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I'm curious about swing speed and golf ball combination.  My speed is between 94-102. Is it true that the proV1 is designed for faster swing speed( over 110) and not very good for a slower speed swinger. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.  

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In theory, the whole "high compression is for fast swingers" concept works, but according to the MGS ball test, even slow swingers got an advantage from the higher compression balls.

That being said, I believe ball selection is like club fitting, combination of feel, preference, and your unique swing.

Even looking at the tour pro's, they range from ProV1, X, Left Dash, Left dot, ect. in the ProV range.

Cobra Aerojet MAX 9* 

Cobra Air X 3 Wood

Cobra BioCell 7 Wood

Sub 70 699 Pro 4-AW

Sub 70 JB Full Groove 54* & 58*

Odyssey White Hot Rossie

Ball: Maxfli Tour X

Posted

Balls are like clubs, use the one that works for your game.  For example, I am a slow swinging senior and I use balls that are marketed as being for higher swing speed players because they give me the extra spin and launch that I need.  The marketing departments of golf ball companies have to have something to do.  Just saying.

14 of the following:

Taylormade Qi10 Max

Callaway 2023 Big Bertha 3 wood set to 17 degrees

Cobra F9 Speedback 7/8 wood set at 23.5 degrees

Callaway Epic Max 11 wood

Titleist TSR1 hybrid 26 degrees

Ping Eye 2 BeCu 2-SW

Ping G430 irons 6-50 degree

Sub 70 286 wedges 52 and 56 degrees

Hogan sand wedge 56 degree bent to 53

Ping Glide 3.0 Eye2 58 degree

Ping Glide 3.0 60 degree

Evnroll ER1v

Ping Sigma 2 Anser

Cheap Top Flite mallet putter from Dick's

TaylorMade Mini Spider

Bridgestone XS

Posted

Let me start off by saying sorry for this type of a response.  I am a data nerd.  I love hard data/facts.  What I did to determine the best ball for my level of game (swing speed, performance, etc.), I used the information that mygolfspy produced in their 2023 golf ball tests.   https://mygolfspy.com/buyers-guides/golf-balls/2023-golf-ball-test/ .  If you scroll down to the "Test Data" section, there is a table (actually called a crosstab) that allowed me to filter based on my swing speeds.  I used the data from the driver and iron to determine which ball would give me the best carry and roll distance for my driver, the best carry distance for my irons and which had the highest spin rate for wedge (ability to stop the ball on the green).  I then found the top 3 balls, bought a sleeve of each and tested them to see which one I liked the most.

Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2, 9.0, ventus blue 5R shaft

3 wood: TaylorMade Sim2 max, 15.0, ventus blue 5R shaft

5 wood: TaylorMade Burner (old school)

Irons:

4-PW - PXG-0311XP-Gen3, Modus Pro 105-R shafts

48 Deg wedge, Calloway Jaws

52 Deg wedge, Ping

56 Deg sandwedge, Powerbilt (had is since high school)

Putter: TaylorMade Spyder  

Posted

A lot of great points made but the most important is what you want out of your game and finding a ball to fit that. I thought that I was good with my Vice Pro Plus for years. But i spent my $20 and did a ball fitting at my local golf galaxy and found that I was missing out on distance and stopping power. For reference, my driver swing speed is on the test avg 110 mph but I gained approximately 10 yards of carry by switching to the ProV1x left dash from Vice, but I liked the TP5x off my irons more than the ProV1x left dash with similar spin and distance numbers. So i am currently testing them both out on the course for a couple rounds to get real world comparison data. I am a data guys like @scbelowpar so having both data and feel make a significant difference in the investment. Because both my options are more expensive than what I had been playing. But the data has proven thus far to be worth it. 

Driver:    :callaway-small: Paradym Ai Smoke MAX Driver w/ fujikura ventus blue 6-series 
Fairway:   :cobra-small: King F8 3 wood  
Hybrids:   :cobra-small: King F9 3 hybrid 19.5° Atmos 7s stiff      
Irons:       :mizuno-small:Pro 243 4-PW Nippon Pro Modus Tour 120
Wedges: :Sub70: TAIII Forged Wedge Black 50°, 54°, 58°
Putter:    :Sub70: 004 Mallet w/ SuperStroke Zynergy 5.0

Ball:  Pro Plus (white & drip)

Posted

Honestly a fitting is the way to go here!

Either that or just buy different golf balls of different compressions/layers/covers and test them on your own. This may be a longer process but it does give you a reason to hit the course more haha

DRIVER  CALLAWAY.png.02d1ed01b3f95aaceb59b33edf1d6f2d.png Paradym Ai SMOKE MAX D w/ Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 55-R 10.5*

HYBRID CALLAWAY.png.02d1ed01b3f95aaceb59b33edf1d6f2d.png Big Bertha 19 w/ UST Recoil DART 75-S 20*

IRONS MALTBY.jpg.db763764d25fcfd7c75f92dc47028a09.jpg TS3 Forged 4i-GW w/ True Temper Score LT 100-R

WEDGES PING.png Glide Forged Pro w/ ZZ115-W 52-10*/58-10*/58-6*

PUTTER Cleveland.jpg HB SOFT 8 w/ Center Shaft 3*

Check out my Tests...

 

Posted
2 hours ago, Chris1putt said:

First I would like to thank everyone for the information.  If I ever need answers,  this is where I go. Thanks again everyone 

And this is just the tip of the iceberg here!

WITB-

Driver  -Titleist 910D, 3w- Titleist 910F, 5hy/7hy- Titleist 910H, 6-PW - Stix , 52⁰, 56⁰, 60⁰ - Stix , Putter- AI-ONE DB / Lombardi Tour 34 custom

Just an old newbie golfer, trying to learn and improve 1 club at a time.

 

 

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