New (2023?) Maxfli Tour golf balls

[bgolfb4]

I was in Dick's last week looking for some Maxfli Tour golf balls and none were out.  I asked the sales clerk and he told me they were out of stock but they had received boxes of "new" tour balls and even a new one called the "Tour S".  But they could not sell them until the release date, which he had no idea when the release date was.  He even brought out a box of the Tour S for me to look at and try to purchase but their system would not allow it until they were released.  I cannot find any information anywhere about these new tour balls.  Does anyone have any information about these balls or know when they will be released?  Sounds like we will need another ball test...

 

bgolfb4

[cnosil]

You can buy them today on the DSG site 

[chisag]

... Most know I absolutely LOVE the Maxfli Tour. Just bought a new Box of 4 dozen with the $20 off $100 deal and $40 in rewards. The only thing I don't like is the CG alignment lines as it makes them look like range balls. My two home courses have ranges right next to #1 and #18 so looking at 10 balls in the fairway it can be difficult to find mine. Pretty minor annoyance but I don't like alignment lines to begin with. The *NEW* Tour balls have a much better CG marking with no lines:







 

 

[Kenny B]

47 minutes ago, chisag said:

... Most know I absolutely LOVE the Maxfli Tour. Just bought a new Box of 4 dozen with the $20 off $100 deal and $40 in rewards. The only thing I don't like is the CG alignment lines as it makes them look like range balls. My two home courses have ranges right next to #1 and #18 so looking at 10 balls in the fairway it can be difficult to find mine. Pretty minor annoyance but I don't like alignment lines to begin with. The *NEW* Tour balls have a much better CG marking with no lines:







 

 

Much, much, much better!!!  

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

I might have to try these out. Awaiting the ball lab on the new models

[GolfSpy SAM]

2 hours ago, chisag said:

... Most know I absolutely LOVE the Maxfli Tour. Just bought a new Box of 4 dozen with the $20 off $100 deal and $40 in rewards. The only thing I don't like is the CG alignment lines as it makes them look like range balls. My two home courses have ranges right next to #1 and #18 so looking at 10 balls in the fairway it can be difficult to find mine. Pretty minor annoyance but I don't like alignment lines to begin with. The *NEW* Tour balls have a much better CG marking with no lines:







 

 

Do we know what the "S" stands for? Or how it compares to the other two?  Fascinating stuff.  Also, I see the price has increased from $35 - wondering if they'll offer the cube of these at some point soon? I'm in need of balls, and was ready to pull the trigger on the Tour X box, but....

[fixyurdivot]

Our recent move to AZ unearthed some buried treasures... such as box of Tour X with (3) sleeves inside.  These were from my product testing of both the Tour and Tour X a few years ago.  I found the Tour seemed fit my game a little better and have been playing them pretty regularly.  I played the X yesterday and had one of my best driving days in weeks.  It had absolutely nothing to do with the ball... but it's always fun fooling ourselves into thinking that's the case .

This is the first I've heard of the Tour S.  Anyone have intel on whether it's a 3, 4... or maybe 5 piece construction ?  As well as these have been received and at their price point, I can't imagine the folks at Maxfli (DSG) will mess too awful much with the winning formula.  

I'm guessing this may very well have been one of the "I'd love to share but can't right now" responses Philip had during this afternoon's Zoom meeting with the forum.  Oh believe me, we all tried to wring it out of him but, like a well trained London Guard, we couldn't get him to blink .

[chisag]

12 minutes ago, Samsonite said:

Do we know what the "S" stands for? Or how it compares to the other two?  Fascinating stuff.  Also, I see the price has increased from $35 - wondering if they'll offer the cube of these at some point soon? I'm in need of balls, and was ready to pull the trigger on the Tour X box, but....

 

... The S stands for Soft. Spins less off irons, lower trajectory and obviously trying to grab some of the Chrome Soft players. I think we are all hoping of the discounts including the Cube. 

[GolfSpy SAM]

For what it's worth, in case anyone wants a comparison shot:

[Caddie1966]

2 hours ago, chisag said:

... Most know I absolutely LOVE the Maxfli Tour. Just bought a new Box of 4 dozen with the $20 off $100 deal and $40 in rewards. The only thing I don't like is the CG alignment lines as it makes them look like range balls. My two home courses have ranges right next to #1 and #18 so looking at 10 balls in the fairway it can be difficult to find mine. Pretty minor annoyance but I don't like alignment lines to begin with. The *NEW* Tour balls have a much better CG marking with no lines:







 

 

I tried a dozen each of the Tour and TourX last year after the ball test results were published.  I really liked the Tour model.  Played every bit as good as ProV1.  I played the Tour X at courses when I traveled so that was not smart on my part as I couldn’t evaluate hem on my home course against the Tour model. I’m  a big fan of these balls except they seem to become dull during a single round.  

