Matte Vs Urethane Finish Comparison | Q Star Tour and Tour Divide

Time to see the difference between Matte Finish and Urethane. I compare the Q Star Tour and the Q Star Tour Divide to see the difference between the two. How much difference does the finish truly make?

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Full Review of the Q Star Tour

00:00 Intro
00:49 Design Differences
01:54 Chipping Differences
3:21 Putting Differences
5:00 Full Shot Differences
5:55 50 Yard Pitch Differences
6:47 PW Differences
7:41 7 Iron Differences
9:14 Driver Differences
10:16 Durability Differences
11:23 Conclusion

Hey, what’s up my fellow golf ball addicts? Welcome to the channel. And as promised, here is the video I told you about during the review of the regular Shrixen Qstar Tour. If you haven’t seen that review yet, I did it in a triple. There’s a link for that in the description. But what I’m going to do today is I’m going to take the regular Stricks and Qstar Tour, the three-piece urethane golf ball, and compare it to one of its designs, which of course is the Divide. I’m sure many of you have seen this, and I’ve had a lot of you ask me over the last couple of years, is there a difference? Do they feel different? Do they perform different? Do you lose yards, spin? yada yada yada. We’re going to test that today. I’m going to do a quick run through of all the differences I found between these two golf balls. Let’s dive right in. All right, so let’s start at the basics here. When it comes to price, they’re exactly the same. So there’s nothing to talk about there. However, when we get into the design, let’s start with the regular Qstar Tour. As you can see, this golf ball looks like this, and it has a polyurethane coating on the outside. So, if I feel that, um, yeah, it feels sticky. It feels like it has a little bit more grip, like where if I’m chipping it or I’m pitching it around the green, I’m going to have a huge difference when it comes to that bite and grip I get. Whereas, when it comes to the divide, this is what that looks like. So, a little different. Right down the middle, you have the two colors. A lot of people like these high viz colors. They’re so easy to see. These are also great for training. They’re great for putting. They’re great for chipping to get some feedback. Uh, but also there’s no polyurethane coating that’s heavy around the golf ball itself. So now this one doesn’t feel sticky. It actually feels pretty slick. So I might not have as much greenside spin and that might affect the feel. We’ll test that as well. But that’s the design of these two. So depending on whether you’re a traditionalist and like the old ball or if you like a little pizzazz and you want a little help with your putts, little alignment tool right there. There’s a ball for everyone. So now let’s go ahead and dive into the chipping and putting. Let’s get right here and let’s see how they are greenside right after. That’s a pretty good way to start. What do you think? Oh, wow. Okay. Huge difference. So, let me run it back before I go on my rant there. Pretty good checkup. Nice and soft. Beautiful. Kind of that mid-range checkup like I got yesterday. So, it does seem like a little bit of the spin is taken off with the Divide, but it has a little bit higher of a launch. So, that’s kind of interesting. The big thing for me is the feeling of how it comes off the club. The Qstar Tour has that urethane coating on the outside, that polyurethane. And I mean, it just it has this nice soft click. It’s very crispy. Um, there’s almost no feedback in the hands. There’s a lot of soft and touch. Whereas the Divide actually, you feel it in the hands. It’s that big of a difference. I feel it. I hear the sound. The sound is a lot more muffled, almost like the silencer on, you know, a pistol in a James Bond movie. It’s just it’s totally different. The sound is different. The feel is different. The launch is different. The the spin is different. Everything is different. All right. Mallet putter. Regular Qstar Tour. Yeah. Very okay. Mish hit, but very soft, bouncy, no feedback in the hands whatsoever. Basically no sound, just like in the review yesterday. Okay, very close. Um, I did feel just a tiny tiny tiny bit of press in the hands, but they’re very close. This this is actually almost identical. This might be a little more difficult for people to tell the difference. Very nice. Yeah, no feedback. I do hear a little bit of a sound difference, but it’s not much. I don’t think most people notice with a mallet. Traditional blade. Nice and soft again. Beautiful. Comes off the club great. A little tiny bit of feedback, but just kind of barely there. Oh, wow. Well, there it is. Okay, that’s more like what I heard with the wedge. I heard the sound. It was a little light, crisp, so it wasn’t bad. It’s actually kind of a good sound. Uh, but I also now feel the the feedback in the hands. And the roll isn’t quite as good. I would say the roll is like a eight out of 10 oppos or a nine out of 