Power of science in your hands
THE new Callaway Chrome Soft and Chrome Soft X balls probably won’t be candidates for winning the Nobel Prize, but they may be benefiting from one.
And the results are balls designed to further enhance the difference in the golf ball performance paradigm of low spin off the driver and high spin on the short shots.
The key behind both balls is the use of graphene, a one-atom thick nanoparticle that is part of the new balls’ dual-core construction. While that sounds an awful lot like science (and it is, as the discovery of graphene was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010).
The Chrome Soft and Chrome Soft X are multilayer urethane cover balls that feature a dual core. The graphene is incorporated into the outer core layer to increase the difference in compression between the outer core and the inner core.
The increase means the inner core can be larger and softer than it’s been on past Chrome Soft balls to help full shots launch higher with less spin, but it also helps the soft urethane cover compress against a firm mantle and higher compression outer core for better short shot spin.
The Chrome Soft is softer than the firmer-feeling Chrome Soft X, which is designed for higher swing speed players (105 miles per hour driver swing speeds and higher) who are looking for less spin on full shots, including not just the driver but the long and middle irons, as well.
RRP Chrome Soft and Chrome Soft X: €49