 

 

[HAC]

2 hours ago, chisag said:

... Most know I absolutely LOVE the Maxfli Tour. Just bought a new Box of 4 dozen with the $20 off $100 deal and $40 in rewards. The only thing I don't like is the CG alignment lines as it makes them look like range balls. My two home courses have ranges right next to #1 and #18 so looking at 10 balls in the fairway it can be difficult to find mine. Pretty minor annoyance but I don't like alignment lines to begin with. The *NEW* Tour balls have a much better CG marking with no lines:







 

 

Get them in yellow and you won’t have the issue with the range balls.

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

1 minute ago, HAC said:

Get them in yellow and you won’t have the issue with the range balls.

i play at courses that have yellow or white. Maxfli needs an orange tour ball

[fozcycle]

40 minutes ago, HAC said:

Get them in yellow and you won’t have the issue with the range balls.

Our range balls are yellow….

[Kenny B]

10 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

Our range balls are yellow….

So are ours, but I can tell the difference in color between the range ball, my wife's yellow Titleist TruFeel and my Titleist Tour Soft from 20 yards.  Haven't tried the yellow Maxfli Tour yet... it's on my Christmas list.

[HAC]

22 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

Our range balls are yellow….

Then buy white.  Not that hard. 

[highdraw_osu]

So these look to be an AVX comp?

[fozcycle]

On 12/13/2022 at 8:55 PM, Kenny B said:

So are ours, but I can tell the difference in color between the range ball, my wife's yellow Titleist TruFeel and my Titleist Tour Soft from 20 yards.  Haven't tried the yellow Maxfli Tour yet... it's on my Christmas list.

Me too, as I have been playing Trufeel for past month. We have a hole that borders the driving range where the range balls end up in the middle of the fairway ( #3). It is pretty easy to tell the diff between the Trufeel and the Srixon yellow range balls.

[MattF]

Looks like they'll eventually outprice themselves. For an extra $3 you can get the new Mizuno balls and they're better than the Maxfli.

[chisag]

1 hour ago, MattF said:

Looks like they'll eventually outprice themselves. For an extra $3 you can get the new Mizuno balls and they're better than the Maxfli.

 

... Let's wait for some reviews of both balls before declaring Mizuno better. I think if Mizuno's are as good as Maxfli Tour balls it will be a big win for Mizuno but that remains to be seen. Having talked with some Marketing VP's for golf balls it is always a tricky balance. When you price balls at $34.99 and far below the market leaders like Titleist, Callaway, Bridgestone and TaylorMade all at $49.99 much of the public thinks there is for a reason for the low price like cutting corners or inferior performance. OTOH you have knowledgable forum members that know a great bargain and take advantage of the low pricing.

... Srixon did this years ago with the Z Star at $39.99 and raised the price to $44.99 because the accountants in sales said they would make up in $5 profits what they lost in customers and they ended up losing in both because people just stopped buying the ball. They were really on a roll at $39 but I don't think they have recovered their previous market share from that poor decision. I think that is really a legit risk with the Maxfli Tour balls because even at $34.99 a dozen most of their sales came from 2 dozen for $60 and the Cubes 4 dozen for $104.99. So one dozen at $39.99 might be a tough sale for anyone not on a golf forum and even some of those might not buy at that price increase. It ill be interesting to see if they end up with a Cube at $125.99 or 2 dozen for $65. 

[cardia10]

34 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Let's wait for some reviews of both balls before declaring Mizuno better. I think if Mizuno's are as good as Maxfli Tour balls it will be a big win for Mizuno but that remains to be seen. Having talked with some Marketing VP's for golf balls it is always a tricky balance. When you price balls at $34.99 and far below the market leaders like Titleist, Callaway, Bridgestone and TaylorMade all at $49.99 much of the public thinks there is for a reason for the low price like cutting corners or inferior performance. OTOH you have knowledgable forum members that know a great bargain and take advantage of the low pricing.

... Srixon did this years ago with the Z Star at $39.99 and raised the price to $44.99 because the accountants in sales said they would make up in $5 profits what they lost in customers and they ended up losing in both because people just stopped buying the ball. They were really on a roll at $39 but I don't think they have recovered their previous market share from that poor decision. I think that is really a legit risk with the Maxfli Tour balls because even at $34.99 a dozen most of their sales came from 2 dozen for $60 and the Cubes 4 dozen for $104.99. So one dozen at $39.99 might be a tough sale for anyone not on a golf forum and even some of those might not buy at that price increase. It ill be interesting to see if they end up with a Cube at $125.99 or 2 dozen for $65. 

Yeah, I think they were previously in a sweet spot but $40 brings up much more options and competition and just the perception of the price versus other premium brands may bring them back to reality fast.