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Took the 888 for another tour around the jungle today.

Confirms my idea that this is a long ball…off all clubs…and I never really got used to the idea when hitting irons today.

Bit of wind around this morning – rides the wind really well for some really good with-the-wind drives and seemed to be affected no more or less by head winds than I would expect for a premium ball.

With my swing this ball only spins into the green if perfectly struck, otherwise it runs a fair bit. For example, played a sand shot with (what I thought was) a very crisp contact. The ball ran almost as far as it flew … leaving a long couple of putts to come back. I got a couple of well-struck irons to behave very well but generally I was playing back to the cup from shots that had rolled WAY to far.

I have previously said it felt good off the putter but today I could not get comfortable with it and my lines and distances were way out.

Longevity seems very good, with the UV cover giving the type of wear we have come to understand.

Another round tomorrow will be another test for it. I hope my swing behaves tomorrow…it most certainly did not today, and this makes testing a ball somewhat different.

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I am starting to get a feel for the UV and hit some great drives today, out over 200 most times, including a drive to fringe on the short Par 4 at WV. Got good bounce over the ditch. Got some chips to grip, hitting down hard with the lobby.

Put one pin high with an 8 iron that GPS said was 135 out, but 120 to front of green. Happy with the putt that dropped for birdie too.

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Not sure he’ll survive a 3rd round though… Mind you, he’ll line up on the 1st and 2nd again and we’ll see how we go!

Most bets seem to be in favour for some lucky householder to get a 2 round old BOB to play with next round.

Seriously, A nice round Smergen, that trip to the cold in Wales did you good.
has OOMbet been notified of this good round for Sanctuary Lakes..

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Thanks CB…. yep OOMBET will be notified accordingly.

I might be heading to the ‘bat on Sunday so he might get a few weeks off.

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Not sure he’ll survive a 3rd round though… Mind you, he’ll line up on the 1st and 2nd again and we’ll see how we go!

Most bets seem to be in favour for some lucky householder to get a 2 round old BOB to play with next round.

Seriously, A nice round Smergen, that trip to the cold in Wales did you good.
has OOMbet been notified of this good round for Sanctuary Lakes..

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:-) I tend to like the grip with 1 paper under the full length
then an extra paper for the bottom half.

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... initially i liked it but after a while i thought it was a little bit skinny in my little boy hands
so i had it removed and put 1 paper underneath
feels a lot better now so very happy again

kiwi

If i was to start smoking
i think they would be oh i don’t know..
Vanilla flavored i reckon

Kiwi …....... with one paper underneath …....

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http://youtu.be/dme2DV730ng

Looks like some are getting up to speed :)

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Just thought I’d chime in here with a bit of a nice tale. Went out for a hit yesterday with a few ISG’rs and was trying to decide what ball to use. Thinking back to 808’s performance in summer last year I decided to move away from the X3 / e6 white ball combo I’d used recently and decided I’ll tee it up with an old friend. On the first grabbed an older 808 (always use older balls on the first two holes with OOB right) and hit off. After parring the first 3 holes I decided I’d keep going until this Bob’s mojo ran out.

18 holes later… I’d just rolled in my 4th sub 80 round and an equal PB ‘played to 7’!

And whilst the ball looked like it’d been beaten around the bush with a big stick (only found the trees twice) it sailed up the 18th perfectly…

It’s very strange though. As a ‘feel’ I don’t like it as much as the others. Still very clunky off the putter (but I putted well…) compared to the other balls. But it’s performance and reliability is undeniable.

In the rock hard conditions and ability to allow for extra run and roll, it was perfect.

Not sure he’ll survive a 3rd round though… Mind you, he’ll line up on the 1st and 2nd again and we’ll see how we go!

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Rightio, finally got to give the ‘tour master’ ball a proper go for about 3/4 of a round, instead of just little bits here and there.
Played it side by side against BOB.
Would have liked to have played it against the ball with a hand marked #2 on it to get a distance guide, but sadly he got ‘crowed’ a few games back…..

