Sugar Golf | 2023 G1 | 27 Balls | 3-Piece, Premium Urethane - White

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To put that in perspective, it’s roughly the difference between a Maxfli Noodle and a Titleist Pro V1x. Around the green, the ball was easy to control though I do not use a lot of spin nor play those little "hop and stop" type shots. Run out from chips and "bump and runs" was consistent and predictable. This may be one of the more accurate putting balls I have played. Control with it seemed effortless. In practice, I’ve found that the ball plays well. I get good distance off the tee, with somewhat less roll-out than with a Pro V1 or Vice Pro. I think it climbs faster than either of those, which tells me that for my swing, it has more spin. That also explains the shorter roll. Simulator - I have a friend with a simulator so I will do some direct comparisons to see how it compares on the machine and get some baselines.

With the balls unboxed and into the bag, it was time for our testers to get to the course and start taking notes on how they performed. I found ball flight off the driver a little lower than other balls, but noticed no difference off the irons compared to the other balls I've used.Jim - 50 years old, Played an ERC for the first few holes, then switch to the Sugar ball, really good swing speed For the longest time my biggest Achilles was the driver. It can still get wonky at times, but even given my modest ~17hcp I can average somewhere around 245 off the tee. It usually seems to be a rotating of issues for what will plague me that day... 3 putts? Teebox penalties? Fatting irons? Blading chips? My swing speed is somewhat modest though I have not measured it lately. Id say in the 90s for the driver and 80s for the irons? Either way im just a typical average amateur. Sometimes I do things really well and usually have one blow up hole (or round... more on that later) that really nukes a decent score. To test the performance on the course, I played two 18-hole rounds of golf and used 2 golf balls, one ProV1 and one Sugar Pure. I also had my dad playing with me doing the same thing so that we could get his thoughts and comparisons. I played at my home course, Glen Eagle (https://golfgleneagle.com/), from the Blue tees which run 6621 yards, 70.2/123 Slope and Rating. I play here 4-5 days a week and know every inch of this course, so I can usually score pretty well here. Let me get to the details: I was able to get out to the course a couple of hours before my weekly league round to hit the putting green and chipping area where I was able to put Sugar and Vice head to head in more "real world" scenarios. This was my first time to the course with my LAB MEZZ.1 MAX so I was very curious to get the putting green and practice. My local course has a fairly large putting green with 8-10 holes. I typically do a sort of zig-zag practice focusing on puts greater than 15 feet (I can practice less than 10 feet at home on my "office putting green" aka carpet) since my approach shots tend to leave much to be desired.

To learn more about how testers are selected, go to this forum thread: Want To Be A Tester? The Testing Opportunity This was the best drive of the day I had.... not great. I average roughly 230/245 off the tee on a competent hit from myself. Additionally, many forum members were curious about the Sugar Pure golf ball and the updates to the new G2 offering. So we reached out to Sugar to see if they were interested in getting their new Pure golf ball in the hands of Forum members to test, review and keep. Rounding out the final scores were two 89s from Tbranes and Ph ilM75052 who raved about the durability and a 95 from D RLEONARD58. All three will either play the ball moving forward or give it very strong consideration. Scoring – It is tough to complain about anything when you shoot 1 under of the course of 4 rounds. Seriously, I played great and was incredibly pleased with the way the rounds went. I have to give the slightest of edge to the ProV1 though, as it just came through and won by 3 total strokes. Now that could just be a ball out of bounds or a bad lie here or there, but I really feel comfortable with the Sugar Pure, it was nipping at the heels of the ProV1 both days!

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My current gamer ball flips between the Bridgestone Tour B RXS and RX. The RXS of the two feeling slightly softer as its intended to spin more. Given my modest swing speeds I need short game and iron spin. Also I just kind of prefer how a softer balls feels even if data suggests that a higher compression ball would honestly be fine. Frankly I havnt seen that bear out from the data Ive gathered (also while on vacation). I have to say, I am a huge fan of the aesthetics of these golf balls. The white cover is bright, the lettering is sharp and the numbering is in a unique location that I really enjoy. These balls get "bonus points" for the cursive writing (very reminiscent of Titleist) and the alignment mark on the reverse side. I am a huge fan of a white golf ball (I prefer to think this makes me a traditionalist) and these have that classic look when standing over preparing to make a swing. I wish there was more to say here, but it’s as simple as this: Sugar Golf makes a really good golf ball. Sugar’s Smash Factor (the ratio of ball speed to clubhead speed) are as good, if not superior to the ProV1.

It doesnt matter what magic bullshit marketing a ball promises. If you dont STRIKE THE BALL well... none of the marketing wank matters or the cost for that matter. Box of Balls – I am a big fan of this presentation of the cube box, it seems way more efficient than the standard box of a dozen balls, so great job there. I like the 3 rows of 9 balls, with the numbering system going 1,2 and 3. I don’t know if you can customize the numbers or if there is a way to change that, but I have a weird thing that I only like to play odd number balls so there is that.Another consistent observation from the testers was the feel of the Sugar ball. Tester BallsLeon recapped what had been described by all the testers.