Shark, I have not noticed a visible seam from manufacturing, but I will say this; the dimple pattern is very uniform and consistent. I notice with some balls, in an effort to create more dimples there is not a distinct pattern, but with the Project 5 there some to be quite the distinct pattern on these to how the dimples align in a line formation...if that makes sense.
That was the very first thing I noticed when I opened the box.
. One on a par 5 that you have to hit your tee shot over some water and I ended up hitting it low worm burner that skipped across the water and into some love grass on the bank. I ended up dropping on the other side of the water and played my second Project 5 for the rest of the hole. I decided to put it away and wait until my swing came around before putting it in play again. On #17 I decided to tee one up and see what it could do since I had been driving the ball good most of the day, well I ended up pulling one down the left side and into someones leaf covered yard, needless to say I lost that one too
. From the little time I spent with them on the practice green and the few shots I was able to make with them on the course, I can say they feel very soft off the putter and driver.. One of them was on a drive that should have been in the fairway on a dogleg left par 4 uphill but I think I hit it long and got a bad bounce into the leaves and the rough. I lost the other one on a downhill Par 3 that I shanked off the toe and straight into the woods. I now only have 1 ball left so I am going to have to figure out the best way to use it to get good info out of it. I am quite upset with myself over losing 4 ball in the matter of two days of testing, I am just sick to my stomach about it. I never got to test the durability of the ball but I did notice some scuffs on it after just a few holes, but nothing too severe. Wish me luck on not losing the last ball. LOL
Good writeup, Quinn. Love hearing about the greenside shots and chipping. Like I posted yesterday, that is usually a deal breaker for me on a ball, how does it react around the green on short shots.Here goes my limited review so far and a little bit about myself. I have been playing golf off and on since I was about 10 but I have been playing consistently for the last two years. I had my handicap down to about an 11-12 a few months ago but since November my game has seem to have gone south for the winter. I think I just need a little more range time to get things back in order again, I am currently around a 15 handicap. I usually drive the ball around 240-260 and hit my 7 iron around 150 yards. I have been playing the NXT-S,e6, Vision X3:UV and the Hex Chrome, recently I have been playing ProV1's that I have found throughout the year because of the leaves on the ground.
My plan was to play a couple of rounds with the ball to get an overall feel of it during course conditions and try out the short game when the course wasn't that busy.
Well I played 18 holes on Saturday so I thought I would take it out and see what it could do. I will keep this part short and sweet. I was only able to play about two holes with it and I lost 2 balls
I played another 18 holes today at my home course so I was alot more familiar with the course and knew where I could and couldn't hit the ball. I ended up playing it on 10 of 18 holes and got a better feel of how the ball performs.
Driver- I was seeing a lot of extra distance with this ball compared to what I was use too and that surprised me especially in the cooler weather. I really like the feel of it off the driver, it is nice and soft but not overly soft. I also didn't notice any excessive side spin either.
Mid-Long Irons- Same feeling of nice and soft and didn't notice any distance loss at all with them. I didn't have any long iron shots into the green so I can't really tell you how they check up on the green.
Short Irons- Same as above for the feeling off the clubs, they do check up quite well around the greens with the short irons, I didn't get any that spun back on me but I think in warmer temps you could definitely make that happen.
Wedges/Chipping- I think this is where this ball shines is around the green, you can really get the ball the check up really nice around the green with pitches and chips.
Overall I think this is a good ball off the tee and around the green as I didn't really lose any distance at all and it had exceptional spin around the green and great distance with the driver. I did end up losing another 2 balls today
thats not a bad idea. when I did testing I focused on around the green stuff and wedge stuff. Then when I had put all of that through the ringer is when I decided to take it to the course.
That's similar to how I do it, One-T. I do wedge and short game on the practice green, then use them for shots with wedges on the course, then put them in play for Iron shots, then put them on the Tee. I figure I have a higher risk of losing them off the tee, so I test them out that way last.
thats exactly what my thinking was..haha.
