Bridgestone MindSet Golf Ball Testing - (Sampling and Shot Scope Ops)

[ZJeb67]

USPS with a surprise package today.
Tee time already made for tomorrow!

[boylerz1]

I just received a box of Bridgestones in the mail today. I wasn't listed as being a tester or received any notifications with what is wanted in a review. I'm happy to do it, but want to make sure I'm supposed to post about them. 

[injectedcutty]

On 4/2/2024 at 2:44 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

Please welcome and congratulate our testers for the following Shot Scope and Bridgestone collab test!

Looking forward to seeing everyones results!

@Johnsonk9 @C-Lau76 @barney19 @Freshbrockoli @deattle @Bubba1985 @Kbek @unccross @Steven Senft @Preeway @LinksgolfFever @Sixft9 @Everardo @NickyBobby @mdleedy2 @Golf2Much @PhilM75072 @Gopokes14 @Timberwolfmadcat @MIgregb @nupezb @tony@CIC @rarce_torres @fozcycle @WalkerH @acatalano32 @THE GOLF GUY @golfjunky79 @MajorCavalry

Happy testing all!

I'm not on the list, but this package showed up today. I guess doing the other fitting online Bridgestone sent me a box to try! If wanted I can review also, but I'm definitely still gonna smack them suckers!

[GolfSpy_APH]

6 minutes ago, injectedcutty said:

I'm not on the list, but this package showed up today. I guess doing the other fitting online Bridgestone sent me a box to try! If wanted I can review also, but I'm definitely still gonna smack them suckers!

Yup there will be you and 182 other members getting a dozen golf balls from bridgestone! Which we encourage all of you to review as a thanks!

[injectedcutty]

I'm already a fan! I know alot of it is psychological, but having the mindset philosophy in your face at address keeps the brain quiet and prepped for the shot. Just played a quick 4 holes, went 2 under!!!! I've always been a bridgestone fan, and I'm fitted into the Tour B RX already so these are a win. Some pics....

[Bubba1985]

28 minutes ago, injectedcutty said:

I'm already a fan! I know alot of it is psychological, but having the mindset philosophy in your face at address keeps the brain quiet and prepped for the shot. Just played a quick 4 holes, went 2 under!!!! I've always been a bridgestone fan, and I'm fitted into the Tour B RX already so these are a win. Some pics....

Is that the Gen 4 driver?

[injectedcutty]

26 minutes ago, Bubba1985 said:

Is that the Gen 4 driver?

Yep. Been a solid performer for a couple years now!

[Freshbrockoli]

Still waiting on mine to come! Playing tomorrow and Sunday, would be nice if they came tomorrow!

[Bubba1985]

29 minutes ago, injectedcutty said:

Yep. Been a solid performer for a couple years now!

Have loved the look of that driver since I first seen it! I bought the 0211 instead and, while it was a good driver, I wanted that Gen 4 badly lol.. Ended up with the sim2 now and wouldn't trade it for the world but would still like to try a gen 4

[CFreddie]

On 4/4/2024 at 9:12 PM, Bubba1985 said:

I had to back out.. we are celebrating 1 year in remission for my wife so we are going to get out of town for a while and she needs my attention more than golf at the moment

Thanks for sharing - that is SO MUCH more important than golf.  Congrats to you and your wife - she sounds like a fighter!!!

[CFreddie]

1 hour ago, injectedcutty said:

I'm already a fan! I know alot of it is psychological, but having the mindset philosophy in your face at address keeps the brain quiet and prepped for the shot. Just played a quick 4 holes, went 2 under!!!! I've always been a bridgestone fan, and I'm fitted into the Tour B RX already so these are a win. Some pics....

On first glance, these look WILD, but I can definitely see your point here.  Would love to grab a sleeve of these sometime to try myself!

[Rob Person]

I see alot of the RX balls being shown so far!  Comparisons should be interesting!

@cksurfdude for me at least, i am going to face some challenges with the mindset process, and hopefully this process will become ingrained into my normal routine and integrate itself seamlessly before im done.

