Last month, the 2022 lineup of Chrome Soft golf balls were announced and if you missed the details, you can find them here. Three different models again, each featuring the manufacturing process they call Precision Technology. As the golf balls hit stores last week, the recent reviews have been extremely positive on the THP Forum, yet some wonder which is the best ball for them.
Time for a new episode of TESTED! where we hop into the hitting bay in the THP Tech Studio, and focus on a piece of equipment and breakdown all of the data for you. Today, the 2022 Callaway Chrome Soft lineup gets compared. We test all three in the family and go through the data on what separates them from each other.
As you can see from the breakdown in the video above, Callaway has three golf balls that will fit a myriad of golfers. Which one do you think will be the best fit for you out of the Chrome Soft lineup?
For more information on their latest line, check out their website at www.callawaygolf.com.
[QUOTE=”Canadan, post: 10452792, member: 2320″]
haha I don’t know – sometimes I forget that many of you are as golf crazy as I am.
If I told my wife I was excited to try some golf balls, she’d call me a weirdo.
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HA!! Understood. My wife has given up understanding my behavior.
[QUOTE=”Canadan, post: 10452792, member: 2320″]
haha I don’t know – sometimes I forget that many of you are as golf crazy as I am.
If I told my wife I was excited to try some golf balls, she’d call me a weirdo.
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I would love to know your thoughts on any differences between 2021 CS and 2022 CS if any
anybody see differences between 2021 and 2022 CS
Finally got around to hitting the new LSX and I am just blown away. They feel so much softer off of my wedges and short irons. Like many my curiosity was based around my experience with the 2021 balls: started with the LSX, but then switched to X because for me, <125 range wasn’t feeling/performing as soft/spinny as a I wanted. Before I bought the new Xs, I wanted to give these a try in case what everyone is reporting also worked for me – and it did. Winner winner.
After doing this very thing, I think I am falling back into the Chrome Soft camp. Its a comfort thing, yet still getting really good performance.
[QUOTE=”edelguy, post: 10460478, member: 60735″]
Finally got around to hitting the new LSX and I am just blown away. They feel so much softer off of my wedges and short irons. Like many my curiosity was based around my experience with the 2021 balls: started with the LSX, but then switched to X because for me, <125 range wasn’t feeling/performing as soft/spinny as a I wanted. Before I bought the new Xs, I wanted to give these a try in case what everyone is reporting also worked for me – and it did. Winner winner.
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Good to know. Also, exactly where I fell last year.
I have converted to Chrome Soft…..Its been a month now since i bought some of the new ball. I love the feel off the clubs and the way i can move it around when i need to hit that recovery. Consistent distances off the irons too.
After a lot of time in the garage on the sim-ish setup, I’m more convinced than ever the CSX is the fastest golf ball on the planet.
I had been playing the Chrome Soft for a month now, I picked up a sleeve of the X and played a couple of rounds with them. I am back on the Chrome Soft as I find i can manipulate it a lot more consistently around the course.
[QUOTE=”Jman, post: 10524691, member: 1579″]
After a lot of time in the garage on the sim-ish setup, I’m more convinced than ever the CSX is the fastest golf ball on the planet.
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[USER=1579]@Jman[/USER] – interested to know your thoughts on the CSX in comparison to the CSXLS. I’ve watched the vids that have been posted but interested in your thoughts?
I bought a dozen CSX mostly because I was looking for perhaps a bit more spin around the greens compared to Srixon Z-Star XV. In the end, I have a feeling better technique on my part will be the difference.
I’ll also see if it seems like it provides too much spin with other clubs or if ball flight isn’t ideal. I did try to opt for a ball that wouldn’t venture too far from the Srixon.
Played our AZ THP league event on Saturday. Paired with [USER=24330]@azrsx[/USER] , [USER=6774]@echico[/USER] , and [USER=52535]@Triple Frak[/USER] . First tee we are all identifying what ball we are playing and it was unanimous! All four of us were playing the Chrome Soft X LS triple track!! I think we have a winner :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
[QUOTE=”donny475, post: 10462297, member: 4683″]
I have converted to Chrome Soft…..Its been a month now since i bought some of the new ball. I love the feel off the clubs and the way i can move it around when i need to hit that recovery. Consistent distances off the irons too.
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I used to play chrome soft a long time ago and then I went away from them. I think they may hae stopped making them or something. Started playing a myriad of balls, prov1, and Vice Pro.
Liked what I read and last month picked up some of the new Chrome Soft. Wow, amazing ball, like you said the feel is what I like and honestly picked up consistently more yardage than the Vice Pro. I’ll play them against some Pro V1 in the coming months and see which I prefer as well.
