Last year the Snell golf ball lineup got a bad review from a major publication. It caused the public opinion of Snell Golf to be turned quite a bit. However that was a year ago, and there has been plenty of time to fix the mistakes that were claimed. Let’s dive into the Snell Prime series and see how their golf ball compare with the Snell Get Sum, Prime 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0.
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00:00 Intro
01:34 Pricing
03:17 Design
04:41 Chipping
08:13 Putting
13:17 Sound and Feel
16:44 50 yard pitch
19:08 Pitching Wedge
22:09 7 Iron
24:29 Driver
26:55 Accuracy and Dispersion
31:02 Durability
33:55 Conclusion
What is up my fellow golf ball addicts? Welcome back to the channel. Today we are reviewing the Snell golf ball lineup. We did do a review last year, but you know what? It’s time for a re-review. We are doing all four models. This is our first quad review, so we have a lot to get to. Sorry if I talk fast. I just don’t want to keep you here forever. Let’s dive right in. Okay guys, so as always, thank you for liking, commenting, subscribing. I appreciate all that. If you want to support this channel further, we have a membership. It just starts at a dollar. I appreciate everyone who supports this channel. So, let’s go ahead and start off with what Snell has. Real quick, a little backstory. So, Snell Golf, if you don’t know, Dean Snell is a phenomenal golf ball maker who uh basically helped come up with the Prov1. He was on the design team at the time. uh he has a very big influence of that. Uh this was 25 years ago at this point or something like that. It was a long time ago. And then he actually was on the design team as well when Tailor Made dropped their first five layer golf ball, the Penta, I believe back in the day. Anyway, so he’s he he knows what he’s doing. Long story short, he knows what he’s doing. He decided to make his own golf, you know, ball company called Sel. Kind of a direct to consumer. Take out the middleman. Uh but basically, long story short, they had a lot of issues last year. There were a lot of negative reviews, but now they’ve had time. They’ve had a year to fix these, you know, issues. There was some durability things. There was some manufacturing process issues. So now I want to retest them and I want to say whether or not those have been fixed, you know, and see how the numbers are with our new testing. So getting into the Snell lineup, Snell has four golf balls, right? And they are all aimed at a different type of golfer. We start out with the Snell get some. This golf ball comes at a price point of $19.99 a dozen plus shipping. and it is designed to be the two-piece kind of distance golf ball. Now, in the past, this one’s been my favorite. I’ve shot some of my best rounds with it, but since it’s switched over to the new factory, I don’t know. I haven’t tested it, so we’ll see if there’s any differences. Then, we get into the Snell 2.0. And the Snell 2.0 is their two-piece golf ball, and it’s one of only a couple golf balls on the market that is a urethane cover despite only being two pieces. Comes in a price point of $22.99 a dozen. And frankly, that’s a really good value. Even if you do have to pay shipping on top of that to get a urethane golf ball, a lot of you really crave urethane. You tell me all the time. Well, here you go. This is an option for that. But it is for slow swingers. Snail’s pretty, you know, upfront about the fact that you have to be, I think, 120 yards with a 7 eye or something like that. 125. So that that’s for a slow swinger for sure, but we’ll still test it from an average swinger and see if it still works. Then we get to the 3.0. The 3.0 is 32.99 a dozen, three-piece urethane, of course, plus shipping like all the other ones. However, this golf ball promises to be that kind of good balance of what most golfers need. You know, if you want to have a little bit of bendability, you want to have some really good distance, you know, yada yada, all the normal jargon, that’s what your 3.0 is going to do. And I did notice the 3.0 this year is a little different than last year. I think they have made improvements to it. They’ve changed the alignment tool, but we’ll cover that in a second. Then we get into the 4.0, which is their fourpiece urethane golf ball. And this one, of course, is going to be for your fast swingers, guys who really swing the club 110, 115 mph, and they want the best performance possible from a golf