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I say go with the Titielist NXT it does reduce sidespin and from my experiance it seems to be the best.

Nike Ignite is my priority

Nike One is very short off the tee for the average swing speed (90). Even Nike admits it, they say they speced it out for Tiger, and he swings like 110-120. The Nike one has the softest cover of any ball on the marker, which allows better grip on the club, ie workability.

ProV1 in much longer, it has a slightly harder cover than the Nike one, however the Pro V1’s cover is very soft.

You should check out golf Magazine’s Jan or Feb 2008 article, “the Ball for You.” GM tested 55 of the top golf balls, broken them down by price (High-end, Middle, and Low-end)

The article was great and really did a good job of explaining the new tech in balls.

I cannot rememebr the yardages exactly, but in one test GM tested driving distance with various swing speeds. The difference in the Nike one and the ProV1 was crazy.
Pro V1 went about 250-260.
Nike one went 230 (the shortest ball tested)

Intresting: The balls that were called “distance” balls did not fly much further than the “soft” balls (all with syrlun covers, mid range). I always wondered about that.

Look the article up, you will learn alot in about five minutes.

Not to change the subject, but you ought to look into the Callaway HX Hot. Its a great ball for a mid to high handicapper. I have a review here:

http://www.golfblogger.com/index.php/golf/comments/callaway_hx_hot_ball_review/

I also like the Wilson Zip. Review here:

http://www.golfblogger.com/index.php/golf/comments/wilson_zip_golf_ball_review/

A more accurate ball is the Bridgestone E6:

http://www.golfblogger.com/index.php/golf/comments/bridgestone_golf_e6_golf_ball_review/

My feeling about the Nike balls is that they’re not very durable. I avoid Titleist, feeling that in general, they’re overpriced.

Agree with whomever on Nikes. They scuff up too fast. NXT’s are fine. Pro V1’s are nice, but at 28 hcp, you’ll never notice the difference.

V1’s feel the best off the putter face, to me.

Callaways are awful, don’t know why, but I cut them up all of the time with short irons.

Titleist pro v1 in a serious game and cheap titleist when its just for fun like DT solo

I regularly play the Titleist NXT’s both extreme and tour pretty much exclusively. I buy them new on ebay. I go through about 6 dozen a year. I think they are the best in terms of durability and performance. The NXT tour spins better around the greens. it checks up out of the bunkers and on short pitches, rather than flipping over and releasing. The extremes will flip over more but are generally straighter on the long shots. I cant tell you about bridgestones because i have never played them. I have played some various Nike balls with out much to say about them. The Nike ones are too expensive and i beat them up too easily. Trees and cart paths are bad news to the thin covers. The same goes for the Pro V’s. I need something i can bounce off the path or off a tree and not have to replace. In my opinion the cheap balls like DT’s and top flites are way too hard especially when you are trying to be delicate around the green. I recommend the NXT’s, either line, are the best all around in my experience.

I’ve used both Titleist NXT Extreme and Pro V1. I love the feel around the greens and putting of the ProV1 but the Extreme is a little bit harder like a rock as you say. You’ll get good distance from both as well.

I like NXT Tour and Pro V1x as well as the Bridgestone E330-s (due to distance, spin and feel)… but for lower spin get the Bridgestone e6+.

It’s amazing how many people know so much about this game of golf, about spin, softer feel, 2 piece balls and all that good stuff. Since Titleist is the largest ball producer and covers the spectrum from the pro to the high handicapper, they have a ball to fit your needs. The better golfer can use any make of ball and essentially get the best result. I use many ” Findees” but usually resort to a lower compression Titleist if I am competing in a Plaque tournament.

the Ignite spins the most of the three balls you mentioned (over 7,000 rpms).

in all honesty, why would you want a ball that won’t help around the greens? Golf Magazine did a study on 54 golf balls on the market, from what the pros use to what you can get 18/$20. There’s only 8 yards of difference from the longest ball to the shortest ball.

100 yards and in and around the greens is where you see a difference. the Nike One Platinum spins over 13,000 rpms (at 76 mph w/ a 56* SW). Since this is where more shots are lost, I’d recommend looking into something like a Pro-V1, or a Nike One Black, or anything that has over 10,000 rpms spin. This will help your short game (and your handicap) immensely, more than what a distance ball will do for you.