Seems like people are seeing more spin around the green with the CTX, which isn't a huge surprise. The CT helps keep my iron spin where I like it to be and the greenside spin is in line with the XLS, so been very happy there.Ohhhh boy. I'm going to have some fun this year trying to figure out what ball is for me. Might come down to what they can do around the green but that won't be settled for a little while with how shaggy they still are around here. So let's get in to other things I saw last night using the CT and CTX!
I was essentially comparing two things yesterday since I can't really figure out greenside play yet. What I was seeing off of driver and what I was seeing off of irons. Off of driver, both balls flew pretty similarly. Both had drives over 300 and both had the same fairway stats. What I was a little shocked by is how close they felt to each other. I've spoken about it on the putter saying that I think the X actually feels softer there. Well the CT is softer off the driver, but not enough that you ask me to tell you blindly which one is which. I love that. Essentially a tie but CT had the best drive of the day overall.
Off the irons, the difference was purely in flight and it was highlighted by a 210 shot with my 5i that @Bus can attest to. I was playing new irons so instead of going for the green with my driving iron, I put both balls down and hit my 5i knowing I'd come up a tad short. First up was the CT and it was a perfect fading lower launching bullet. More the flight and window I'm used to seeing regardless of ball. Next up was the CTX and oh my. Another perfect shot but the launch was a thing of beauty. Higher than I'm used to. Not ballooning or anything, but I've always been a lower launcher of that ball throughout the bag so this was something I'd rarely seen before and I LOVED it. The wind was blowing a bit and it looked like it didn't even touch it. Both balls ended up within a yard of each other but did it in completely different ways. I wish I could have seen the landing area just to see how far they actually carried.
The rest of the night saw the same thing with irons and wedges. Bit higher launch with the X but still going exactly how far I wanted it to. I'd have to give the X the advantage based clearly on how cool it was for me lol but the CT obviously was performing exactly how it's supposed to. I've never actually seen such a noticeable difference like that before.
I'm guessing my choice will come down to green play for me but it will still be a bit before I will see that take shape. As of now, you could hand me either of these and I'd be perfectly content to play them. This is going to be a fun year!