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The new Lady Precept was just announced and THPers are the first to get them in their hands.
This thread will serve as host for their reviews.
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I like it Randy! I'll be watching to see how these play out.The UPS man just left me a small package at the door. I opened it immediately and saw a folded paper, it is a very nice note from Corey welcoming me to the testing of the all new Bridgestone Golf Lady Precept. Some highlights from the letter are:
Scheduled to hit the shelves June 1, 2015
The Lady Precept is the most popular ladies' ball in the history of the game.
This iteration is a fresh make over just in time for the 16th anniversary of the Lady.
The major changes are:
1 - New softer core
2 - Softer surlyn cover for better greenside performance.
I chose the optic yellow for testing and the box will certainly not let anyone pick up the wrong color by mistake, it is really yellow. The packing looks to be high quality and the box has some added information on the back, hopefully you can read it in the picture. The yellow on this ball at first glance appears to be slightly more "dull" than most optic yellow balls from Bridgestone, I will compare the B330-RX and the e6 in an on course comparison tomorrow, not the actual ball performance as these are all entirely different balls just the color is all I will compare. The alignment arrows that Bridgestone users have become familiar with are present but this time the word "lady" is in script, I think it looks pretty cool. The cover does not feel particularly soft to me but it is somewhat 'squeaky" when I rub it hard.
Just a bit on me - I am a 67 year old male golfer who on normal drives hits the ball 200-220 and I hit my 9 iron roughly 115 so my swing speed should be comparable to many female golfers. I played a dozen of the last series of Lady Precept balls and liked most things about them except greenside performance, I am hoping the new cover helps out in that category. I usually get out on the course 2 to 4 times per week.
I will add pictures in the next post as they are on my phone and it is easier to just post from it. I will be glad to test this ball versus any thing requested if I have it on hand. As always please ask any questions that you have and I or one of my fellow testers will be glad to give our findings.
Very cool. Squeaky was also a word that came to mind when I rubbed the mystery test golf balls.
I would be interested to hear comparisons to the Duo, if anyone plays that one too.
Nice start DD and KellyBo. Just curious do these come in a number of different colours? Looking forward to your thoughts.
It is a tough marketing spot to be in. You want to maintain the status of being the #1 selling women's ball but it will certainly turn off some guys even if they like the performance of the ball.
It is a tough marketing spot to be in. You want to maintain the status of being the #1 selling women's ball but it will certainly turn off some guys even if they like the performance of the ball.
I agree. I don't like it and I'm a woman. The last one had Lady Precept written in small print that was easily covered with a line. You can't cover this with a line.
I'd be interested in knowing how many guys(outside of THP) actually go in and buy a box of these. I have a feeling that number is very low, so they don't need to worry to much about losing that market. Besides, I think Bridgestone has a bigger ball problem on their hands that is taking customers away from their bread and butter ball(e6). I'm more curious as to why they didn't throw the dual dimple pattern on these, or even the web design.
See I didn't even consider the flip side. Many women golfers just want to be known as golfers.
It's not really that as much as the larger cursive print is just something I don't like. If it said "Lady" in a smaller print, I would be fine with it.
Gotcha, just because that is how you mark your ball?