Unless you’re a pro or a single digit handicapper, it’s tough to determine which golf ball is actually best for you. Consumer Reports just did a study of 25 golf balls and tested them using a swing robot that hit each ball with the same part of the golf club (the sweet spot) every time. They hit each of the twenty five golf balls 48 times and tested for:

  • Ball speed off the club face
  • Launch angle
  • Spin
  • Flight distance
  • Rolling distance after landing
  • How far off center of fairway golf ball landed

Here are the results (top 10), in order, of which golf ball scored best in Consumer Reports independent study:

  1. Nike One Black
  2. Nike Power Distance Super Soft 
  3. Callaway HX Tour 56 
  4. Titleist Pro V1 
  5. Titleist Pro V1x 
  6. Ben Hogan Tour Deep 
  7. Titleist DT So-Lo 
  8. Callaway HX Hot 
  9. Maxfli BlackMax 
  10. Pinnacle Gold Distance 

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