bgolfb4 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 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 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 You can buy them today on the DSG site 1 1 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: mFGP2 Backups: TM-180, Milled Collection RSX 2, Bellum Winmore 787, Directed Force 2.1 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 ... 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: 6 1 Quote Driver: SIM2 Max 10.5* ... AD-IZ 6SR Fairway: SIM2 Max 15/18* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R Hybrids: RBZ Tour Hybrid 21.5* ... Diamana Ltd 65R Utility: UDi 18* ... Even Flow Black 85R hy Irons: 4-9 MIM Tour ... Steelfiber i95R Wedges: MG3 46*/50*/58* LB ... Steelfiber i95R Putter: 6330 LTD Edition ... 33.5" Ball: Maxfli Maxfli Tour '23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 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!!! 3 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 I might have to try these out. Awaiting the ball lab on the new models 2 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: Z Star XV (back up balls ProV1 Left Dot, Vero X1, proV1) Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SAM Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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.... 2 Quote Driver - PXG 0811 XF - Gen 5, 9 degrees, EvenFlow Riptide CB 40g 4.0 3/5 Wood - Warrior Golf (don't ask) Utility - King Utility - 2 Iron Irons (4-PW) - - SIM Max, Nippon Modus Tour 105 Stiff Wedges (52, 56, 60) - Kirkland Signature (changed to midsize grips) Putter - L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 - 65* Ball - Snell MTB Black/Vice Pro Plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixyurdivot Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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 . 3 Quote G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w ZX5 Irons 4-AW Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW (removed from double secret probation ) ER5v Putter (Evnroll ER5v Official Review) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 4 Quote Driver: SIM2 Max 10.5* ... AD-IZ 6SR Fairway: SIM2 Max 15/18* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R Hybrids: RBZ Tour Hybrid 21.5* ... Diamana Ltd 65R Utility: UDi 18* ... Even Flow Black 85R hy Irons: 4-9 MIM Tour ... Steelfiber i95R Wedges: MG3 46*/50*/58* LB ... Steelfiber i95R Putter: 6330 LTD Edition ... 33.5" Ball: Maxfli Maxfli Tour '23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SAM Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 For what it's worth, in case anyone wants a comparison shot: 4 Quote Driver - PXG 0811 XF - Gen 5, 9 degrees, EvenFlow Riptide CB 40g 4.0 3/5 Wood - Warrior Golf (don't ask) Utility - King Utility - 2 Iron Irons (4-PW) - - SIM Max, Nippon Modus Tour 105 Stiff Wedges (52, 56, 60) - Kirkland Signature (changed to midsize grips) Putter - L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 - 65* Ball - Snell MTB Black/Vice Pro Plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddie1966 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 3 Quote Titleist driver and hybrid. Callaway 3 wood. PXG irons. Odyssey putter. Ping Wedges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAC Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 1 Quote Sim 2 Driver Fujikura Ventus Blue 6R shaft Sim 2 5 wood Fujikura Ventus Blue 5R shaft 0311 Gen 5 Seven Wood Project X Cypher 50 5.5 shaft set to flat with weights set to fade. H818 Hybrid 25 degrees Tensei ck Series 60 HY regular flex shafts at C4 setting (flat for lefties) 718 AP1 irons 6-gap Tensei ck Series AMC IR regular flex bent two degrees flat SM 7 Wedge 58 degrees M grind with 8 bounce Steel shafts wedge flex bent 2 degrees flat Glide 3 52.12 and 56.14 with Alta CB Red Regular Flex shaft bent 2 degrees flat Go back and forth between Select Newport 2 putter 34 inch length and Sigma G Tyne putter 33 inch length Pro V1 although I use Maxfli Tours during the offseason and other days when I am not playing well and don't want to lose Pro V1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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 2 2 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: Z Star XV (back up balls ProV1 Left Dot, Vero X1, proV1) Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozcycle Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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…. 4 1 Quote Driver: 0211 w/Evenflo Riptide CB Regular shaft & 0811 XF w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft Fairways: 0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft Hybrid: None in bag at the moment Irons: Titleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour Wedges: Titleist T300 48* GW w/Fubuki MV Senior shaft and Edison forged 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm). Putter: 33” Evnroll ER2 w/Evnroll Gravity Grip or Ping Ketsch Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). Ball: Maxfli Tour CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel Using Shot Scope V3 and MG4000 Rangefinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 2 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAC Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 22 minutes ago, fozcycle said: Our range balls are yellow…. Then buy white. Not that hard. Quote Sim 2 Driver Fujikura Ventus Blue 6R shaft Sim 2 5 wood Fujikura Ventus Blue 5R shaft 0311 Gen 5 Seven Wood Project X Cypher 50 5.5 shaft set to flat with weights set to fade. H818 Hybrid 25 degrees Tensei ck Series 60 HY regular flex shafts at C4 setting (flat for lefties) 718 AP1 irons 6-gap Tensei ck Series AMC IR regular flex bent two degrees flat SM 7 Wedge 58 degrees M grind with 8 bounce Steel shafts wedge flex bent 2 degrees flat Glide 3 52.12 and 56.14 with Alta CB Red Regular Flex shaft bent 2 degrees flat Go back and forth between Select Newport 2 putter 34 inch length and Sigma G Tyne putter 33 inch length Pro V1 although I use Maxfli Tours during the offseason and other days when I am not playing well and don't want to lose Pro V1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdraw_osu Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 So these look to be an AVX comp? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozcycle Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 3 Quote Driver: 0211 w/Evenflo Riptide CB Regular shaft & 0811 XF w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft Fairways: 0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft Hybrid: None in bag at the moment Irons: Titleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour Wedges: Titleist T300 48* GW w/Fubuki MV Senior shaft and Edison forged 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm). Putter: 33” Evnroll ER2 w/Evnroll Gravity Grip or Ping Ketsch Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). Ball: Maxfli Tour CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel Using Shot Scope V3 and MG4000 Rangefinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattF Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 1 3 Quote In the bag: Driver: TSR2 Project X HZRDUS Black 5.5 Hybrid: Fli Hi 3 & 4 Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 80 6.0 Irons: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4 Wedges: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4 Putter Sycamore 005 Wide Blade Bag: Alpha Convoy 514 Balls: RB Tour or RB Tour X Cart: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8 God Bless America, God save the King, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 6 Quote Driver: SIM2 Max 10.5* ... AD-IZ 6SR Fairway: SIM2 Max 15/18* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R Hybrids: RBZ Tour Hybrid 21.5* ... Diamana Ltd 65R Utility: UDi 18* ... Even Flow Black 85R hy Irons: 4-9 MIM Tour ... Steelfiber i95R Wedges: MG3 46*/50*/58* LB ... Steelfiber i95R Putter: 6330 LTD Edition ... 33.5" Ball: Maxfli Maxfli Tour '23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardia10 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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