[QUOTE=”MagicSpell, post: 10526681, member: 11998″]
Played our AZ THP league event on Saturday. Paired with [USER=24330]@azrsx[/USER] , [USER=6774]@echico[/USER] , and [USER=52535]@Triple Frak[/USER] . First tee we are all identifying what ball we are playing and it was unanimous! All four of us were playing the Chrome Soft X LS triple track!! I think we have a winner :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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I was actually odd man out. I had standard CS with Triple Track
[QUOTE=”jdtox, post: 10647071, member: 5944″]
I’m not sure I love the launch I’m seeing off driver but only played it for about 9 holes so far
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Too low?
[QUOTE=”jdtox, post: 10647071, member: 5944″]
I’m not sure I love the launch I’m seeing off driver but only played it for about 9 holes so far
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Aren’t these balls high launch and low spin with the driver? It needs to be matched with a driver head that has a lower Centre of gravity. Cam Smith told me five years ago that Titleist lowered the COG in their drivers requiring the ball to be teed lower than previous driver models.
CSX LS sounds like my kind of ball…high launch low spin off the driver…
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I played the Chrome Soft LS today and it performed WELL! love this ball
Really bummed I forgot to put some 2022 CSX-LS in the bag before coming to drill, so used the 2021 CSX.
[USER=53737]@OldandStiff[/USER]
Me and Triple Track are going to take a break. I have my reasons, but I thought you might sleep better at night knowing this fact.
[QUOTE=”Triple Frak, post: 10901366, member: 52535″]
[USER=53737]@OldandStiff[/USER]
Me and Triple Track are going to take a break. I have my reasons, but I thought you might sleep better at night knowing this fact.
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I mean I feel like you stole some thunder out of the would-be celebration when you changed your AV, but it’s ABOUT FRAKING TIME! :p
Honestly, I hope it’s because something is working better not worse overall. It’s nice that it’ll still be there if you want to go back to it.
I left a lot of X LS (standard and shamrock balls) around those courses in Myrtle Beach. I hope the guys that find them enjoy them.
That said still love the ball inside and out. Just so much better off the tee and around the greens for me.
[QUOTE=”OldandStiff, post: 10901382, member: 53737″]
I mean I feel like you stole some thunder out of the would-be celebration when you changed your AV, but it’s ABOUT FRAKING TIME! :p
Honestly, I hope it’s because something is working better not worse overall. It’s nice that it’ll still be there if you want to go back to it.
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Believe it or not, I am finding I am putting better and feel more comfortable blank side up, especially outside of 10′.
[QUOTE=”ttucliffhanger, post: 10901403, member: 40538″]
Believe it or not, I am finding I am putting better and feel more comfortable blank side up, especially outside of 10′.
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There seems to be a good amount of people that notice a difference on each side of that 10′ range. Use it and don’t. I mean if you can use both it’s best of both worlds I guess. I don’t even mark my ball any more than I have to much less want to rotate anything, so it’s all just lost on me.
[QUOTE=”OldandStiff, post: 10901419, member: 53737″]
There seems to be a good amount of people that notice a difference on each side of that 10′ range. Use it and don’t. I mean if you can use both it’s best of both worlds I guess. I don’t even mark my ball any more than I have to much less want to rotate anything, so it’s all just lost on me.
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oh I have switched to not using triple track at all, even inside 10′, but outside is where I noticed the biggest difference in how I concentrate on just hitting center ball, not on where the direction of the lines are going and just trust my initial lineup. Also keeps me from second guessing when over the ball. I need to put some of the LS back in my bag…Right now have some ProV1x in there that I won and trying to cycle through them, but the LS is so fricking good!
[QUOTE=”ttucliffhanger, post: 10901424, member: 40538″]
oh I have switched to not using triple track at all, even inside 10′, but outside is where I noticed the biggest difference in how I concentrate on just hitting center ball, not on where the direction of the lines are going and just trust my initial lineup. Also keeps me from second guessing when over the ball. I need to put some of the LS back in my bag…Right now have some ProV1x in there that I won and trying to cycle through them, but the LS is so fricking good!
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The second guessing is the thing. It seems to either add confidence, add questioning, depending on person.
I had a fun exchange with a fitter yesterday. I was checking out some putters and he had given me a TT ball, whatever. Ignore. He asked me to line it up with the lines on the putter though, and our interaction went sideways real fast. :LOL:. We were practically shouting at each other, in a friendly way, in less than 30 seconds. Because lines on round things do not match up to lines on flat things! If my new best friend the fitter could only see through my eyes, he’d know that’s just not how shapes work. Lol
I might get to play here in a bit. Going to go with the regular X. Have been for a little while actually. I’ve been in need of spin.
[QUOTE=”OldandStiff, post: 10901444, member: 53737″]
The second guessing is the thing. It seems to either add confidence, add questioning, depending on person.
