Sherman Oaks, CA
GolfBallSelector.com has completed initial testing on the Tour B330-RX.
The Bridgestone Tour B330-RX, introduced this past August, is a 3-piece golf ball construction, which includes a low compression core, ionomer inner cover, and urethane outer cover with 330-dimple pattern.
The Tour B330-RX was bench tested for compression and cover hardness, robotically putter tested and player tested byGolfBallSelector.com using the driver, 6 iron and sand wedge.
The Tour B330-RX will be included in our next scheduled GolfBallSelector.com site release so we do not make any application statements. As with any ball, player preferences and individual launch/spin conditions are paramount in choosing a ball.
Notable Observations
According to Bridgestone, the new Tour B330-RX “is a ball designed specifically for low handicappers who do not have tour-level swing speeds, but want tour-level performance in their short game”. Bridgestone states the Tour B330-RX is “designed for swing speeds between 85-105 mph”.
Our independent testing and performance benchmarking against the 75 other balls in the GolfBallSelector.com testing database (tour and non-tour balls) confirms Bridgestone’s claims that theTour B330-RX is a low spinning ball off the driver for lower ball speeds, of less than about 125 mph.
Our bench testing also showed that the Tour B330-RX has a compression reading of 85 using the ATTI golf ball compression test device. This is a reading approximately 10 compression points lower than the Titleist Pro V1, 30 points lower than the 2007 version of the Bridgestone Tour B330 and 13 points lower that the Bridgestone e5+.
Both of these factors – low spin off the driver and a lower compression golf ball construction – may then contribute to improved distance and overall performance for some lower ball speed golfers. However, it is very important to note that distance performance of any ball will vary by golfer profile and by the combination of factors, such as ball speed, launch angle, angle of attack and equipment set-up designed to control for spin.
In our testing using a standard 56 degree sand wedge, the Tour B330-RX provides, in general, less spin than a Titleist Pro V1 and significantly less spin than the Nike One Platinum, which is among the highest spinning balls tested to date.
GolfBallSelector.com robotic putter testing indicates that the Tour B330-RX has similar “hotness” off the putter to the Pro V1; and other bench testing reveals that the Tour B330-RX also exhibits similar cover hardness to the Titleist Pro V1.
In summary, the Tour B330-RX shows many strong characteristics the average to low ball speed golfer may seek; and exhibits short game spin and feel characteristics similar to that of a Titleist Pro V1.
GolfBallSelector.com believes that golfers interested in the Tour B330-RX should consider its “best fit” potential for their own game in the context of their own preferences and the trade-offs they are prepared to take for distance, control and feel and according to their own unique ballistics measures of ball speed, launch angle and general spin rate. Learn more at GolfBallSelector.com.
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Contact:
Gary Esayian
1+646-316-1956
gary.e@golfballselector.com