ball. So, kind of an X model golf ball, if you will. So, without further ado, let’s look at the design of these golf balls, and I’ll highlight some differences. Let’s start with the Get Some. All right, on the Snell Get Some. If we look at the front, that’s what the logo looks like. It says Snell Golf. All of them are going to say that. Now, it is apparent that this golf ball looks a little cheaper. You can tell it’s more of a plastic cover instead of a urethane. That’s quite all right though. Then you look at the number. It’s a red big number. That’s what signifies that it is the get some. And then also if we look at the alignment tool here, this alignment tool is the only one you’ll see like this. It has three lines. Has get some in the middle. Um it works. You know, if I hold it up, yeah, you can see it. Cool. Um now, if we look at the other ones, the 2.0, the 3.0, and the 4.0, that’s this is what they look like. And as you can tell, there’s a little bit of difference there. The ones on the end keep last year’s design, which is they have, you know, lines on the outside and the Prime 4.0 and 2.0 in the middle. And then if you look at the Prime 3.0, its alignment tool is actually a little different. It just is a basic kind of old school Prov1 style, which I do not like. Um, very hard to see. Can’t line the ball up. I would have to put a golf dot. I’d have to draw, you know, permanent marker line, which I’m not a big on. But, um, I don’t know why they didn’t keep the same as this. I’m not sure, but it is what it is. All three of these golf balls, this is what the front look like. Like I said, they’re very similar. So, it is also worth noting that all those golf balls do come in a yellow as well. So, they have white, they also have yellow if you want the high viz color. So, without further ado, let’s get out to the chipping and putting green and let’s see how they do around there. Okay, so going to start with the uh GetSum and then I’m really interested to see the main differences between the Get Some and the 2.0 because they’re both a two-piece, but that 2.0, like I said, is a urethane golf ball. So, it’s one of the only few two-piece models that is urethane on the market. So, it’s going to be interesting to kind of see how they react. Uh, there is a little tiny bit of moisture left on the green, so that might help us a little, but we’ll see. Okay, a little firm. Oh, I like that. Look at that, guys. Right off the bat, it’s going to be a good day. That’s how you know right there. Praise Jesus. Let’s go. Okay, much better that time. I hit it pure. There actually is bass effect there. There’s some rotation and spin on that ball for being a two-piece ometer blend. I mean, that’s that’s nice. It has a click. It has some feedback. Nice. Oh, yeah. Nice soft landing. That’s really nice. I’m going to run that back. Oh, yeah. Excellent. I mean, again, it’s not a ton of rotation, but it’s just got just enough to where it really does help you out. Even if you’re a beginner, it’s very forgiving. It goes right toward the hole. I love to see that. I’m going to try to get another one in there. I like that a lot. It’s very easy to hit. I immediately gained confidence with it. I I got one in the hole. It It’s really a nice ball for a two-piece. Softer for sure. Okay. I did see some checkup a little more initially, but a lot softer. Nice low spinner. Oh, wow. Right there at the end. I know that was hard to see. I think it was off camera right before it went off the green. I mean, it bit. It tugged back. I want to see if I can get that for you guys cuz it’s it’s impressive. I’m going to scoot back a little and see if I can There it is. Oh, look at that. Come on. That is nice, guys. That is some of the nicest checkup I’ve seen from a two-piece golf ball in a really long time. That’s impressive. Let’s run it back just for fun, I guess. Come on. Come on. Oh, nice. Nice checkup. Wow, guys. Oh, I I’m completely messing. Oh, it skipped right over. Okay, a little firmer than the 2.0. Wow. Holy cow, that had some checkup. Good lord. Let’s try it again. Nice. Beautiful. Really nice, healthy checkup. It was actually a mishit, but it still did check up a little bit. Nice. That is sexy. There’s no way around it. Nice and soft. It has such a nice soft landing and then it does have that tug and grip when it’s hit correctly. Okay, mis hit. Unbelievable. So beautiful. So consistent. Nice. Oh yeah. Really good checkup. So none of them are like really better when it comes to