I had a fun exchange with a fitter yesterday. I was checking out some putters and he had given me a TT ball, whatever. Ignore. He asked me to line it up with the lines on the putter though, and our interaction went sideways real fast. :LOL:. We were practically shouting at each other, in a friendly way, in less than 30 seconds. Because lines on round things do not match up to lines on flat things! If my new best friend the fitter could only see through my eyes, he’d know that’s just not how shapes work. Lol
I might get to play here in a bit. Going to go with the regular X. Have been for a little while actually. I’ve been in need of spin.
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You can have some of my spin. That work? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
[QUOTE=”Triple Frak, post: 10901366, member: 52535″]
[USER=53737]@OldandStiff[/USER]
Me and Triple Track are going to take a break. I have my reasons, but I thought you might sleep better at night knowing this fact.
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I had to do a double take because I read that as you and Triple Frak were taking a break lol
[QUOTE=”ttucliffhanger, post: 10901424, member: 40538″]
oh I have switched to not using triple track at all, even inside 10′, but outside is where I noticed the biggest difference in how I concentrate on just hitting center ball, not on where the direction of the lines are going and just trust my initial lineup. Also keeps me from second guessing when over the ball. I need to put some of the LS back in my bag…Right now have some ProV1x in there that I won and trying to cycle through them, but the LS is so fricking good!
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Very similar thing happening to me lately. I noticed struggling on short putts while practicing. I have never really worried too much using TT on long putts. On short putts, recently I have been lining up and then get over the ball and think it isn’t aligned. So I tell myself to aim just right on the TT only to hit it end over end and missing where I had the ball aligned. I am definitely not getting over the ball, feel it is off, re-mark my ball, align it again and then putt. So me and triple track are taking a break.
[QUOTE=”ttucliffhanger, post: 10901448, member: 40538″]
You can have some of my spin. That work? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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I will take it!
[QUOTE=”McLovin, post: 10901485, member: 23812″]
i guess i will concede that this is true depending on where your eyes are in relation to the ball. but like, if that’s the issue, how does one know they’re aligned correctly? i have to say “one” and not “you” because of the whole you’re-a-ridonkulous-golfer thing.
if one says “i have putted with this eye alignment for years and i know when i’m lined up,” then, wouldn’t the same ultimately end up working itself out if tt is used over a long enough timeline?
maybe my staunch apologetics for tt is because my sans tt alignment is pretty far on the rat tail side of the alignment distribution curve among golfers of varying skill. i just know it’s been pretty freaking great for me, and i want pretty much everyone to give it a fair shake.
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I’ll agree with you. I’m sure it’s me. Not the TT. It has worked for me in the past and I just am a nut case lol. So there’s that. I’m sure I’ll revisit it at some point but people definitely need to give it a fair shake.
[QUOTE=”McLovin, post: 10901485, member: 23812″]
i guess i will concede that this is true depending on where your eyes are in relation to the ball. but like, if that’s the issue, how does one know they’re aligned correctly? i have to say “one” and not “you” because of the whole you’re-a-ridonkulous-golfer thing.
if one says “i have putted with this eye alignment for years and i know when i’m lined up,” then, wouldn’t the same ultimately end up working itself out if tt is used over a long enough timeline?
maybe my staunch apologetics for tt is because my sans tt alignment is pretty far on the rat tail side of the alignment distribution curve among golfers of varying skill. i just know it’s been pretty freaking great for me, and i want pretty much everyone to give it a fair shake.
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Yeah I do too. I just expressed my crazy about it early on and it’s become a thing. I encourage people to try it, and I gave away that box one of my store guys intentionally sold me to people so they could.
That was part of where that fitter and I ended up. The theory is that if your setup is incorrect that you’ll adjust to it and can be/get good at it, but not as good as with a better setup and alignment. I’m not really in that camp because it forces everyone towards the middle, but it can help people. I ultimately think whatever looks right to a person is going to be what helps them most (as long as it’s not causing actual problems that can’t be resolved) and some good teachers and fitters go towards that. So to me it’s more of a visual and mental thing. And my ball is outside my eyes. I took a 9i above my left as a kid so I have trouble with depth, which is shape in a way. That’s part of why I’m not right over the ball. It makes my mind rely on lines a bit more than others I think. Conflicting lines that my brain can’t resolve really screw with me. So I question, hesitate, etc, and ultimately get frustrated. The exact opposite of the rhythm and mindset I live in while doing my thing on the green. If TT is a cheat code for anyone on what they do out there, I’m all for it, and probably a little jealous.
[QUOTE=”OldandStiff, post: 10901444, member: 53737″]
The second guessing is the thing. It seems to either add confidence, add questioning, depending on person.
