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Bridgestone Ball Testing - Driver
I wanted to continue the testing as I moved up my bag and tested my driver and a hybrid. I mainly looked at ball speed, spin, and carry distance for these two clubs. I am going to review the Driver on this post.
I am using the Tour Edge EXS Driver and the Callaway Mavrik Driver, both set at 10.5 and have the same length shaft of 43" I hit 5 shots with each driver to see if there were any differences. First five with Mavrik and the second with Tour Edge
As I have and others have mentioned the Bridgestone Ball is a lower spinning ball. Looking at my averages the swing speed and ball speed were very similar, however, as you can see the spin numbers for the Bridgestone Test Ball were consistently lower. The average overall spin on the Bridgestone ball tended to be from 340 to almost 500 RPMs lower. Also, looking at my carry numbers and I see the Bridgestone Ball with the same average Ball Speed and Club Head Speed provided a carry distance from 7 to 11 yards longer.
Another interesting data point was the data point showing how often I would have hit the fairway. I generally don't play huge fairways at my public course and being in the fairway for the second shot we all know can be the difference between scoring well or poorly on the hole. Assuming a 40-yard fairway (20 on each side from the middle), I would have hit the fairway on 6 of the 10 drives using the Bridgestone. The Callaway had 2 out of 10 drives, the Titleist had 4 out of 10 drives, and the TaylorMade also had only 2 out of 10 drives hit the fairway. My normal drive to fairway ratio with Arccos is 36.5%. The Bridgestone Test Ball performed exceptionally well in this area.
Looking at the launch angle, spin numbers, carry distance, and the number of times I hit the fairway, I can see that this ball is looking very promising toward my game.
I wanted to continue the testing as I moved up my bag and tested my driver and a hybrid. I mainly looked at ball speed, spin, and carry distance for these two clubs. I am going to review the Driver on this post.
I am using the Tour Edge EXS Driver and the Callaway Mavrik Driver, both set at 10.5 and have the same length shaft of 43" I hit 5 shots with each driver to see if there were any differences. First five with Mavrik and the second with Tour Edge
As I have and others have mentioned the Bridgestone Ball is a lower spinning ball. Looking at my averages the swing speed and ball speed were very similar, however, as you can see the spin numbers for the Bridgestone Test Ball were consistently lower. The average overall spin on the Bridgestone ball tended to be from 340 to almost 500 RPMs lower. Also, looking at my carry numbers and I see the Bridgestone Ball with the same average Ball Speed and Club Head Speed provided a carry distance from 7 to 11 yards longer.
Another interesting data point was the data point showing how often I would have hit the fairway. I generally don't play huge fairways at my public course and being in the fairway for the second shot we all know can be the difference between scoring well or poorly on the hole. Assuming a 40-yard fairway (20 on each side from the middle), I would have hit the fairway on 6 of the 10 drives using the Bridgestone. The Callaway had 2 out of 10 drives, the Titleist had 4 out of 10 drives, and the TaylorMade also had only 2 out of 10 drives hit the fairway. My normal drive to fairway ratio with Arccos is 36.5%. The Bridgestone Test Ball performed exceptionally well in this area.
Looking at the launch angle, spin numbers, carry distance, and the number of times I hit the fairway, I can see that this ball is looking very promising toward my game.