checkup. Now the get some had like, you know, not as much as the other three, but when it comes to the 2.0, the 3.0, and the 4.0, 0. They all have like the same level of checkup, but it’s really consistent. It’s a nice soft landing. It’s really entertaining to watch. It’s beautiful. It’s It’s a thing of art. Wow. A lot of checkup. Low spinner there. Had a bass effect. Oh, that’s all right. I gave it a good shot. Oh, wow. Okay. A little click. I don’t mind that at all. That was actually kind of nice. I heard the wood. You know, that’s like the first time I’ve putted a golf ball in a really long time and heard the the wood. You know what I mean? Cuz I have a wooden putter. I don’t know if some of you new to the channel might not know that, but that’s nice. I mean, I really like that. Let’s try again. Oh, wow. I love Okay, first of all, it’s not going very far. I need to make that adjustment. But I I like the sound and the feel a lot. Oh, yeah. Really good roll. I was trying to back door it. Let me run that back. Okay, so I will say this golf ball does not have a lot of spring to it. If you’re someone who’s used to like, you know, like I just did the super softs. If you barely come back and hit a super soft, it goes boing and it goes toward the hole and it doesn’t take a lot. This one actually does. This reminds me more of traditional tour ball, which isn’t a bad thing, but just keep in mind if you get it, it’s going to take a little more. Like, see, I I thought I killed that and I didn’t. That was enough to get there. So, that’s that’s kind of the difference. So, there’s a little bit of a learning curve, but once you learn it, it’s got a 10 out of 10 roll. Another really good roll. Okay, so same thing. It It takes more to get it there. Um, let me one more time here. I’m kind of screwing myself by leaving those in front of the hole where I can’t. Yeah. See, and that that would have went in. Um, again, 10 out of 10 roll. There is zero chug effect. There is zero. I’ll leave the definition of chug effect here while I hit this one so you can know it. But I man, I’m I’m impressed so far. Let’s go one more time. Let’s get one in the hole. There we go. Yeah, I like that a lot. Wow. And I’m surprised it actually does have a slight feel in the hands. There’s some feedback there, which is nice. I haven’t had feedback in so long. We’re going to move on to the 3.0. That’s really nice. Let’s see how this one is. Let’s keep it going. Oh, man. That is really nice. has a little bit of Prov1 vibes in there. A little bit of Maxfly Tour vibes. Definitely has a tour like feel. You know, Dean Snell’s been doing this a long time and you can tell he knows what he’s doing cuz that feels fantastic. Oh, again, I love that. Wow. Just a nice slight crisp little kiss mwah off the putter face. I It’s just so consistent. I love it. Oh wow. Again, actually a little softer. The four the 4.0 actually feels a little softer, which is kind of surprising. Let me try one more time. Yeah, it is. It’s a little softer and a little more muted, which is so strange for, you know, a fourpiece, but it works. It still feels great. It still has a 10 out of 10 roll. I mean, these these golf balls are fun to putt with. Oh my good. I love it. I don’t need to see anymore. I That’s great. So, 10 out of 10 on roll on every single one of them. Complete domination there. 10 out of 10 across the board. A clean sweep. Um, goodness gracious. I hope the the blade putter is this good. Oh, wow. Yeah, that that’s loud. I mean, that’s loud. And that’s not a bad thing. I mean, some people like a loud golf ball. That’s that’s definitely unique. Again, no chug effect. Really great roll right in the hole. How could you ask for anything else? Um, I hear the sound. I don’t hear much feedback in the hand. I don’t feel much feedback in the hands. It’s really smooth. I mean, it really does have a buttery feel. It really does. Oh, I mis hit the crap out of that golf ball. And you know what? If if that’s a mishit from hell from me, I’ll take it. Oh, okay. So, that’s the first time I saw even a little bit of chug effect. It was just a tiny tiny bit, but it went in the hole, so who really cares to be honest with you? Yeah, much better that time. That must have just been a mishit. Yeah. Let’s just fill that cup. Let’s just keep filling it. I love it. I love it. Keep it rolling. I’m getting confidence. It’s so easy to putt these golf balls. The 2.0 is great. Has a little bit softer of a feel because the urethane, not as loud