SRIXON Q-STAR TOUR

The club golfer’s performance ball. Srixon tour pros demand an advantage over the competition off the tee while also having enough approach and greenside spin to attack the toughest pins. But that sort of thinking leads to tour balls coming with higher compressions and a firmer feel. The Q-star Tour (aimed at 75+mph swing speeds) breaks that mould. It is designed using the same premium materials as the Z-star balls, but comes with a softer feel that club golfers really appreciate. Srixon say the Q-star Tour’s urethane Spin Skin cover is particularly good at biting in the grooves of a wedge for added stopping power.

TG SAYS… Tour balls have come with the choice of standard or firmer models for years, so decent players can choose between firmer feel and extra ball speed or softer feel and additional spin. That choice hasn’t filtered through to urethane club golfer balls yet, so we usually get one option when it comes to urethane balls optimised for our swing speeds.

But our data shows that choice might well represent the future, because the Q-star Tour was our fastest and longest driver ball and second longest (carry) when hit with a 7-iron, which is just what lots of reasonable club golfers look for from a ball. But, when it comes to wedge spin from 100 yards (not greenside where Srixon reckon the Q-star Tour performs exceptionally well), the Q-star Tour was our lowest spinning model.

If power and distance are key, the Q-star Tour has to be on your shortlist. Interestingly, if you play the Titleist Pro V1 because of the perceived extra greenside control, at a very average 89mph driver speed, you’re putting 15 yards of distance on the line (combining driver and -7iron distance) simply for feel.