Equipment
Mizuno RB Tour and RB Tour X golf balls: The first balls from the company to hit the U.S. market (2019 PGA Show)
Mizuno has launched two new golf balls – the RB Tour and RB Tour X, the first balls the company has released in the U.S.
The new golf balls from Mizuno both feature a new drag-reducing Cone Profile Dimple (C Dimple), which as a result of 12-years of wind tunnel testing at Mizuno’s MT (Mizuno Technics) test facility in Yoro, Japan, is designed to provide maximum greenside feel as well as excellent performance in the wind.
According to the company, The C-Dimple “creates more trigger points to keep fast flowing air close to the ball’s surface for longer, simultaneously reducing drag, and strengthening trajectory … producing a controllable, penetrating driver flight, and noticeable distance gains on full iron shots.”
Both four-piece designs feature a Butadiene rubber dual core with a soft urethane cover and an ionomer mantle.
Speaking on the decision to release the RB Tour and RB Tour X to the U.S. market, David Llewellyn – Director of R&D stated
“The RB Tour takes us to the next level and we’re excited to see where this takes us. We’ve been lobbied on every social media channel to introduce the ball to the US market, but we specifically wanted to wait for this ball.”
The RB Tour X is designed to provide low- to mid-driver spin, while the RB Tour, with softer compression, aims to provide low driver spin.
Both the RB Tour and RB Tour X will be at retail from February and will cost $43 per dozen.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms
Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
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Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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A
Jan 25, 2019 at 10:46 am
As long it performs
Tim
Jan 24, 2019 at 7:17 pm
It’s tough to get excited about another premium price golf ball from one of the major manufacturers. Direct to consumer companies with premium balls like Cut, Snell, Vice, etc… have made this an even more difficult market to squeeze average joe golfer dollars from.
C
Jan 24, 2019 at 8:42 am
Wouldn’t mind trying some. But for now, I’ll stick to LostGolfBalls for ProV’s and TP5’s.
Rob
Jan 23, 2019 at 11:49 pm
Just what golf needs, another expensive golf ball.
The dude
Jan 23, 2019 at 7:26 pm
Are they forged?
Matthew Kossick
Jan 24, 2019 at 1:11 pm
LOL!
Simma
Jan 23, 2019 at 5:54 pm
Another great ball for the single dig-get handicapper so he/she can get within 10 feet of the hole with his/her wedge second shot on 430 yard par 4’s. The rest of us are just trying to get it on the green and top line balls are just as hard to stop from 170 yards as the cheaper ones for anyone over a 15.
Ball Tester
Jan 23, 2019 at 3:38 pm
I would imagine they will sell at the $39 price point but either way, I’ll try a dozen just to see what they have to offer.
jgpl001
Jan 23, 2019 at 3:27 pm
Mizuno have tried to enter the premium ball level now for a number of years, but always seem to fall short
Maybe these will be closer to the big boys
I’d like to see a Golfwrx test of these side by side with the new ProV range and the TP5 range
I’ll certainly buy a sleeve of each for a test drive when they are released
Alastair
Jan 24, 2019 at 4:11 am
Have you even tried the MP-S and MP-X balls? The TP5 is the best out there but I’d take the MP-S over ProV1 every time.
Roger
Jan 24, 2019 at 4:31 am
Agree
DB
Jan 23, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Hopefully you can get them for less than $43 per dozen. They won’t sell any at that price.
BH
Jan 23, 2019 at 7:48 pm
Yea….that’s not true.