10, excuse me, opposed to a 10 out of 10. Uh, the QSTAR Tour regular has an excellent 10 out of 10 true roll. I think the Divide has a nine out of 10. So, that’s just a slight difference. Not bad, though. Honestly, I think with the putter, it’s not as big of a gap as I saw with the wedge. Uh, but I think with a, you know, skinnier bladed putter, I think you’re going to notice a tiny bit of difference. The mallet, not going to notice anything. Okay. So, when it comes to the feel off clubs, it’s actually very different. So, when it comes to the QStar Tour, again, it’s softer. It has a lot more touch. It feels like a marshmallow. it’s very dead in the hands. You don’t feel it when you make impact with the ball uh with the club head. Whereas the divide, that cover actually is kind of firm, so you feel the cover. Now, the ball itself still feels like it’s kind of squishy and compressing, but you feel that cover and you can feel it in the hands a little bit. Mish hits are very apparent because when you mishit it, it actually will sting your hands just slightly. And so, that’s a huge, huge difference between the two. Now, it’s not the difference between a soft feel and a TP5X by any means, but it’s in that middle ground. It is the difference between a soft marshmallow and okay, this ball’s got some feedback. It’s like a medium compression golf ball. So, I was kind of surprised by that. I’m interested to see if these numbers are affected by that. So, let’s go take a look at those real quick. Okay, so the feels quite different there. Obviously, they feel different around when you’re chipping the green. Uh they feel different when you’re hitting them with full shots. But now, let’s see how the actual data number compare. Let’s go side by side here and look at these data numbers and see what the difference between the two is. Starting, of course, with the 50ard pitch. Okay, so these two golf balls are very close when it comes to the spin, but surprising enough that the Divide actually got a little bit better. Uh, when it comes to launch angle, that’s probably why right there. So, when it comes to the regular QST tour, it has a very, very, very low launch angle. Now, make no mistake, the QSTAR Divide is also going to have a low launch angle as well. We’ll talk about that in the upcoming clubs like the pitching wedge and the seven iron and the driver. Uh, but when it comes to this, I think that having 28 compared to 26 helped it out and gave it just a few more RPM spin, but they’re both close. So, uh, there’s really not a much distinguishable difference between the two. All right, so those are pretty close. Um, honestly, they’re both of them are going to check up on a green just fine. I don’t think there’s going to be any issues there. But now, let’s get into the pitching wedge and let’s see how full shots are. All right, when we get into the full pitching wedge shots, as you can see, there is a slight difference when it comes to the mound per hour speed. Now, I don’t know why that is such a difference. I mean, you’re talking 2 mph of a difference, and the swing speed was exactly the same. So, maybe it’s just a firmer cover. Maybe it is compressing just slightly better. The big difference between the two I notice is that the divide has about 500 RPM less spin. But that actually puts the divide in like the medium mid spin range. Whereas, I thought the sixen Q Stark Tour regular was actually too much spin. That’s actually way way way too much above my average, and I felt it was going to balloon on me. So, I actually do like the spin of the Divide better. It puts it more in that mid-range, and you can see I got an extra 5 yards because of it. Yeah. So, like I said, you know, a lot of people have told me they don’t use the Divide because it has less spin. But what I don’t think a lot of people think is that is it possible for the Qstar Tour to actually have too much spin and this actually to be a really healthy medium in between. I know I never thought of it that way, but that’s kind of how the numbers came up. So, let’s see if that continues. Let’s go into the 7iron now. So, when it comes to the 7iron, there isn’t a lot of difference here. As you can see, the mile per hour is basically the same. Swing speed’s the same, which is great. Uh, when it comes to the spin, though, as you can see, about 250 RPM less with uh the Divide. I don’t know why that’s green. Please ignore the fact that’s green. I forgot to change it, but that’s actually really, really, really low spin when it comes to the Divide. Uh, I don’t think it’s going to be the difference between holding a green or not between the two. But, as you can see, I also got an extra yard because of the uh spin difference. The big difference though is the launch angle. I have no idea why the Divide wanted to launch so freaking low. And you got to understand, I know I don’t have my averages up there, but my average is like 17.8, 17.9 right now with a 7iron. Both of those golf balls want to launch just ridiculously absurdly