Callaway Golf’s newest Chrome Tour, Chrome Tour X and Chrome Soft golf balls feature a new material that the company says makes them faster and more consistent than competitive models.
The revolutionary “Tour Fast Mantle” with a 16 percent higher flex modulus is created to increase ball speed by acting like a stiffer spring at impact. The material in the advanced core/layer system has not been used before in a golf ball.
“We challenged ourselves to make a golf ball that’s already fast even faster,” said Eric Loper, Callaway’s senior director of golf ball R&D. “What we didn’t want to do is use compression jacking to get to that ball speed. … To do that you have to have something new. What we’ve been able to create over the last four years is a completely new material, it’s called the Tour Fast Mantle … and it really enables us to hit speeds that really the industry hasn’t seen before in these types of products.”
The Chrome Tour and Chrome Tour X are four-layer constructions while the Chrome Soft is a three-layer ball. The entire lineup also features Callaway’s seamless optimized hybrid aero pattern that provides distance and flight consistency.
“If you’re a Chrome Tour X player, you’re going to see the same thing you’ve seen around the green, but more distance off the tee, and a slightly flatter trajectory with your irons which is good because it provides more consistency into the wind,” said Loper.
Chrome Tour is designed for the player looking for speed and distance off the tee and a mid-spin profile for the best combination of distance, consistent flight and greenside control. Chrome Tour X is for the player looking for maximum speed off the tee and a mid-high spin profile through the bag for maximum workability. Chrome Soft is for the player looking for the benefits of a tour ball with increased launch and a lower full shot profile for longer distance with greenside control and soft feel.
Callaway’s Chrome lineup of golf balls ($57.99 per dozen) is available for pre-order and will hit retailers starting on Jan. 30.
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