http://www.thegrint.com/range/2016/09/thegrint-scorecard-picture-service-sps/

To me, the best part about The Grint is the ability to access everything from a PC. I like to use a real scorecard when I play and keep my phone off and in my bag, then when I get home and sit down with a beer at the computer I can go in and enter everything really fast from the PC. And like others said, you can also just snap a couple pictures and upload it and they do the rest, but i've found their stat tracking on fairways and putts can be kind of funky when doing the picture route. Plus getting a USGA compliant handicap is a nice added bonus when you do tournaments/outings that ask for a handicap.