low. So keep that in mind if you’re interested in the Qstar Tour at all. It is going to have a very, very low launch. And since it’s for slower swingers, I think you’re going to lose distance regardless with this golf ball. I think it’s more about touch and feel and, you know, the urethane cover, greenside checkup. Um, those are just really, really concerning is why I’m making such a big point about them. But other than that, I mean, they’re pretty much the same. They both launch low. They both go about the same distance. It’s just a slight spin difference. So, yeah, again, seven iron, kind of the same concept there as you can see. I mean, a little bit less spin because of the cover of the golf ball. It does feel a little firmer. So, I’m getting just a tiny bit of distance, but that’s kind of minimal. What I’m really interested is that I’m getting optimal spin. And I actually thought I got too much spin with the pitching wedge when it came to the regular QSTAR tour. But now I’m actually happy at where the QSTAR tour is at when it comes to the 7ironir there. So interesting enough. Let’s get to driver and let’s wrap it up with that and see how that is. So it looks like I lost about a mile per hour with the Divide. Uh I also swung faster. So that’s kind of a concern. But again, that lesser spin. This is where it comes into play and is actually better. A lot of people are like, “Ah, you know, it doesn’t spin as much.” But with the driver, a lot of people want less spin. And as you can see, that’s a 500 RPM difference. That’s substantial. Really low launch. I don’t understand the low launch. I really don’t because again, my average is like 17.3, I think, with the driver right now. Somewhere in there. So, both of them just absurdly low. And because they’re absurdly low, as you can see, the carry is the same with both, but also really low across the board. Let’s get in. Now, look, as far as dispersion and everything, there’s really not a lot of difference. You know, you’re talking about a human element here. I looked at the two charts. There’s not really that much difference between them to be honest with you. So, let’s just dive right into durability because this is another big big aspect. Now, this is the golf ball right here, as you can see, that I tested yesterday. I showed it on the full review. It is very beat up. Now, that one side is where I hit it over and over because of the metallic dot on the other side that’s used to register spin. But still, I would call it like a seven out of 10. I thought that was being very generous. Um, it could have even been a six out of 10 after going back and looking at it. It wasn’t great. But when it comes to the Divide, this thing is absolutely incredible. It earned a 10 out of 10 on durability last year when I tested it. And guess what? This year’s no different. This is the one I tested. And as you can see, it doesn’t even look like it’s been hit. You can see some dirt marks. You can see some sand marks. It’s still good. I believe these matte golf balls sometimes will go two, three, four plus rounds. Um, it’s a 10 out of 10. Like I said, I don’t know what to tell you. There’s a huge difference between durability. So, if you’re someone who needs the ball to last a little long, you’re hard on them, your wedges are hard on them, when it comes to the divide, it’s by far the better between the two. Okay, so let’s recap. When it comes to feel, if you like softer, if you like that marshmallow touch, a really slow swinger, the QStar Tour Regular is probably going to be the best one for you. If you don’t mind a little firmness, if you don’t like feeling that cover a little bit more, the Divide actually is still a really nice feeling golf ball and it feels more like a medium compression opposed to a soft compression. So, that could be a difference. When it comes to spin, if you experience too much spin with the Qstar Tour, like I did when it came to the pitching wedge, a great alternative would be the Divide. Also, think about that driver as well. Also, if you need a golf ball that is going to have the top durability, that’s going to be the Divide. Unfortunately, the Qstar Tour, it’s just okay. But when it comes to the actual Divide, it’s a legend. It’s been 10 out of 10 for like four years in a row now, and it’s not stopping anytime soon. And when it comes to the chipping, look, if you’re someone who absolutely has to have the tightest grip and the most spin around the green, the QStar Tour is going to be for you. But if you’re someone who doesn’t necessarily need a ton of grip, just a little bit, just enough to get by and make sure the ball checks up and you want a little bit higher of a launch, the Divide actually does a really good job of that. They’re both even when it comes out to where the ball ends up. It’s just that one ends up there by going a little higher with less spin, and one comes off a little lower, but it has some really good bite. Guys, I hope you enjoyed this. 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