This ball is long, distance ball long. It come off the club with a high penetrating ball flight similar to a distance ball. It feels soft of the irons and launches at a high angle, however the ball stops mostly due to its angle of descent not spin. In fact on full shots its very difficult to back the ball up on even very soft greens. This ball is also very durable I can use the same ball for about 36 holes.

However this ball excels in chipping and putting preforming very similar to a tour prestige or proffessional.

I see why everybody on tour is using these, its a distance ball with a soft cover. However the price tag is about 2 times as much as it should be.

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I have played this ball today. I shot 79 on a course that is just starting the season here in Québec... which means bad conditions in May!!! I gain easily 15 yards on my drive. A bit less with the irons. The ball stops quickly on the green. It is by far the best ball I have played. I am convinced to play this ball all season. It is too expensive but it is worth the try.

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Callaway 35 Red, Tilteist Prestige, Maxfli Revolution

I have but a few words about this ball. This ball is very good, it's long and has a very nice feel of any club. The problem; too expensive and totally overrated. Try playing the Nike Tour Accuracy (very long ball) or the Callaway Rule 35.

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Nike Tour Accuracy & Callaway Rule 35

ball reminds me of the professional but with less spin into the greens. slightly longer (10-20 yards) off the tee. not noticeably longer off irons but has higher trajectory with irons. definitely putts better than professional. has more of a feel of a hard ball (top flite strata maybe). I would definitely recommend using the ball to gain an upperhand on your weekend money hungry playing buddies.

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professional,, strata

well this is the follow up, it is the best ball on the market. Now ive been reading it is a little harder to chip stop the ball compared to the balata and professional but way better than all the rest and it does stop dead on short irons and stops quickly on long irons hit a three iron 215 and it stopped around 10 yards or so, i think its the hight of the ball flight, now i only get 5 to 10 extra yards but im not a long hitter around 255. great ball play on.

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professional, hp2 tour/eclipse (my old ball) all the stratas and nike TW and TA

Having heard so much about the ball, I decided to fork out the $$$ and try them. Overall, I felt the ball has good length and easy to control into the greens. I found they will spin a bit on full short shots into the green.

I've been playing the HP Tour for quite a while and really like the distance and control. When I purchased the ProV1, the pro said the Pro V1 was the 'rich' man's HP Tour ball. When looking at the construction, they are very similar in make.

Anyway, I'll probably stick with the HP Tour after I finish off the Pro V1 dozen. Didn't see that much difference.

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This is the best ball i have hit in a while. The feel is soft and adds yardage to my natural slice shot so that is goes the same distance as a straight shot. Feels like a practice swing when you hit it. The iron shots played great and stopped on the green. More GIR in one round then ever before. The putting was good but nothing spectacular. I have putted with better but definitely a world class ball.

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Orlimar Tri-metal tour, and Strata Professional Distance

These are the most shmico balls, I have ever used, they have the durability of 12 antz, and spin like a horse. They have reasonably hard feel, but still wiz their guts out. They fly through the air like a dog and go miles. Best ball I have ever use. They are expensive as an ant, when he is the only ant left on earth, but they are worth it.

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Crappy Prestiges, Crappy Proffesionals.
Strata's, Rev's

As with all other balls manufactured to date, there are trade-offs in performance. This ball is long, has a great trajectory, and generally performs well on full shots. The ball is noticeably longer than the Tour Premium and Callaway Blue. The area where this ball fails is on less-than-full shots around the green. It is very difficult to control this ball on flop shots, lobs, chips, bump-and-runs, etc. If the greens are really hard, forget about stopping it. Put simply, the ball only stops when it runs out of steam; it does not stop due to any spin imparted by the ball-striker. There are multiple reviews in which the reviwer comments that the ball "stops on a dime," etc. What have these reviewers been playing with before they played the Pro V1? Gutta-percha? Granite? I simply don't agree with their assessment. The Tour Premium is simply the most controllable ball on the market, albeit not the longest.

Negatives aside, this ball is really good, you just have to have a remarkable short game to control the distance this ball goes. Anyone out there played the Strata Tour Ultimate? How does it compare to distance/control of the V1?

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Precept Tour Premium, Titleist Professional, Maxfli Revolution Wound, Precept MC Spin, Callaway Blue

OVERHYPED! This ball did not live up the hype. I lost about 10 yards per club with this ball. The ball balloned on me and fell short of the green everytime. The only positive is that it is a good ball for putting. All balls are overpriced but I did expect this ball to be better than average. This ball reminds me of the Callaway Rule 35 Blue. If you decide to try it out, purchase one sleeve first.

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Callaway Rule 35, Strata Professional Tour, Nike Tour Accuracy, Pinnacle Gold LS and Top Flite 2000 series