2021 MGS Ball Test

[GolfSpy_X]

Live commentary would have absolutely been cool.  That said, it was all hands on deck the whole week. Unfortunately if we were not averaging about 2 balls per minute the test would not have been completed and that was our first priority.

 

Moving forward though we plan to do some more LIVE testing stuff at the test facility and we will make sure to include some more commentary.

[ejgaudette]

2 minutes ago, GolfSpy_X said:

Live commentary would have absolutely been cool.  That said, it was all hands on deck the whole week. Unfortunately if we were not averaging about 2 balls per minute the test would not have been completed and that was our first priority.

 

Moving forward though we plan to do some more LIVE testing stuff at the test facility and we will make sure to include some more commentary.

I for one would be very interested in that!

[GolfSpy TCB]

I may have missed a post on this somewhere, but if they didn't take the opportunity to also test the Titleist Blind Test Balls as part of this comprehensive Ball Test - MGS missed a great opportunity.

[cnosil]

11 minutes ago, Tiftaaft said:

I may have missed a post on this somewhere, but if they didn't take the opportunity to also test the Titleist Blind Test Balls as part of this comprehensive Ball Test - MGS missed a great opportunity.

MGS headquarters tests are primarily focused on golf products any consumer can buy at retail today.  The blind test balls don’t fall into that category.  

[RickyBobby_PR]

12 minutes ago, Tiftaaft said:

I may have missed a post on this somewhere, but if they didn't take the opportunity to also test the Titleist Blind Test Balls as part of this comprehensive Ball Test - MGS missed a great opportunity.

Why would they test a test ball? Titleist is going to use the feedback from this as well as anyone else they sent the balls too and more than likely their tour staff and then tweak it where necessary before it goes into production if it goes into protection.

 

[Tsecor]

is soft slow? that is the question......:)

[cnosil]

55 minutes ago, Tsecor said:

is soft slow? that is the question......:)

What is soft?  How do balls at the same compression compare.  If you like soft is there a better soft?

[DriverBreaker]

On 7/8/2021 at 2:46 PM, TBT said:

Which ball performs best with a massive hangover

Probably the industry standard Range' ball.

 

[GolfSpy TCB]

12 hours ago, cnosil said:

MGS headquarters tests are primarily focused on golf products any consumer can buy at retail today.  The blind test balls don’t fall into that category.  

 

12 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Why would they test a test ball? Titleist is going to use the feedback from this as well as anyone else they sent the balls too and more than likely their tour staff and then tweak it where necessary before it goes into production if it goes into protection.

Fair comments both, and I don't disagree.  I was just saying that a calibration of the test balls against the array of competitor (and their own) balls would be interesting as well useful for the tweaks.  I'm sure Titleist has done their own similar testing and know exactly how these test balls perform in these categories and against competitor balls, but alas, we don't get to see that testing.  More data is good data as far as I'm concerned - especially when it is independent 3rd party testing. 

I guess I'll wait for the 2023 Ball Test results to see how the new Titleist offerings stack up against Pinnacle range balls, and reclaimed lake balls ;).

 

Edited July 23, 2021 by Tiftaaft

[Tsecor]

23 hours ago, Tiftaaft said:

I may have missed a post on this somewhere, but if they didn't take the opportunity to also test the Titleist Blind Test Balls as part of this comprehensive Ball Test - MGS missed a great opportunity.

I am sure Titleist does not need MGS to do robot testing on their balls and Titleist has tested the "blind balls" 100x over.  as far as MGS goes, why test a ball that is not even out yet and may not ever reach the consumer market? 

Edited July 23, 2021 by Tsecor

[GolfSpy TCB]

42 minutes ago, Tsecor said:

as far as MGS goes, why test a ball that is not even out yet and may not ever reach the consumer market? 

Because MGS partnered with Titleist to help test the balls before they reach the consumer market.  That's all.

[Tsecor]

51 minutes ago, Tiftaaft said:

Because MGS partnered with Titleist to help test the balls before they reach the consumer market.  That's all.

...gotcha....and we know Tony loves to pimp the prov1!!!   with good reason i might add

[GolfSpy TCB]

10 minutes ago, Tsecor said:

...gotcha....and we know Tony loves to pimp the prov1!!!   with good reason i might add

agree with everything in that post Tsecor.

[RickyBobby_PR]

6 hours ago, Tiftaaft said:

Because MGS partnered with Titleist to help test the balls before they reach the consumer market.  That's all.

Testing a non production ball provides zero value while adding some additional time to the test as well as analysis. 
 

Just speculation but of the number of golfers who will read the ball study there’s probably a small percentage that are aware 1) that titleist has a ball currently in white box testing 2) that mgs has a forum testing in progress for that same ball. So the juice isn’t worth the squeeze

[GolfSpy TCB]

43 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Testing a non production ball provides zero value while adding some additional time to the test as well as analysis. 
 

Just speculation but of the number of golfers who will read the ball study there’s probably a small percentage that are aware 1) that titleist has a ball currently in white box testing 2) that mgs has a forum testing in progress for that same ball. So the juice isn’t worth the squeeze

ok

[silver & black]

I'll just leave this here.

 

 

[Tsecor]

On 7/19/2021 at 9:17 AM, GolfSpy_X said:

Live commentary would have absolutely been cool.  That said, it was all hands on deck the whole week. Unfortunately if we were not averaging about 2 balls per minute the test would not have been completed and that was our first priority.

 

Moving forward though we plan to do some more LIVE testing stuff at the test facility and we will make sure to include some more commentary.

I would volunteer my time to be a "play by play" or a "color" guy for the next test.....we could take questions from the fans and present live preliminary data during the broadcast.   If you do it, im in......

[DiscipleofPenick]

On 7/12/2021 at 11:13 PM, KC Golf said:

I like the fact they are trying “Refurbished” Pro Vs. I know they are garbage, but I would like to see how bad they really are. 

i just bought the new Pro Vs and will compare them to some prior version new Pro Vs and my regular gamer the Srixon Z-Star. Will be interested to see if I can tell the difference and whether it impacts my scores. 

I should note that I love the Srixon Z-Star. It’s a great ball.
 

 

Me too. I switched from ProVs. I played a tournament this weekend and the guy I was paired with was playing Pro V1 vs. my Z-Star. I was right next to him, or just past every time.

[DiscipleofPenick]

I can't wait to see the published results. Been following the ball labs religiously.

[scooterhd2]

No doubt. Cant wait to see. If you are testing in AZ, let me know if you need help so we can get that live commentary next time.