of a click. Uh 3.0, I’m imagining it’s going to be the same. Yeah, little bit louder of a click. Not much. A little bit. And then you can feel the feedback in the hands. It’s got that tore feedback again. And it’s actually very similar to the mallet, which is something I don’t see a lot of the time either. I mis hit the heck out of that one. Forgive me. Beautiful. I Yeah, very So again, consistent. The 4.0 for some reason does feel softer. I don’t know if it’s that added layer in there. I don’t know what it is, but it comes off a little more dead as far as the sound, but the feel is still pretty tolike. Just not as tourike. Yeah, but it’s still nice though. I got to say this is one of the best green performances I’ve seen in a while. So, I’m going to be rooting for these numbers. I love it. Let’s move on to sound and feel. Yeah, definitely definitely on the firmer side. does have some explosiveness, but it definitely feels a little firmer. Maybe more firmer than I’m used to also. But, and when I say used to, I mean with the old Snell model, like the old get some, you know what I mean? It was a little softer, I think. But, who knows? Again, it feels like I’m not quite getting all of it. Maybe they’ve converted this into like a two-piece distance ball for faster swingers. Maybe cuz they have the 2.0. It’d be smart. But, man, I I loved the old get some. So, I’m hoping the numbers are still good. Okay. All right. Not a big fan of the misit feel. It’s probably a two out of five. It stung my hands. It let me know. Really good feedback, but not great. Pure three out of five. It’s not bad. It’s not what I remember. So, I think they have changed the formula a little bit, at least somewhat, because it does feel different. It could be the clubs, too, but it just doesn’t feel the same. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I mean, night and day explosive power. I mean, it just it shoots off like a rocket. So, huge difference there. Very soft. That’s pretty nice. It’s in between a four and a five. I’m just trying I’m going to let this last ball decide. I’m going to give it the five. It’s It’s close between a four and a five. It doesn’t like wow me like oh my goodness that’s I’ve never felt that before but it’s so solid. It just it has a a nice little amount of feedback. It really explodes off the club. As soon as I hit it I get this Tim Allen grunt face. You know the you know like I really did something. I’m impressed that that’s nice. Okay. It was a mishit by me. Not a mishit like off the face but my swing path was way too far right. Um initially it kind of feels like the 2.0 a little bit, but let’s try to get a really good pure hit. There it is. Yeah. No, that’s that’s just like the 2.0. It feels very similar. So, again, I got to give it the five. I really do. It feels nice and there’s so much explosiveness. It feels like the golf ball’s going forever. So, hopefully that that translates to our testing. This one right here, I am going to hit off the toe. Let’s see how the mishit is. Much better. Okay. I’ll give that a four. That That’s pretty nice, actually. It still felt like it had some explosiveness. It still felt like it really shot off, but it let me know in the hands, but just not egregiously. You know what I mean? It didn’t take me out in the alley and beat me up. It just said, “Hey, man. Dial it down a little.” I like that. 4.0. Again, very similar. Very similar. It has so much explosiveness. Now, keep in mind, I’m not slowing my swing down like I do when I do the testing. I’m I’m swinging full here. So I again just crisp, really nice. Okay. Ooh. Okay. Ooh. Three on the mit for that one, but again, five out of five on the pure hit. Now, keep in mind when I do say five out of five, these are tough. I usually save my five out of fives for like the really high high end, but this one’s just so close to that four and a half. I’m We don’t do halves right now. We’ll do halves next year. I’m just going to bump it up to the five. But I don’t want you to think it’s perfect, but it’s pretty darn close. All right, time for my favorite part of the review. It is time to talk some data. Let’s start with the 50 yard pitch backspin RPM as always. We are looking at an incredibly low launch. Uh so that’s the first thing I notice when I look across the board there. 