mackdaddy Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I was playing Pro V1's since find it cut it took the Chrome Soft out of my bag. I wasn't looking to make a change. I found a Q Star Tour Divide in Yellow and Orange in the deep rough on a blind tee shot landing area. I dropped it in my bag. A week later I was waiting for our fourth and reached in my bag and pulled out 3 balls and my lob wedge and headed to the short game area. I didn't realize I had grabed the Divide ball until I pulled it out of my pocket. I figured it would be fine and may be fun to see the ball spin. I set up at 55 yards and hit some 3/4 wedges. I was stunded by how good the Srixon ball felt. It felt softer than the Pro V1 and spun back about 2 feet after the first bounce. I had about 20 minutes of hitting a variety of wedge shots. The Srixon was good on everything. I moved to putting it and at my age lining up the line was to hard for me, so I didn't like putting it. Then my buddy arrived and I stopped trying to set the line and hit a few with a solid side up and I loved watching it tumble, you can really see the brake happen as it turns and the colors changing stand out. Headed to the first tee I decided to give it a try. Loved the way I could line up my start line on the tee with a mark in front of me. The only fairways I missed were because I drove it through. It was about five yards shorter off the tee than normal. I gained that back with iron yardages and wedges where it was about 5 yards longer. This ball is very straight for me. I played it for 45 holes and the cover held up much beter than a Pro V1 which my wedges often shreds like Bob Marley. I got a dozen new ones and have been using them for the last few weeks and I love them. I would love to hear how others have found them for their games. fozcycle, MaxEntropy, Golf2Much and 2 others 5 Quote Driver: Titleist TSR 3 10* Accura TZ6 M3 65g Fairways: Callaway Rogue 15* & 19* Matrix Ozik TP 6 HD stiff Hybrid: Titleist TSI 4 & 5 Hybrids Mitsubishi Tensi AV 65 HY X stiff Irons: KZG Forged III 6-P Accura iS7 (Refinished and regrooved) Wedges: Cleveland CBX 50*, Taylormade MG 3 Tiger grind 56 bent to 54/10 & Taylormade MG 4 Tiger grind 56 bent to 58/14 Putter: Positive Putter's Custom P2 (think Edel putter meets Heavy Putter) Ball: Callaway Chome Tour All clubs have Winn Dri-Tac Wraps oversized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golf2Much Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I'm a fan of the Q Star Tour Divide as well. I've played all three color combinations (yellow-red, yellow-orange and yellow-blue). Of the three, I like the yellow-red combination. It's amazing how you can actually pick up the ball spinning when it leaves the club face. I have a slow swing speed and rely on my short game and putting to score. The QStar Tour seems to strike a good balance for me of decent distance off the tee and feel around the greens. As you commented on, through in the inherent alignment aide and it's a great performing ball. One unintended benefit of playing that ball is that once people know you do, they will give you Divide balls they find. I've been given about 1-2 dozen QStar Tour Divides over the last year by fellow golfers. GaryF and mackdaddy 2 Quote Ping G430 Max driver 10.5 degrees with an Alta Quick45 gram senior shaft Callaway Epic 3 wood, Project X Evenflow Green 45 gram senior shaft Callaway GBB Epic Heavenwood, with a Mitsubishi Diamana 50 gram senior shaft Ping G 20.5 degree 7 wood, with a stock Alta 65 gram senior shaft Ping G 26 degree hybrid, stock Alta 65 gram senior shaft Callaway Paradym X irons, 7-AW with Aldila Ascent Blue 50 graphite shafts Edison wedges: 50, 55 and 60 degree, KBS Tour Graphite A flex shafts Putters: L.A.B. Direct Force 2.1 putter, 34.5" long, 67 degrees lie 2022 MGS Tester: Shot Scope Pro XL+ with H4 2023 MGS Tester: Callaway Paradym X Irons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Golfer Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 These are fun to play and watch the colors spin. But, I much prefer the white or yellow qst. They feel better than the divide. GaryF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryF Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 9:17 PM, Mackey said: I was playing Pro V1's since find it cut it took the Chrome Soft out of my bag. I wasn't looking to make a change. I found a Q Star Tour Divide in Yellow and Orange in the deep rough on a blind tee shot landing area. I dropped it in my bag. A week later I was waiting for our fourth and reached in my bag and pulled out 3 balls and my lob wedge and headed to the short game area. I didn't realize I had grabed the Divide ball until I pulled it out of my pocket. I figured it would be fine and may be fun to see the ball spin. I set up at 55 yards and hit some 3/4 wedges. I was stunded by how good the Srixon ball felt. It felt softer than the Pro V1 and spun back about 2 feet after the first bounce. I had about 20 minutes of hitting a variety of wedge shots. The Srixon was good on everything. I moved to putting it and at my age lining up the line was to hard for me, so I didn't like putting it. Then my buddy arrived and I stopped trying to set the line and hit a few with a solid side up and I loved watching it tumble, you can really see