I had a fun exchange with a fitter yesterday. I was checking out some putters and he had given me a TT ball, whatever. Ignore. He asked me to line it up with the lines on the putter though, and our interaction went sideways real fast. :LOL:. We were practically shouting at each other, in a friendly way, in less than 30 seconds. [B]Because lines on round things do not match up to lines on flat things! I[/B]f my new best friend the fitter could only see through my eyes, he’d know that’s just not how shapes work. Lol
I might get to play here in a bit. Going to go with the regular X. Have been for a little while actually. I’ve been in need of spin.
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Preach! haha
Seriously, I’m sure the TT works wonders for some players but, I’m with you, I don’t want to see any straight lines on my ball, especially three of them. I want the putter head to squarely hit the blue dot (circle) that I put between “Titleist” (or whatever) and the ball number.
I play with a couple of guys that are so overly-concerned about lining up their TT that they have dreadful speed control. I gave one of them three sleeves of TT after I quickly determined that it wasn’t a good fit for me and my putter.
I don’t know why I keep testing out other balls.
There are now two/three that I will keep in rotation. Each have there own characteristics that could be beneficial based off the greens that day. Also similarities based off the other clubs, with a different hint of sound/feel.
I’ll just leave this here to remind me which needs the first look. A new PB for me!
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Playing a course tomorrow that demands the ball be worked off the tee or keep the driver in the bag, even for my old azz not hitting it 300 yards…… After weighing the options and just to change things up I went with the Chrome Soft X because I had some very good rounds with it earlier this season. Not that I don’t love my TP5’s any more, just felt like a change………..
Think there are some THPers that will be doing this test soon.
[QUOTE=”JB, post: 11248377, member: 3″]
Think there are some THPers that will be doing this test soon.
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Are you teasing some 2023 ERC and SuperSoft testing coming?
The new improved ERC with additional 400 RPM in spin has me very intrigued to test that one out.
[QUOTE=”fuffle master, post: 11248378, member: 47863″]
Are you teasing some 2023 ERC and SuperSoft testing coming?
The new improved ERC with additional 400 RPM in spin has me very intrigued to test that one out.
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No. I know that a bunch of thpers ordered a dozen each of the G balls.
I like forward to testing that one myself. this video compared the three CS models
[USER=2320]@Canadan[/USER] feeling like I should maybe give the standard chrome soft a go..
[QUOTE=”Kodi’aK, post: 11755789, member: 53139″]
[USER=2320]@Canadan[/USER] feeling like I should maybe give the standard chrome soft a go..
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I’ve been playing the standard CS for the entire year, but recently picked up a sleeve of X LS to compare. I played them both during a 9 hole round, hitting them back to back for easy comparison.
Off the Tee with driver: I was getting comparable distances and dispersion. On one hole I hit both of them really well, and the CS has the X LS beaten by 2-3 yards. So I think from an off the tee perspective, the distance gained or lost is negligible. I hit the ball overall very well with driver, and I can’t say one is better than the other, from a how far and how accurate did I hit it. They are both good. My doing speed with driver is 107, as a point of reference.
On Approach: The feel of each off irons and wedges for both is good, nothing discernible. Distances were both comparable, and within a few yards of each other, other than a hole or 2 with some bad misses, which was all on me. I did notice, on one par 3 where I hit each, that the X LS checked up more than the CS. I hit each shot very similarly, and the X LS checked up about 3 yards, where the CS rolled out about 5 yards. This was the only discernible difference I saw on the course.
Putting: CS felt softer than the X LS. I’ve definitely putted with other balls that felt harder than the X LS, but when hit back to back with the CS, the X LS feels harder in comparison. In addition, the CS sound was deeper in tone than the X LS, which had a higher pitched sound. Close on the scale, but still different if that matters to you.
[QUOTE=”Kodi’aK, post: 11755789, member: 53139″]
[USER=2320]@Canadan[/USER] feeling like I should maybe give the standard chrome soft a go..
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Why?
What are you looking for?
[QUOTE=”Canadan, post: 11755872, member: 2320″]
Why?
What are you looking for?
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Less spin..
[QUOTE=”Kodi’aK, post: 11755885, member: 53139″]
Less spin..
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What are you struggling spin wise with?
[QUOTE=”Canadan, post: 11755893, member: 2320″]
What are you struggling spin wise with?
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Too mas..
[QUOTE=”Kodi’aK, post: 11755906, member: 53139″]
Too mas..
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Which clubs?
[QUOTE=”Canadan, post: 11755907, member: 2320″]
Which clubs?
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Irons.
[QUOTE=”Kodi’aK, post: 11755915, member: 53139″]
Irons.
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I’d be curious what kind of too much spin you’re talking about.
Having spent some time with $ Taper that was definitely one of the criticisms I had, that it jumped my spin.
[QUOTE=”Canadan, post: 11755974, member: 2320″]
I’d be curious what kind of too much spin you’re talking about.
Having spent some time with $ Taper that was definitely one of the criticisms I had, that it jumped my spin.
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7 iron 7200 plus.