27, 25, 26, 25. Those are all really, really low. My average right now is around like 28 to 29. So all these golf balls do want to have a low penetrating flight. But as you can see, that didn’t necessarily affect the spin numbers a ton. So with the get some, it’s just below the average mark at 7,800. And then if you look at the Snell 2.0, this is the one that is truly just mind-boggling. So uh that’s a new number one. The previous number one was actually the Titus Prov1X 855 RPM. That beat it by basically 300 RPM. So that’s insane. I don’t know why that golf ball. Maybe it’s just the soft urethane cover, but man, it really gripped the wedges. Uh, so we have a new number one as of this moment. And then the 3.0 held its own 8200, which is a way above average. I love to see it. 4.0 is 7500. But again, I’ I’ve seen this throughout. I’ve talked about it through the last few videos. That type of golf ball with a low flight like that, 7500 seems to be where it’s at. And there’s been many golf balls that have followed along with that. Now, that’s quite impressive, I will say. So, uh, we have a new number one. You know, the Prov1X was the number one ball in back spin so far this year, but that Snell 2.0, you know, the soft soft golf ball. I mean, extremely soft, marshmallowy, combined with a urethane cover. Uh, yeah, 8,876 is nuts. And when I was testing that golf ball, I mean, there was times it almost got to 10,000 RPM backspin on a couple of them. And that’s just I don’t see that. I don’t see that ever. If I get to if I get to 9,000, I’m like, you know, boing, you know, I cannot believe that was the the total average 8,876. Just insane. So, that’s awesome. Uh, Snell 3.0 did great. Really, the big disappointment is going to be that Snell 4.0, but that’s kind of common. You know, I’ve seen that with the Vice Pro Plus this year. I’ve seen that with the regular Prov1. Other golf balls have been around that 75 7600. So, I guess that is what it is. You know what I mean? Other than that, all of them launch really low. Kind of surprised there, but all of them actually launch really, really low. So, we’ll keep an eye on that as well. Getting into the pitching wedge, we’re looking at a lot of red. Unfortunately, as you can see, there is a ton of red throughout this board. So, let’s just kind of talk about it one by one. Uh, starting with the get some, you know, low spin, low ball speed. It is firmer like I talked about. So, this is kind of expected, but really disappointing just because, you know, smash factor distance, spin, especially with a spin that low, I would have expected to gain a little bit of distance, but just not the case. Uh, then we get into the 2.0. 2.0 had some really great spin. Again, not surprising there. But, a big loss in distance, a loss in ball speed, and I even swung a little faster, too. So, uh maybe maybe overcompression. I’m not sure. Usually these softer golf balls like this do really well in the pitching wedge just because, you know, you don’t have to swing as fast to fully compress them, but uh just not great numbers. Then we get into the 3.0 average on the ball speed, which is really nice. But look at that spin number. You want to talk again about record-breaking performance. That is the highest spin number that I have seen so far this year with a pitching wedge. So phenomenal. Uh 120.4. We lost distance, but I’m okay with the loss of distance because the spin number was so high. I don’t mind losing a little bit of yardage if it means that I’m getting a lot of backspin. I just don’t like low spin and low distance. That’s not a good combination. Then getting into the 4.0. Again, really good spin, but that’s kind of it. You know, 117 is just one of the lowest I’ve seen. Uh just not going to get the job done, unfortunately. Even despite the fast spin, it’s just not going to make up for such a low distance number. Well, I can’t sugarcoat it. Uh there’s a lot of red there and it’s a little disappointing. Uh you know, looking at the numbers across, yeah, I mean the spin numbers are great. And I do want to say something real quick about the Prime 3.0 spin numbers. So, um you know, when I go through and I hit 15 to 16 shots and I eliminate five or six of the worst ones, a lot of the time what I focus on is distance, right? Because I’m I’m going through and looking at all the different metrics. Obviously, if I see one with a launch angle or spin number that’s just ridiculous, I’ll eliminate that. Uh, but when I’m going through and I see the distance, that’s kind of my main factor. And what I didn’t realize was is that this golf ball had many hits that were 8,200, 8,500 with a pitching wedge. Bonkers for me. Insane. Laffy