About Golf "Best of 2003": Golf Balls
From our original review: "What do you say when the best gets better? In this case, you say, 'Titleist.' " The best getting better is a good way to describe the Pro V1x, which offers superior distance with a penetrating ball flight. Designed for players with a very fast swing and high lift launch conditions. The ball of choice for more highly skilled players, but it's likely too expensive for many recreational players.
This golf ball, Precept says, is for "competitive players seeking advanced technology and Tour level performance." But its comparitively modest price makes it affordable even for many recreational players. The U-Tri Tour delivers distance and feel, and also comes in Extra Spin and Extra Distance varieties.
Two versions of the Nike TA2 - TA2 LNG and TA2 SPN - are available depending on the golfer's needs and likes. We found distance performance to be comparable, despite the fact one is named "long," and our testers tended to prefer the SPN version ... but that's no knock on the LNG, which simply offers a little less spin as compared to the SPN, which allows for more workability.
We like the Dunlop 65u even more now than we did back when we originally gave it a 4.5-star review. That tends to be the result of continued play with this ball. It has such a pleasing feel and sound coming off the club, "snappy" might be the most appropriate adjective. Excellent distance but good control around greens. Dunlop's aim was to make a urethane ball for the "common golfer," so to speak, and they succeeded. It's cheap, too - almost as low as some "value" balls.
Precept's MC Lady ball got the whole softer-compression train rolling a few years back. The Lady Diamond updates the MC Lady, and the only golfers who don't like this ball are men who refuse to play a "ladies" ball. Fantastic distance with a soft feel. If you're playing a "distance ball," there's no reason you shouldn't give the Lady Diamond a try.
