" It morphs to the shot that you want "
The New Callaway TOURi (S) ball was just revealed at the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. Two of the top 3 players put it into play for the first time, Ernie Els & Ryan Moore. Golf.com's David Dusek recently broke the story. The early skinny on this ball is that it's the softest ball Callaway has ever produced. That's pretty cool but Soft Balls are not the friendliest right? Well Callaway has taken that problem into account and made this new 4 piece ball with a different compression on the inner than the outer core what Callaway claims this does sounds like music to my ears. The ball in theory is supposed to put a lot of spin on iron and wedge shots while putting very little spin on drives.
Key Points:
1. Callaway's Softest Golf Ball
2. Callaway's Softest Spinning Golf Ball Around the Green
3. Spin Separation
( low spin in longer shots, high spin & excellent touch for shorter shots )
Steve Ogg, Callaway's vice president of ball R&D claims this to be " The most highly-engineered golf ball product we have ever come out with. " Can this be? The Ball's of all Ball's or is Mr. Ogg just doing his job? Normally I would say its the latter but what are the odds that 2 of the top 3 guys in the ball's inaugural event claim its superior to anything else out there.
"I started playing a new golf ball that Callaway made," Els said. "This is what I've been looking forward to, is this golf ball. It would have been unbelievable if I could have won with this ball. It would have been great for Callaway and myself. I'm looking forward to the future now, and I think my equipment is now spot on."
Pretty interesting and I personally can't wait to give this ball a try, I am a big fan of softer covered balls because I like the way they react with the scoring clubs but I do drive the ball much better with harder low spin balls. The real question is can this ball do everything they say it will. More info to come...
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Interesting to see how this ball compares to the new Taylor Made Penta. I have a 5 pack of the penta ball and it is the best i have played. This isn’t the place for the review. I have always liked the Callaway balls, but found their recent IX and X to be clicky off the putter and slightly hard. If they conquered the feel and sound while maintaining or improving performance, then we may have a winner.
reply to this commentI guess this ball is a reaction to the new groove rule? If it really dies perform as Ernie says it could be THE ball for 2010. I’ve long hated the firmer/clickier balls from a putting perspective (bring back the wound ball feel I say), this ‘could’ be a winner…. looking froward o trying them.
Any idea on availability?
reply to this commentWouldn’t this ball be geared, as stated above, towards the new V-grooves. Consequently, wouldn’t they spin too much when using the “old” grooves?
reply to this commentI’m a ProV1 player. I’ve played most and always come back. The Cally Tour i is the closest I’ve found to the ProV1. If this ball is an improvement it will definetely get a shot at my bag.
reply to this commentInteresting how more and more players are using Callaway balls. Will have to try these out although it probably won’t help my game.
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