Saturday I played my first round of the year with my golf coach. He seemed perplexed at the total lack of bite I was getting on the greens, and tells me that with the way I strike the ball I should be getting some good check-ups. This was immediately after I hit a shot that landing 3 yards short of the pin from about 100 yards out, only to watch it go careening off the back of the green. When I told him I have been using the cheap'o balls ever since I started playing five years ago he had a look on his face like "I get it now".
So I'm here trying to figure out what my next ball is going to be. I had always thought all this premium ball talk to be a bunch of marketing speak, but reading through these forums I get the sense that this couldn't be further from the truth.
I'm about 270-290 with the driver and 165-170 with my 7-iron using my current ball. I have never had my swing speed measured, but I assume this puts me in the 105+ range. So I decided the B330 would be a good place for me to start my search for a premium ball. But Amazon Japan only has Tour B330X and Tour B330S models for sale, no Tour B330 and no RX series.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/BRIDGESTONE...F8&qid=1459225808&sr=8-7&keywords=ブリヂストン+B330
http://www.amazon.co.jp/BRIDGESTONE...F8&qid=1459225808&sr=8-3&keywords=ブリヂストン+B330
Does anyone know if the JDM Tour B330X model is the US equivalent of the Tour B330?
With that distance, your driver swing speed is likely 110-115.