the brake happen as it turns and the colors changing stand out. Headed to the first tee I decided to give it a try. Loved the way I could line up my start line on the tee with a mark in front of me. The only fairways I missed were because I drove it through. It was about five yards shorter off the tee than normal. I gained that back with iron yardages and wedges where it was about 5 yards longer. This ball is very straight for me. I played it for 45 holes and the cover held up much beter than a Pro V1 which my wedges often shreds like Bob Marley. I got a dozen new ones and have been using them for the last few weeks and I love them. I would love to hear how others have found them for their games. I have been playing the Q Star Tour for the past few years. Use the plain white ball. I love the feel - my SS is around 90 so it’s compression seems to work well for me. I get good distance, for me, lots of bounce/roll. And it holds the greens on my irons and wedges. For me, it’s a premium ball for a reasonable price. mackdaddy 1 Quote Driver: Fusion, 9 deg, UST Recoil 450 ES F3/2 430 MAX 4w (5w head delofted 1* with 3w shaft), 7w, 5h w/ Alta CB Soft Regular shaft JPX923 HM 6i - GW w/ UST Recoil 460 ESX F3 RTX6 52* and 56* with Recoil 760 ESX F2 Versa DB DoubleWide : Z-Star Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaDawg Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I have not tried the Srixon Tour Divide, but every other Srixon that I have ever played was like hitting a rock to me. I found one, but gave it to my grand son due to the color. Quote Driver: TSI3 - 10*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff Driver: Stealth Plus - 10.5*, Oban Kiyoshi Purple O4Flex-65 Grams Purred 3 Wood: SIM - 15*, Graphite Design Tour AD DJ5 Stiff Hybrid: TS3 - 19*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff Irons: 5 - PW T150, with Nippon Zelos 7 Reg, 4 iron - U505 with Project X HZRDUS Black Stiff Wedges: Vokey SM 8 - 50*, 60* Standard Wedge Shafts Wedge: Milled Grind 3 MG3 56* S200 shaft Putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5 Putter: Phantom X 5.5 Ball: Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens197 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Z Star XV was the best golf ball I have played in the last five years. That includes Vice Pro Plus, OnCore Elixr, ProV1 and TP5. Some have mentioned the feel is a little firm yet I haven’t had that experience. Low spin off the driver, high spin off the wedges. Durable, just hits all the marks for me. Quote Titleist TSi3 Fujikura Speeder NX Blue 60X TaylorMade SIM2 3 wood Fujilkura Ventus Blue 7-X Titleist U505 2 Tensei 1K Black 85 X Titleist T100 4-P Nippon Modus 3 120X PING S159 50-S 55-H 59-T DG X100 Vokey SM8 50, SM9 54 & 60 Nippon Modus 3 120s L.A.B. MEZZ Max Broom Accra 47" 79.5* Srixon Z-Star XV Currently testing the 2024 PING S159 wedges… https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/63483-testers-announced-ping-s159-wedges/ Was testing, still loving the 2023 Titleist T100 Irons 4-P https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/60456-titleist-t-series-irons-2023-forum-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middler Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 My golf buddies call them seizure balls - none of us have any interest in matte balls or the divide gimmick. I found one a few weeks ago, played it for a couple holes just for fun, then launched it back into the weeds...YMMV Quote Titleist TSR2 11° HZRDUS Red CB 50 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Titleist TSR2 16.5º HZRDUS Red 60 CB 6.0 & TSR2 21º HZRDUS Black 4G 70 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Mizuno JPX923 HMP 4-GW, T22 54.12WS, T22 58.04DC w Lamkin ST+2 Hybrid Midsize Evnroll EV5.3 Maxfli Tour & ProV1 Ping Pioneer - MGI Zip Navigator AT Payntr X 002 LE, Ecco Biom C4, Payntr X 001 F (Mesh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosox04 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 On 10/23/2022 at 12:10 PM, Middler said: My golf buddies call them seizure balls - none of us have any interest in matte balls or the divide gimmick. I found one a few weeks ago, played it for a couple holes just for fun, then launched it back into the weeds...YMMV Kind of gives me the heebie jeebies to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 This weekend I tried the Z Star divide. It feels just like a ProV1 for me and plays like one too. The more than $10 savings will move the needle for me. What I liked better than the Q Star Tour divide was the spin levels. The Z Star spins far better than the Q. I think having the spin skin and more compression were a combined help. Quote Driver: Titleist TSR 3 10* Accura TZ6 M3 65g Fairways: Callaway Rogue 15* & 19* Matrix Ozik TP 6 HD stiff Hybrid: Titleist TSI 4 & 5 Hybrids Mitsubishi Tensi AV 65 HY X stiff Irons: KZG Forged III 6-P Accura iS7 (Refinished and regrooved) Wedges: Cleveland CBX 50*, Taylormade MG 3 Tiger grind 56 bent to 54/10 & Taylormade MG 4 Tiger grind 56 bent to 58/14 Putter: Positive Putter's Custom P2 (think Edel putter meets Heavy Putter) Ball: Callaway Chome Tour All clubs have Winn Dri-Tac Wraps oversized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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