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THE Bag
"I have always wanted to live where one could practice shots in one's pyjamas before breakfast"Alister MacKenzie
Something about the bridgestone/precept balls and getting them cheap at Amart. Was the same with the utri's. Although the last time I was at our amart (1 week ago) the b330/330s were dearer than pro v1's.
Jarro,
got some U-tri tours off him as well - it was a good deal for me and he did me a favour.
Moe Norman
Ping G30 9* | Wilson Staff Tour F5 15* | Ping G20 20** | Ping i3 Blades 3-PW | Ping Tour 54.12 & 60.08| Yes! Marilyn
"I had played so poorly recently, I started thinking that maybe I should do something else. Then I saw my friends going to work every day and realised that my life wasn't so bad." -Steve Pate
I've tried a bunch of alternative pills, but I keep gravitating back to the reliable old ProV1s. Nothing performs as well in all categories.
Squizzy's has the B330-S Tour for $36 new. Is this the current/latest one mentioned on the site? http://www.bridgestonegolf.com/en/product/b330s.aspx
Sounds like a good deal to me....
There's a category I like to refer to as price, and the ProV1 is not so falsh in this areaI've tried a bunch of alternative pills, but I keep gravitating back to the reliable old ProV1s. Nothing performs as well in all categories.
Moe Norman
Ping G30 9* | Wilson Staff Tour F5 15* | Ping G20 20** | Ping i3 Blades 3-PW | Ping Tour 54.12 & 60.08| Yes! Marilyn
"I had played so poorly recently, I started thinking that maybe I should do something else. Then I saw my friends going to work every day and realised that my life wasn't so bad." -Steve Pate
That's what birthday's are for.
BV,
In my experience the B330's are probably the closest to the Pro V from the Bridgestone range. I have played the B330/s before and was very pleased.
I noted earlier in this thread that I really liked the E6, I am retracting this statement after the past weekends Monthly Medal round.
On wet greens soften by overnight rain, I hit 4 approaches into greens from between 120 to 90 meters, each pitched within 4 foot of the hole and just kept going.
When I hit the same shots with either HX, Pro V or B330's they drop and stop.
I can confirm that these shots were coming in high and spinning.
Will probably only use them on really soft and slow greens from this point
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Srixon 565 - 10.5 deg stiff Miyazaki
Srixon 565 - 15 deg stiff Miyazaki
Srixon H45 - 90gr Stiff Whiteboard
Fourteen DI w/ SPB Stiff
Bridgestone J15CB 4-PW SPB's Stiff
Fourteen MT28 TS Spec 53 & 58 DG Spinner
Piretti Cortino
GOLF Link
BENCH
Drivers/Fairways/Hybrids
Yamaha v202 9.5* - Tourspec x flex
Sonartec SS-03
V Steel 3wd
V Steel 4wd Attas T3 8x
Titleist 585h 19*
Irons
Mizuno MP33 3-P
Putters
Ping Anser, Anser 2, Scottsdale
Wedges
Cleveland 54
Fourteen 48
Agree with Chappy Dion,not that I've hit an E6 yet but after a couple of round with the E5 its not in the same class as a V1x.
Not that its a bad ball but they are aimed at different players.
I'll be sticking with the E balls (not sure which one yet) as I'm looking for more height off my irons (E5) and I'm not looking to spin my chips and pitch shots anymore,would rather just roll em.
BTW I never liked the B330-S,scuffs up,does'nt go very far and does'nt spin that much,YMMV.
thank Gaz. Now I don't know who to believe! You've just described my experience with the NXT Tours! I'm off to amart and will just get a dozen of the "Tour B330-S" to try for myself.
Appleby is using em. they can't be that bad... can they??
I have used both the E5 & E6 and thought they were good balls for the price.
The E6 had more stopping power and felt much closer to the Prov1x and the E5
definitely went further but had more roll when pitching and chipping.
e6 is a good ball, only had the one round with it but playign 7 shots udner the handicap on medal day can't be too bad
In saying that I've just bought 2 dozen TP Black balls and 1 dozen Z-URS balls. Big fan of the TP black balls and will be trialling the Z-URS.
Have played the B330s and was reasonably impressed but honestly didn't notice much difference between it and the e6, although the e6 was a bti more duarable.
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MIKE Link - OLD
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THE Bag
"I have always wanted to live where one could practice shots in one's pyjamas before breakfast"Alister MacKenzie
just got a box of b330-s at amart and they look like the current ones per the bridgestone site. $39.99 They have the same pictures on the box as on the web and everything else looks the same. The circular swirl marks on the box look a little different though. Different box in our region? 2006 model? who knows? They're white, round and feel soft and will hopefully last me 18 holes each!
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MIKE Link - OLD
MIKE Link - NEW
THE Bag
"I have always wanted to live where one could practice shots in one's pyjamas before breakfast"Alister MacKenzie
Mike I have played both new and old. The new don't mark as much but have more spin.
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THE Bag
"I have always wanted to live where one could practice shots in one's pyjamas before breakfast"Alister MacKenzie
Well I just hope that I like playing with Tp Black. I just ordered my new clubs from Edwin Watts (US) and I get four dozen free TP blacks with the order.
Hope I like em.
FlowerGolf
What's in the bag
Driver :Taylormade R7 draw HT
3 & 5 wood -Taylormade R7 draw
Hybrid - TM R7 draw 22,28
5 - SW Taylormade XD Burner
60 - Wishon wedges
Putter - Yes Natalie
Ball - Whatever!!
new favourite - Hogan Apex Tour
so soft
Golflink
Tour Edge Exotics 9*|Titleist pt15*|KingCobra sz 5w|Adams A2 5-P|Hogan 54*-Clev 900 60*-feel 64*|Scotty Studio Stainless Newport
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THE Bag
"I have always wanted to live where one could practice shots in one's pyjamas before breakfast"Alister MacKenzie
Tried the E6 vs E5 Tuesday arvo for about 15 holes.
Distance. Not much difference between the two overall but I still feel they are both longer by a few metres than the Srixon URC I was previously using.
Feel. Again not much difference,I'll give the nod to the E6 for feeling a little softer off the clubface.They both feel hard after using softer balls for so many years but not rockish like a HX Hot.
Spin. The E5 spins more when trying to hit low checking chips,the E6 will tend to release more.
Control. The performance of the E6 in this area was impressive.I hit a couple of drives where I tried to fade it and I looked up thinking "that is going way right" only to see the ball holding its line,pretty freaky really.
The E5 went noticebly higher off the irons as its designed to do.
Putting. Both balls feel harder than I'm used to and you have to factor that in or you'll be blasting through the break all day.E6 feels slightly softer off the putter face.
So in summary I really like the height that I'm getting off a well struck iron shot with the E5 and the E6 is very straight especially off the driver.
Its not beyond the realms of possibility that I will use the E6 on tight driving holes and the E5 on Par 3's where I need to get the ball in the air and land it soft.
Nice pills Bridgestone.
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