Golf Balls Make The Ideal Christmas Gift, Here Are Our 9 Favorite Ball Deals

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published 13 December 2023

One thing every golfer needs is golf balls, and lots of them. Even the best players lose golf balls, and even if you manage to keep your ball in play they have a shelf life and will need replacing fairly quickly anyway. This can be expensive, particularly if you're the type of golfer who likes to play with a premium set of balls, as you'll often find yourself parting with a small fortune for a box of 12.

But there are plenty of savings to be had this Christmas, whether you are looking for the best distance golf balls or your preference is for soft golf balls there is a wealth of great deals to be had.

For that reason, we've chosen to bring you a spotlight on some of the best golf ball deals we've found in the lead up to Christmas, on a wide range of products from the balls you will see used on Tour to some of the best cheap golf balls. And if you need even more advice on what golf balls to buy, check out our buyers guides that will run you through the best golf balls on the market.

TaylorMade Soft Response Golf Balls | $29.99 or buy two for $49.99 at The Golf Warehouse

An excellent addition to the TaylorMade golf ball family that offer amateurs the chance to balance the price they pay with a level of performance to suit them. In the hands of a mid or slower swinger, there is plenty of performance to be had here. Specifically, the short game feel and spin control are outstanding for a ball that comes in at this price point.

Read our full TaylorMade Soft Response 2022 Golf Ball Review

For more golf gift advice this Christmas, take a look at our comprehensive best gifts for golfers guide.

Dave is a distinctly average golfer with (fading) aspirations to be so much more than that. An avid collector of vintage Ping putters and the world's biggest Payne Stewart fan, in 2021 Dave turned his front garden into a giant putting green to work on the weakest area of his game. Progress has been slow but steady! In addition to his work reviewing golf gear and writing features for Golf Monthly and T3, Dave is the founder of the Bang Average Golf website.

Dave’s lowest round is a one over par 73 around Kirkby Valley Golf Club in 2018, which included a bogey on the 18th to ruin the one and only chance he’ll ever have of shooting an even par or better score. That errant tee shot on 18 does not still haunt him to this day though, in fact he hardly ever thinks about it. No, honestly, he doesn’t. Not at all. Never.

Dave splits most of his golf between Hurlston Hall Golf Club in Ormskirk, Lancs, and Berrington Hall Golf Club in St Helens and has a handicap that fluctuates between 9 and 12, largely depending on how poor his putting is.

Dave’s current What’s In The Bag?

Driver: Wilson Staff Dynapower Titanium, 9.5°

3 wood: Cobra Speedzone, 15°

5 wood: Tour Edge Exotics 722, 18°

7 wood: Callaway Mavrik Max, 21°

Irons: Cobra Darkspeed, 6-PW

Wedges: Cleveland CBX ZipCore (graphite), 48°, 52°, 56°

Putter: Ping PLD Oslo 3

Ball: Wilson Staff Triad

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