However, tour master distance wise is very much close to BOB. Maybe a little longer with the irons, but nothing too noticeable to be honest. Maybe half club, but prop less.
The ball spins. Deffinetly spins!! Predictable spin too. Was fun flying the ball in low and watching it stop dead. It’s got some backs pin in it too…...
But being a ‘spinny’ ball, there’s gona be some trade offs. It’s got some slice in it!! But that’s to be expected. And it cuts up a little. It’s prob had maybe 18 holes in it now, and it’s gota be retired.
Don’t think it cut up as much as the 888, but it’s pretty hard to tell. Bt looking at them together, the 888 looks like its copped more of a thrashing!!

I liked putting with it, but it seemed to take more break than BOB. Maybe it’s cause of the different covers??
The softer urethane cover grips the grass more than the smoother BOB cover maybe??

On a similar note, I was in Fiji the last couple of weeks and had a round at Natadola Bay. The grass they use there is ‘seashore paspalen’. I don’t know how many of you have played on this type of surface, but it’s really weird to putt on. It looks soft and squishy and like its gona be slow and break a mile, but it just skims across the top like your putting on ice.
I struggled to get the tour master to spin a lot on those greens, none of the wedges I hit in stopped dead. Bt instead did the usual stop on the 2nd bounce, like BOB did. I even tried spinning a proV1 in and had the same result. So if I was goin to play on that type of greens again I woundnt use a ‘spin’ ball, cause it didn’t make a lick of difference!!

I also wana say, I’ve flushing the guts out of it lately, so that could very well be why the new balls all go straight and long!!
A 2 over par in Fiji (non comp round) after bogeying the last 3 holes, and a 1 over par on Friday (comp round) with barely getting off the tee with driver all day….........
(that’s was just more a brag that anything really, ;) )

I’ll be in touch Boz, need to restock by next Sat….... :)

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I really wanted to add the UV Blue type ball and revise the Pinky
to a true UV colour but the UV Yellow and UV White will remain
my main priorities for now.

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I found that with the light pink ball too – difficult to see on the ground particularly around the dry gum tree leaves in the slightly longer grass

EDITED TO ADD – plus it’s a bit girly.

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The idea is to keep the ball on the shorter grass. Thought you would have know that.

knowing and doing
2 different things

If i was to start smoking
i think they would be oh i don’t know..
Vanilla flavored i reckon

I have found that in the right conditions, The Blue Pink & Yellow balls all show up better than the white ball in the air. Once on the ground in most cases the UV is easiest to find but again not always. I think it mostly depends on the conditions on the course you play . What time of year it is & what the weather conditions are at the time.

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UV’s continuing with these, seem to be going ok…...bloke I played with did remark they looked as smooth as a bowling ball, I told him that was how I putted…...like it was one…...

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Boz – Black widow grip (driver)

fit – ok so this baby has had about 8 rounds, initially i liked it but after a while i thought it was a little bit skinny in my little boy hands
so i had it removed and put 1 paper underneath
feels a lot better now so very happy again

wear – i clean my grips pretty much weekly in the summer as i dont wear a glove, it come back nicely each time, a wear mark started developing where my thumb sits but hasnt really got worse since & is in the normal spot so not to concerned.

i showed to cb80 yesterday before i toweled them up and he liked it. the white grip on a white shaft looks good as opposed to black grip on white shaft,
never really thought about it b4 but there you go.

winter – winter or rain will be interesting as when i wore gloves the vision glove was king, so if the grip is along the same lines i cant wait for it to piss down, besides we need rain here

boz – have not played the foremost and big yard as they arent yours, did you want me to try them? i have the vision with the hand written 3 and blue crown left to compare with

kiwi

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the bob ball is the easiest to see in the sky bar none
for me thats not the issue
seeing it on the ground and finding it is the hardest
late in the day with gum leaves and grass say 50mm long is a freekin nightmare due to my poor eyes

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Every two years there is a NEW ProV1 / V1X release,,,,

thanks Boz

The normal commercial New product development time is around 12 -18 months from concept to commercial production and market release.

