Bridgestone Golf 2013 e5 Golf Balls (Pack of 12), White

My swingspeed with the driver is about 90 mph. Im a newbie still, but with this ball I was getting ridiculous lengths with this ball compared to other balls I have tried. I would say easily 20-25 yeards longer than other balls I tried such as Callaway Supersoft and Srixion Q-Star. I had some drives close to 300 yards (my normal length on a good hit used to be 220-250) which allowed me to get some eagle opportunities teeing off from "Gold". Not bad for a newbie! They are also fairly straight which for me is a plus.But with great length comes great responsibility. When they go that far, its hard to stay in the fairway all the time!The ball also chips and puts well, no complaints whatsoever!PS: The best I got was a tap in birdie on those eagle opportunities..

I gave these as a gift and I know nothing about golf but a little advice if you give a golf freak golf balls as a gift they better be high dollar ones or he will hit them into the pond behind his house like the ones I gave!

These are very good balls for this price range. They are equivalent to the NXT Tours and other balls in that range. The are preferable for people with club heads speeds in the 80-90mph. I use these towards the end and at the beginning of the season when conditions are a little tougher and there are a lot of leaves on the ground i.e. lots of lost balls. I normally play ProV 1 or ProV 1x so I am not big on using those when a slightly errant drive lots of times wont be found.Since I have a club head speed of 100+ MPH I do notice a little loss of distance off of the tee compared to the ProV's and they don't bite quite as much around the greens. But generally they play pretty similar to the higher quality balls and almost identical to the NXT Tours.

half the balls were yellow (pond balls) only a few in good shape

I previously used any ball I could get my hands on, but as I grew serious about golf, I needed a ball that I could use consistently so that I too would become more consistent and know what to expect, especially with short game.If you're looking for great control and good distance off the tee, this ball is for you. If you want a ton of backspin, probably not so much. My short game hasn't advanced to the point where I would even know what to do with backspin, so this ball is perfect for me.All said, for the money, there isn't a better ball on the market.

After answering the questions on Bridgestone's website to find out what ball would be best for my swing speed, I purchased these. Wish I could say I noticed a difference.

I've been using these balls for about a year and they are outstanding. Over the same time period I have also used both the higher end Bridgestone balls as well as ProV 1's. I'm a 10 index player thus have a decent game. I really don't notice a difference in distance or playability with any of the balls though the PV1's may check up a bit better on the green but not so much that it makes a big difference. The only difference I really notice is I swear less when I hit a $2 ball into the water versus a $4 ball.

I just played my first round with these balls. They perform the way I expected them to. I bought these balls to get more control on chips around the green. The have a higher trajectory and more spin so they land more softly. I'm not used to them yet. So most of my shots were quite a bit short. With some more rounds I expect to be able to be more aggressive and get the ball to stop closer to the hole. Off the tee they didn't seem to be quite as long. But they are good enough. I am more interested in control.