I already think enough on the course,  and adding not one extra thought,  but THREE will be where I may stumble and fumble. 

For this test, my main goal is to see If this MINDSET will be able to MERGE into my own, and create a more fluid thinking dynamic, and help reduce my overthinking.

Secondary tests will be on durability,  flight path, ball control,  etc.

 

[Rob Person]

A funny thought occurred to me as well. Picture it, I am on the tee box, friends are watching me, I am just staring at the ball. I start mumbling about the colors, trying to create a focus. People are waiting behind us... someone yells "just hit the ball already"  I turn and reply  " give me a moment, I'm trying to Be the Ball, dammnit!" ...  and then I have to start all over.  

[03trdblack]

Got my Bridgestone Tour B X mindset balls today also and playing with them tomorrow! 

[Bubba1985]

13 minutes ago, CFreddie said:

Thanks for sharing - that is SO MUCH more important than golf.  Congrats to you and your wife - she sounds like a fighter!!!

She definitely is! She went from a stage 3 to in remission in 10 months.. Cancer didn't stand a chance, Praise God

[CFreddie]

Just now, Bubba1985 said:

She definitely is! She went from a stage 3 to in remission in 10 months.. Cancer didn't stand a chance, Praise God

Love it!!! 

[RDel90]

Received my B XS Mindset today!! First impression was met with mixed feelings. I've been gaming the Maxfli Tour/TourX for the last couple years, and the last couple weeks been getting used to the new Maxfli MaxAlign. I used to play the Bridgestone Tour B X pretty consistently last in 2020/21. Loved the distance, just wanted more greenside feel and control which led me to the Maxfli.

On to the unboxing. The box itself is pretty visually appealing on the front. Back, too much text for me. Looks like an overcrowded PowerPoint presentation slide. I understand the need to be multi-lingual these days, but I don't recall noticing it before on any packaging. There is so much information on the box and sleeves the font started getting really small having both English and French on the package.

On the sleeves, I really had difficulty reading the Red, Yellow, Green Mindset process and needed my phone camera to zoom in on it. Really made me feel old!! I'm only 41 and do wear glasses but overall pretty good vision. Even close up in the sleeve image below it is a little difficult to read. Especially the white font on the yellow box for Visualize.

On to the ball itself. One weird thing for some reason I always liked how the depression dimples Bridgestone felt in my hand. I don't know how to describe it but just feels nice to me. Looking at the Mindset graphic itself, I don't know but I feel like it could have been just a tad bigger. Or at least make the arrows outside "Identify" circle bigger (could probably even go same width as the circles).  There's still a bit of open room on the ball. Maybe I just got used to the new MaxAlign on my gamer Maxfli.

I would have loved to put these in play next week, but I'll be heading up to go to Round 1 at Augusta next week. While I will get a round in on the road, I don't want to add in variables of a course I've never played before and grass I'm not used to playing on.  So most likely won't get to hit the Mindset until after mid-month.

[GolfSpy_APH]

On 4/5/2024 at 12:40 AM, Preeway said:

Is there a separate thread for those testing the balls without Shot Scope data and those with? Or are we all grouped together?

All grouped together unless some want to do their own threaded reviews. 

[RDel90]

I was/still am definitely confused where to post. I posted in the other thread last night. @GolfSpy_APH can you please move post if needed?
 

 

[PhilM75072]

I definitely appreciate the opportunity, and I'm really looking forward to testing these balls to see if they can address two of my weaknesses. I've generally used alignment aids on the tee (par 3s, 4s and 5s), and on the greens. However, I am poor at even thinking of visualizing my shots, and I tend to focus on the general area of the ball instead of a specific spot on it. It will be interesting to see how this "reminder" graphic changes my pre-shot routine and approach to the game, and if I can carry it over to when I can't take the ball in hand and the graphic isn't showing or isn't properly lined up.

