Titleist Tour Soft Golf Ball Review
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At a glance
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Pros
– Excellent value at £2.66 per ball
– Long and stable
– Durable
– Alignment aid works on tee and gree
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Cons
– Not as much spin around the greens as its competitors
What we say...
Titleist’s Tour Soft golf ball has an aerodynamic design for more distance and a large core for a responsive soft feel.
Now in its third generation, the Titleist Tour Soft is a two-piece golf ball that provides superb tee-to-green performance for just £2.66 per ball.
Pros
- Excellent value at £2.66 per ball
- Long and stable
- Durable
- Alignment aid works on tee and gree
Cons
- Not as much spin around the greens as its competitors
The Tour Soft has been designed in response to golfer feedback and has the same aerodynamic package as the second-generation Tour Speed, but the Soft’s unique construction means it will fly lower than the three-piece Speed.
At 1.600”, the Tour Soft retains one of the largest core sizes in the Titleist golf ball range and the same soft compression as the previous generation.
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Such a large core requires an extremely thin cover, and Titleist developed the thin 4CE grafted cover which helps generate reliable greenside spin for short game playability. It also uses a new aerodynamic 346 quadrilateral dipyramid dimple design for a penetrating ball flight and longer distance.
A clever alignment aid on the side of the ball helps you to square the putter as well as ensuring it’s correctly targeted for your chosen line.
Titleist Tour Soft Golf Ball Review: Key Technologies
– Thin 4CE grafted cover formulation provides reliable short game control.
– Large and fast 1.600″ core delivers long distance and responsive soft feel.
– New 346 quadrilateral dipyramid dimple design provides a penetrating flight trajectory for long distance.
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Titleist Tour Soft Golf Ball Review: What they say
“Just like any of our golf ball products, we are always looking for a dimple pattern that is specific to each model and works best for that design,” said Michael Madson, Senior Director, Research and Engineering. “In the new Tour Soft, we saw an opportunity to improve upon the aerodynamics and improve upon the longer distance players were seeking.”
According to Madson, the 346 quadrilateral dipyramid dimple design was not on the original radar for the new Tour Soft golf ball.
“Our team developed many designs and considered a number of options from a research standpoint, but it wasn’t until the Tour Speed golf ball when we tested and determined the quadrilateral dipyramid dimple pattern made for a really efficient way to process an injection moulded cover,” he told us.
“We never planned to put the same pattern on the Tour Soft, and we looked at a multitude of other dimple counts and patterns within the same family that might work better. But when it came to optomised ball flight and total performance, the 346 quadrilateral dipyramid pattern was clearly the best.”
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Titleist Tour Soft Golf Ball Review: Today’s Golfer verdict
At £2.66 per ball, this is a good option for club golfers. It’s impressively long off the tee and we are big fans of the updated T-shaped sidestamp which makes it really easy to align on both the tee and green.
It’s a durable ball, too, which is massive for club golfers, but spin levels are definitely lower than some of its competitors and the higher-priced and urethane-covered balls.
Overall it’s definitely a model we’d put in the bag if you’re looking for a ball that provides a long, stable flight, a soft feel and decent control around the greens.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rob Jerram is the Digital Editor of todaysgolfer.co.uk
He has been a journalist for more than 20 years, starting his career with Johnston Press where he covered local and regional news and sport in a variety of editorial roles across ten years.
Rob joined Bauer Media in 2010 and worked as the Senior Production Editor of Today’s Golfer and Golf World magazines for ten years before moving into the Digital Editor’s role in July 2020.
He has been playing golf for almost three decades and has been a member at Greetham Valley in Rutland for eight years, playing off a 12 handicap.
Rob uses a Ping G driver, Ping G 3-wood, TaylorMade M5 5-wood, TaylorMade P790 irons (4-PW), Ping Glide 2.0 Stealth wedges (52º, 56º, 60º), Evnroll ER2 putter, and TaylorMade Tour Response golf ball.
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Product Information
Titleist Tour Soft Golf Ball (2022)
RRP £34 per dozen | VIEW OFFER
Colours White, yellow
Layers Two
Cover Thin 4CE Grafted Formulation
Compression 60
Generation Third. First-generation launched in 2018
Released May 2022
