Ever since debuting in the spring of 2017, the Q-Star Tour
has been one of the best values in the golf ball space. For under $30, golfers
could find a three-piece golf ball that features a urethane cover, which is
often only offered on tour level or expensive golf balls. During its 2nd
generation, there were some tweaks in the design, which included increasing the
number of dimples bringing it up to par with the Z-Star offerings. For 2020,
Srixon has brought some new improvements to this line, including updates to
make the Srixon Golf Balls faster and giving it the ability to generate more spin on iron
and wedge shots.
The new 2020 Srixon Q-Star Tour aims to give you Tour Level
performance, with a nice, soft feel.
Srixon touts soft feel, longer distance, and max greenside spin, which
let’s be honest, is everything a golfer could want in a golf ball.
How does it feel?
With the Srixon Q-Star Tour’s new Fast Layer core designed
for distance and feel, we’re going to start there. I’ll immediately start by saying 2020
Q-Star Tour is even softer than previous models. Off of the tee, it gives you a soft, yet
somewhat solid (if that makes sense?) feel at impact. That said, nothing is worse than when a ball
feels like a marshmallow off of the tee, and the Q-Star Tour is definitely not
that. Part of this is due to that new
Soft Layer Core. The gradual layers
transition from the softcore to the firmer exterior resulting in that softer
feel, even on your hardest swings.
Full iron shots and wedges were all pleasantly soft as
well. While they give off a nice, firm
clicking sound, the actual feeling in the hands is much softer than that. I got the same feedback off of my putter
face. The feel didn’t necessarily match
what I heard sound-wise, but that isn’t a bad thing. It was pleasantly surprising to have that
nice, buttery-soft feel that I look for in a golf ball, without it sounding
like a dud.
On the Approach
Consistency is the most important thing that I personally
look for in both a golf ball and my irons.
Sometimes I find softer golf balls to be all over the map in terms of
consistency and control. The 2020 Srixon
Q-Star Tour is NOT one of those balls. I
found my distances to be pretty consistent across all of my irons, and once I
learned my distance numbers for the Q-Star Tour, they stayed pretty tight. Workability (again not necessarily by choice
for me) was still there, so don’t confuse this with a pure distance ball, which
usually only travel straight-ish. What
does this mean? They generate enough
spin-off of your irons to both works the ball, as well as hold greens.
Around the Green
Around the green is typically where a less expensive,
distance-type golf ball falls short. Yet
again, the 2020 Srixon Q-Star Tour does NOT fit this mould. I found the newest Q-Star Tour to be
extremely consistent and predictable around the greens (see above about how I
felt on consistency). They have a
surprising amount of spin and zip to them too.
Why? Probably because of the new
SeRM Skin urethane cover designed to allow wedge grooves to grip and generate
spin. Now, I won’t say they’re going to
hop-and-stop, or zip back like a high-end Tour Spin ball, but they will spin
enough to fit a majority of amateur golfers.
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