That means the R & D team at Titleist are already working on 2015 model.

wonder if Pro V’s will be yellow in 2015.

or what other colours they will come up with.

keep up good work Boz

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for a number of players there isn/t enough of a
colour contrast to work properly on course,that
is whyI have been slow to introduce it.

A fluro type bright Indigo might be best

Boz

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The idea is to keep the ball on the shorter grass. Thought you would have know that.

knowing and doing
2 different things

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The idea is to keep the ball on the shorter grass. Thought you would have know that.

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

A lot of things look ‘tall’ to Kiwi

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The idea is to keep the ball on the shorter grass. Thought you would have know that.

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blue is no good for me – colour blind
i do like playing with russ as when he uses the bob easy to see and find
better than the x3uv by far

If i was to by Coupon Companion Plugin”>start smoking
i think they would be oh i don’t know..
Vanilla flavored i reckon

Muzza

The light Blue ball is actually easier to see than a pure white in my humble opinion…… When in the air it looks like a bright white ball and is easier to find in the rough…..

I know your colour blind but the light blue is virtually white….

its not the sky i cant see them
its on the ground in the longish grass

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Every two years there is a NEW ProV1 / V1X release,,,,,

New packs ,slightly better cover durability through better paint
plus a variation in the dimples to try and gain some added
flight time at the back end of the flight path, the big deal for me
though is the drop in core compression back into the 80’s on the
V1 and the subsequent reduction in spin they achieved plus a lower
ball flight even with the use of a modern big dimple format.

I like the following quote from a PGA event last year to show what happens when you get balls for free plus the obvious improvement in the paint,,,,

Despite all the changes inside the new golf balls, which debuted on the Tour at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in late October, much of the feedback on Tour has been about the durability of the cover of the new Pro V1 and Pro V1X golf balls.

“Players have told me, ‘I usually play nine or 10 balls a round, but [with the new ball] I just played this round with two or three balls,’” Mahoney said.

The 2011/12 balls have been on sale in the US for $US39.95 and less
for a number of months.

Over the past 13 years it has not really changed a lot,,,,,,,,,
there is very little on sale today in terms of ball technology that
was not on sale in 2000 it just that there is the opputunity to
create softer feels whilst maintaining high ball speeds and
therefore good overall distance.

There just isn’t a lot of innovation in balls left for the regular
painted white versions as the rules limit what can be achieved
with any improvements you do create.

Boz

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Not sure if this is right thread to bring this up but has anyone noticed that 2 major golf outlets in Vic are having big discount sales on Titleist ProV and Pro V 1’s.

Usually when say discount sale = oversupply and we need to get rid of stock real fast.

Is there a new model about to be released.

anyone else noticing this.

yep got emails
also love the disclaimer
“as this is a titliest product we cant print the price”
what a crock off shit, people wont walk in to check the price
they will look on the net

Topic: Vision Golf Ball Test

Not sure if this is right thread to bring this up but has anyone noticed that 2 major golf outlets in Vic are having big discount sales on Titleist ProV and Pro V 1’s.

Usually when say discount sale = oversupply and we need to get rid of stock real fast.

Is there a new model about to be released.

anyone else noticing this.

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so took the 888 (Bob’s new brother) out for a run today.
Long ball…very long.
Have been playing the Gelwhite or X3white in my past few rounds.
888 was at least 1 iron longer – I either had to truncate the swing or take a club less.
only spun into the green if perfectly struck, otherwise it ran like …. a scared rabbit
drove very straight – little sideways movement on any full shot.
no spin out of the sand (but I usually don’t get too much in any case)
putted very straight and with good feeling…seemed to take less break than the white balls.

However, I really only had a half-round to judge the ball with. I got smacked right in the middle of my sternum by a full-hit (but VERY badly pulled 3-wood) on the 10th. kinda takes your mind off the game after that. 17points out, 14in. I have a bruise worth photographing!

888 will get more runs – the cover is barely marked (couple of little nicks out of the sand).

In summary, a nice long ball with minimal but some spin while quite predictable run-out on chips etc. It putts consistently although still a little “plasticky” in sound.