Taffy, Looney Tunes. I mean, nuts. I deleted those because the more backspin you have, obviously, the more distance you lose. And so, when I deleted them, I kind of realized, oh crap. So, here’s the reality. The 3.0 0 still has the highest spin number on the pitching wedge I’ve seen this year. And I accidentally deleted two high of ones. D too high of spins. Insane. That the the spin on the 3.0 is is insanity. If you want the golf ball to fly straight, if you want it to rip back, I mean, boing boing, come right back at you, that 3.0 is something else. Now, you are going to sacrifice, of course, the distance. I lost a couple yards with it. That just comes with the spin. Let’s go ahead and get into the seven iron. Let’s see how that does. And it looks like some of the red is starting to be switched out for greens. Thank goodness. Starting with the get some a much better performance which makes me kind of breathe a sigh of relief because I was getting kind of worried there. I’m not going to lie. Uh go out of green though. Uh orange when it or yellow, excuse me, when it comes to the spin. So a mid spin, great ball speed, great distance overall, a great smash factor. Awesome. Love to see it. 2.0 again. I lost distance but really good spin. So, I’m okay with a little bit of distance loss, but that’s a lot. That’s like five or six yards on my average. So, and that smash factor is really, really low. Then getting into the 3.0 again, you know, green in the distance, average smash factor, average ball speed, a little bit lower spin, but not too bad. It’ll still hold a green. So, the 3.0 is still kind of trucking along, doing the bare minimum to get by, but hey, it’s in this game. Absolutely. It’s doing some pretty cool stuff. So, I don’t mind that. Then we get into the 4.0, know, and this is where I just I’m I’m kind of uh flabbergasted just to be completely honest with you. I see red, red, red, red across the board. Now, that 111.9 at the top is yellow. That’s a mistake by me. 111.9 should be red because that’s actually the lowest ball speed I’ve seen for a 7iron performance this year. The previous low was the AVX and it was like 113.8. So, that’s significant. That that’s that’s not just the bottom. It was like, “No, hold my beer. I’m going to be the worst you’ve ever seen.” And I just don’t get that. I really don’t. It’s been low throughout this whole process. And it just doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of pop behind that ball. We’ll check the driver numbers to see. But overall, you know, at least we’re getting some green. Let’s move on. Let’s hope the driver’s a little better. Okay. So, the get some does kind of redeem itself a little bit. So, I’m glad. So, I wonder if they firmed that up a little bit. I know it’s a distance golf ball, but I almost wonder if they firmed it up just a little. Maybe the new factory has a different cover or something. But, I like to see that yellow in the spin, green in the smash factor, green in the ball speed. Awesome. love to see that from the get some. And then again, I’m disappointed in the 4.0. Uh I don’t I mean, I’m looking at that 4.0 number and I just I don’t know what to tell you. I really don’t. That that’s some of the worst I’ve seen this year. And maybe we’ll look at the driver. Maybe with the driver it’ll be a little bit better. And if the driver is better, maybe it’s just maybe it’s just too firm of a golf ball for me. Maybe it’s intended for the fastest swingers ever. We’ll see. But right now, not looking good. Let’s get into the driver. Let’s see how those numbers are. You know, I’ve never seen such a crazier, you know, stat chart when it comes to the different colors, right? You know, a lot of the time I see some similarities, but this thing is just all over the I mean, red, green, blue, white. I mean, all over. It’s just insane. Uh, starting with the get some again, you know, this is supposed to be a distance golf ball. I think we have figured that out at this point. And the seven iron redeemed it, the driver redeemed it, and an excellent smash factor. I mean, seriously, you look at that club head speed. I was actually swinging a little slower on average and got fantastic ball speed. fantastic distance. Uh green across the board. That spin number, I know it’s in the red, but it is barely in the red. I mean, barely, barely, barely. It is so close to being in the yellow, so it doesn’t bother me at all. Then we get to the 2.0. Look, the 2.0 is for slower swingers. And if