In the way of introduction, I am in my mid 70s, and I have been playing golf since before I reached my teenage years. I have carried a single-digit handicap for many years. I finally made a concession to my age and declining length with all my clubs by moving up to the senior tees in January 2022 at the age of 74. A big reason for my handicap being as low as it has been, has typically been my ability to make birdies, something that has become more difficult, as you will see in the next paragraph.

Historically, my strength has been my iron game, but you would never know it based on recent performance, but I feel there is a reason. I joined a different course last year, and before they replaced all 18 greens, they were very small, much smaller than I have ever been used to, and, thus, difficult to hit. As part of the renovation process, they enlarged most of the greens, some by as much as 30%, but, being new, they are exceptionally firm. Hit anywhere but on the very front of the green and you will go long. They are also being watered heavily in the mornings when I play and they all slope from back to front, so that takes away the idea of landing short and having the ball bounce up onto the green. If you can't hit many greens in regulation, you aren't going to make a lot of birdies!

I have been a Shot Scope user since the V3 was introduced in July 2020, upgrading to the X5 when it came out. Being retired, I play golf every weekday, weather permitting, year 'round. Living in North Texas, you can't play every day, or even necessarily every week in the winter, but certainly one can get out several times per month even during the worst of winters.  As a result, I have a lot of data accumulated that I will be able to compare with the results of my Bridgestone Tour B RX testing.

Finally, in the way of pre-testing additional information, I have been primarily playing the Vice Pro and Pro Plus, with the Plus surprisingly performing well for my game despite my slow swing speed. That is actually confirmed by MGS' 2023 ball test! Again, it will be interesting to see how this Bridgestone ball compares in both feel and performance.

[Rob Person]

On 4/4/2024 at 5:40 PM, Preeway said:

Is there a separate thread for those testing the balls without Shot Scope data and those with? 

there is indeed 3 separate mindset events happening. Please correct me if I'm wrong in this conclusion @GolfSpy_APH

I've added some clarification here.

 

 

Edited April 6 by Rob Person

[Rob Person]

If I am wrong on this,  please delete the above post @GolfSpy_APH

[Northern Monkey]

2 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

If I am wrong on this,  please delete the above post @GolfSpy_APH

You could always just edit it, clear the text, and type “I know nothing” in a German accent

[GolfSpy_APH]

13 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

If I am wrong on this,  please delete the above post @GolfSpy_APH

Two different opps but I will make one central thread - or rather merge the threads.

Sampling which is not a test, but we encourage all to post and the shot scope with mindset. 

We will have all the discussion together as it is all around the mindset golf balls.

[RDel90]

I submitted to the “open to all” Bridgestone Sampling Opportunity (no mention of ShotScope). I’ll just add follow up posts here I guess.

[ScottyCoopz]

Be interesting to see if this actually works, I hit the ball better when my mind is free but I would be keen to try this as I play these balls anyway 

[JEFF1]

Wow, now golf balls going off the deep end.now you have an ( eye ) staring back at you. I thought was when I was learning to play to look at the bottom of the ball

I will stay with my rx Bridgestone, and place the logo at the bottom like i have done for years

Edited April 6 by JEFF1

[Preeway]

1 hour ago, Rob Person said:

there is indeed 3 separate mindset events happening. Please correct me if I'm wrong in this conclusion @GolfSpy_APH

I've added some clarification here.

 

 

Have confirmed we are doing it right. You should also be fine doing your own thread like you started as well. Gonna be a lot of Bridgestone for a while here on the forum. Really keen to hear the varying responses regarding the Mindset feature from such a variety of users. 

[TomW]

Got my dozen yesterday.  What a nice surprise.  The marking is certainly captivating.  Our course was expected to open for the season yesterday but in typical Massachusetts fashion, an April snowstorm prevented it.  I plan to hit these in the simulator this week and compare to a few other brands.

[Big moose]

Mine came this morning, don't know when I will get to use them since it was still spitting snow on the way to the mail box. Here's a couple of pictures, so excited to try these since my biggest issue is trying to watch that beautiful shot before I even hit the ball.