Move Over Pro V1? One Of Our Favorite Premium Golf Balls Of 2025 Is Now Only $3 Per Ball

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Personally, I think golf balls are the most annoying piece of golf equipment we have to buy. If you're like me and are picky about only playing one of the best premium golf balls out there, they'll cost a pretty penny, which makes me feel extra frustrated when I blow one out of bounds off the first tee, meaning one of my brand new golf balls will never been seen again.

For example, I recently had the pleasure of playing at Sunningdale, paid £16 ($21.50) for a sleeve of Titleist Pro V1s before the round (not the worst price I've ever seen) before proceeding to lose two of those new balls I had bought in the opening nine holes...

The price of balls only feels like it's going in one direction, and it isn't down. If you've read any of our other spotlight posts in relation to sales on golf balls, we always encourage our readers to stock up once they see a good discount on one of the best golf balls - not only does it mean you don't have to buy a new sleeve from the pro shop ahead of every other round, you'll also make a neat little saving that we could likely never make if we only bought our golf balls for our local pro shop or general sports store.

After losing a couple more golf balls over the weekend, it was my turn to have a look around for the best value golf ball to suit my game and I happened to stumble across a brilliant deal over on PGA TOUR Superstore on a golf ball our tester and Deputy Editor Joel Tadman said had "effectively no weaknesses". I've been a Titleist Pro V1 loyalist my whole life, but this deal could be about to change that.

Buy Two, Get One Free

If you buy two boxes of either the Mizuno Pro X or Pro S golf balls, you'll get a third for free - a quick calculation tells me that equates to just $3 per ball!

This is a superb all-rounder, delivering very competitive driver distance coupled with high levels of iron shot stopping power and short game spin and provided excellent value at full price, never mind with this 3 for 2 deal - it's worth me pointing out you'll have to add the three boxes to your basket for the discount to apply!

Read our full Mizuno Pro X Golf Ball Review

Buy Two, Get One Free

The same deal applies to the Pro S golf ball as well. This is the ball that I will be choosing of the two for a number of reasons - I play a lot of golf in windy conditions and the Pro S works brilliantly in cutting through wind thanks to the low spin on offer, delivering a strong, penetrating ball flight. Despite the low spin, it has a soft, responsive feel that I appreciate during short game shots, whilst it has also proved very durable during my rounds in which I have played it.

Read our full Mizuno Pro S Golf Ball Review

The Pro series replace the RB Tour family of golf balls previously released by Mizuno. With the new name comes a new construction - a 12 percent thinner urethane cover and a six percent thicker mantle layer combine to enhance ball speed while maintaining a soft, responsive feel.

How did they compare to competing premium models during our testing? Well, very well in fact. The three-layer Pro X produced driver ball speed of 156.2mph for tester Joel, which was comparable to the Z-Star Diamond ball, but because it launched considerably higher with low spin it flew four yards further. It was also longer than the Z-Star XV and seven yards longer than the Titleist 2023 Pro V1x.

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The Mizuno Pro X was also significantly faster and higher flying with the irons paired mid-to-high spin and a descent angle close to 50 degrees to maximise stopping power.

The Pro X boasts a slightly firmer feel than other premium balls, but this isn't a bad thing, with Joel comparing it to the Titleist ProV1x in this department. The Pro S is the softer of the two balls, delivering more spin for short game shots. They did react sharply on the second and third bounce with approach and short game shots, with the urethane cover helping generate a healthy amount of spin on the shortest greenside shot.

What we love to see with both of these balls being on sale is how different they are to each other, meaning one of the two will almost certainly suit every golfer shopping in the premium ball market. The Pro S offers significantly lower spin and a flatter trajectory on all shots but especially the driver, so if you find your drives ballooning and you need to knock some spin off or height.

Given you can now secure three boxes of a dozen balls for less than $100, this offer means the Pro X and Pro S are one of, if not the best value golf balls out there when it comes to premium models!

Conor joined Golf Monthly on a permanent basis in late 2024 after joining their freelance pool in spring of the same year. He graduated with a Masters degree in Sports Journalism from St Marys University, Twickenham in 2023 and focuses on the reviews and Ecommerce side of proceedings. Hailing from Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Conor is lucky to have Royal County Down as his home golf course. Golf has been a constant in his life, beginning to play the game at the age of four and later becoming a caddy at RCD at just eleven years old. Now 26, Conor has caddied over 500 rounds in a 12-year-long caddying career at one of the best courses in the world. Playing to a four handicap, you’re likely to find him on his local driving range trying (and failing) to hit a Shane Lowry-esc stinger that helped him win The 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

In the bag:

Driver: Ping G

3 wood: Callaway Epic

Hybrid: Ping G425

Irons: Mizuno JPX 900 Tour

Wedges: Taylormade Milled Grind 52,56,60

Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom x9.5