{"id":3400,"date":"2020-01-21T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/edtravisgolf\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2020-01-21T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T13:06:15","slug":"callaways-new-chrome-soft-amp-chrome-soft-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/edtravisgolf\/golf\/equipment\/3400\/callaways-new-chrome-soft-amp-chrome-soft-x","title":{"rendered":"Callaway\u2019s New Chrome Soft & Chrome Soft X"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CS_CSX_5shot\"<\/a>Four years can be a long time and in golf equipment it can be a very long time. Looking at the ball segment of the equipment business four years ago Bridgestone Golf was riding high with a market share in the high teens making it a strong competitor to Titleist and Callaway Golf<\/a> introduced the Chrome Soft ball. What followed was the Chrome Soft and its successors took over the number two spot with a combination of technological innovation and Bridgestone seeming to lose its way.<\/p>\n

The original Chrome Soft while not the first \u201csoft\u201d ball was different than competitors since it was targeted for use by better, read higher swing speed, players. It was a 3-piece construction soon to be 4-piece the following year and was joined by in 2017 by the X version which was a firmer for those with the highest driver speeds. Chrome Soft X had a lower trajectory than its older brother, a more piercing flight and was more workable because of higher spin.<\/p>\n

For the 2020 season and after a $50 million investment for manufacturing improvements in their Chicopee, Mass. ball manufacturing plant Callaway is introducing a new Chrome Soft and Chrome Soft X still with performance differences. Both feature reengineered cores and thinner urethane covers with the Chrome Soft having a higher trajectory and the Chrome Soft X a flatter ball flight.<\/p>\n

Both will be available in white or yellow, the Truvis \u201csoccer ball\u201d cover and with or without Callaway\u2019s Triple Track alignment lines. They will be in shops on Mar.12 for $47.99 per dozen<\/p>\n

WYNTK Chrome Soft<\/strong> Larger Dual SoftFast Core with graphene infused Higher launch lower spin Proprietary ionomer mantle system Thinner urethane cover Dimple design for reduced drag<\/p>\n

WYNTK Chrome Soft X<\/strong> Large SoftFast core Soft inner mantle firmer outer mantle Thinner urethane cover Dimple design reduces drag penetrating flight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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