The 2004 Golf Ball Report
The 2004 Golf Ball Report marks the introduction of our new patent pending golf ball rating system: MPI™ Golf Balls. For this year’s report we looked at 24 leading golf balls across price ranges and identified performance indicators within distance, spin, feel, durability, and price criterion. The following set of recommendations is derived from tests and analyses conducted by the Equip2Golf.com staff. This report also debuts a new Equip2Golf site, www.GolfBallTest.com where you will find ratings for all golf balls included in this year's report. Access to GolfBallTest.com is FREE for a limited time. The MPI™ Golf Balls will be updated on a quarterly basis adding new golf balls as they are introduced to the public and subjected to our testing and analysis process. |
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| Distance and Spin | Recommended golf balls with combination of distance and spin | ||
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Maxfli Revolution Tour | Callaway HX Tour | Callaway HX Blue | Titleist Pro V1 | Precept U-Tri Tour | Nike One Black | ||
Above average distance and spin; moderate to soft cover hardness; three-piece construction |
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| Distance | Recommended golf balls with pure distance | ||
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Top-Flite Infinity Awesome Distance | Top-Flite Infinity Ideal Spin | Nike Power Distance Super Far | ||
| Above average distance from driver; above average overall compression; above average cover hardness; two-piece construction. | |||
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| High Spin | Recommended golf balls with high spin | ||
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Callaway HX Blue | Maxfli Revolution Tour | Callaway HX Tour | Nike One Gold | Top-Flite Strata Tour Ace | Precept U-Tri Tour | Titleist Pro V1 | ||
| Above average spin; moderate to soft cover hardness; three- and four-piece construction. | |||
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| Low Spin | Recommended golf balls with low spin | ||
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Top-Flite Infinity Awesome Distance | Nike Power Distance Super Far | Top-Flite Infinity Ideal Spin | Precept PWRDrive | Titleist DT Solo | Maxfli Revolution EXT | ||
| Below average spin; moderate to soft cover hardness; low or high overall compression; two- and three-piece construction. | |||
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| Soft Feel | Recommended golf balls with soft feel | ||
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Titleist NXT Tour | Precept PWRDrive | Titleist DT Solo | Callaway Big Bertha Red | Titleist Pro V1 | Precept U-Tri Tour | Pinnacle Exception | Ben Hogan Hawk | Maxfli Revolution Tour | Srixon Pro UR | ||
| Soft cover hardness; low to moderate overall compression; two- and three-piece construction. | |||
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| Firm Feel | Recommended golf balls with firm feel | ||
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Top-Flite Infinity Awesome Distance | Top-Flite Infinity Ideal Spin | Callaway HX Tour | Nike Power Distance Super Far | Nike One Black | Maxfli Revolution EXT | ||
| Above average to high overall compression; moderate to firm cover hardness; two-, three-, and four-piece construction. | |||
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| Low Compression | Recommended golf balls with low compression | ||
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Precept PWRDrive | Titleist DT Solo | Pinnacle Exception | Callaway Big Bertha Red | Titleist NXT Tour | ||
| Below average to low overall compression cover hardness; two-piece construction. | |||
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| Durable | Recommended golf balls with high durability | ||
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Titleist DT Solo | Nike Mojo | Callaway Big Bertha Red | Nike Power Distance Super Far | Titleist NXT Tour | Precept PWRDrive | Pinnacle Exception | ||
| Above average durability; moderate to firm cover hardness; two-piece construction. | |||
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The MPI™ Golf Balls is a patent pending rating system for golf balls that allows provides relative comparisons of golf ball distance, spin, feel, durability, and price characteristics. The MPI™ Golf Balls will be updated on a quarterly basis adding new golf balls as they are introduced to the public and subjected to our testing and analysis process.
