Bridgestone has been making golf balls for a while now but it’s only really been since Tiger Woods joined the brand as an ambassador that it gained a serious presence in the golf ball market. Tiger, alongside PGA Tour players Jason Day and Matt Kuchar, use the Tour BX golf ball but this review is about the Bridgestone Tour B RX golf ball – a ball designed for golfers with driver swing speeds under 105mph who want to increase their distance from the tee.
As a golfer who typically swings the driver at around 116mph, I channelled my inner Fred Couples for this review, swinging with a slower, smoother tempo to see what performance I would experience and if it could be considered one of the best golf balls for slower swing speeds. As it happens, the Tour B RX golf ball is actually the choice of the aforementioned 1992 Masters champion.
Bridgestone Tour B RX Golf Balls
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I tested this ball at the same time as testing the Tour B RXS and it was immediately noticeable that the RX ball was built for added distance compared to the RXS golf ball. The feel was much firmer off the face through impact. The brand has introduced a gradual compression core which allows for high initial ball speed and low spin. This was certainly evident on the golf course with the driver, seeing a high but penetrating ball flight through the air.
I struggled with the ball wandering from my target line when the wind picked up with the RXS golf ball but there was no such issue with the RX ball. It felt like there were good levels of stability with this ball and even when I made a more aggressive swing at my normal swing speed, the ball didn’t climb up like I expected to and performed just as well as other premium golf balls I have tested in the past year.
Bridgestone Tour B RX Golf Balls
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One area where I feel as though I struggled a little with the Bridgestone Tour B RX golf ball was from hitting iron shots from the rough. Where this ball did produce slightly less spin, I feel as though I struggled to control the ball a little when hitting from the first cut. I saw a lot of balls fly fairly low with a lack of stopping power, which made it difficult to hit greens having missed the fairway.
Where I saw the RXS ball perform so well around the greens because of its soft feel, I was expecting the RX golf ball to be slightly harder to control and with less spin due to its firmer feel but that wasn’t the case. While it does feel firmer with a wedge…
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