you want a golf ball like this, that’s a two-piece urethane, you’re going to sacrifice distance. And I think that’s pretty much been proven at this point from this test. It it just hasn’t had any pop off the club whatsoever. despite the fact feel-wise it did feel like it had popped, but just, you know, not there. Then we get into the 3.0, and this is where the 3.0 is really going to make its money. This is a fantastic performance. Distance-wise, it’s the same, but way better ball speed. Maybe not as good as smash factor, but still, it actually has way too high of spin. I’m not sure why that happened. I mean, it definitely it’s a high spinning golf ball. We know that. But maybe a little too much spin on the driver. I might have to manipulate the swing if I was to play this on the course. But still, really good performance there. And then the 4.0, you know, this was its really last harrah and it was his last chance to really prove itself. And again, you know, loss, red, red, red, bad smash factor. Um, I I just got nothing there, unfortunately. I was really hoping that golf ball would have around 144 to 145 and it missed the mark by quite a bit. So, we’ll talk about that in a second. But overall, you know, I’m glad the 3.0 did so well. You know, the 3.0, know I think has solidified its position here as a golf ball worth trying out 100% for a lot of guys who need a budget three-piece urethane. Again, the get some it proves why I like it so much. I’ve always loved the get some off the tea. Really great performance there. 2.0 again. I mean, just same same thing. I I don’t need to touch on it anymore. Look at the 3.0. Really solid driver performance. It’s a little high on the spin for my liking, but distance-wise, smash factor-wise, ball speedwise, all two thumbs up here. When it comes to the 4.0, I I don’t know what else to say. All right, let’s get into accuracy and dispersion and let’s get over to those charts. Let’s see what we’re working with here. Yeah, starting with the good sum. You know, this is pretty solid. 50-yard pitch, a lot there in that little tiny circle. Then you get to the pitching wedge. And pitching wedge is okay. It’s probably the worst of the bunch. And even though it is really consistent, it’s just all over, right? There’s really not any similarities as far as where the ball was fallen. Then you get into the seven and seven actually has if you take away the three to the far left that were pools, uh those, you know, six that are right there, 1 2 3 4 5 six right in the middle. That’s awesome. So really good accuracy there. Driver, same thing. If you take away three pools, you’ve got seven, six or seven others on the right side that are just all right there in the fairway in the center. So for the most part, this is a really good performance. I’d call it like a four out of five when it comes to the dispersion chart. And when it comes to the 2.0, really the only thing I see initially that kind of concerns me is the driver. If we start over there at the far right, the driver is kind of all over the place. Uh especially with the distance. You know, the consistency isn’t as good as I would like. Accuracy is not bad. I mean, it passes. Uh but when we get into the seven iron, you know, again, you have a couple one, two, three that were, you know, maybe pulls or caught a little bit too much of, maybe caught a little too pure. But the rest of them, one, two, three, four, five, six, all right there in that little circle. That’s fantastic. And that’s kind of what I look for. Same thing with the pitching wedge, you know, in the purple there, all really tight, you know, awesome. And then same thing with the 50 yard pitch. You have one or two that caught a little too much and one that was a little short, but the other seven right there in that little bunch are fantastic. So overall, that’s a really consistent golf ball. I definitely again, we give it a four out of five. Really, it would be a five out of five if it wasn’t for that driver. So that’s just kind of disappointing there. But everything else as far as your short clubs is going to be great. Yeah, really good stuff here from the 3.0 also. So starting with the 50-yard pitch, you have three that came up a tad short. Those could be mis hits, but look at the other seven. They are all right on top of each other. That’s beautiful. uh pitching wedge. It looks like there was three pools, but again, if you take the pools away and you go to those other seven or six or excuse me, that are right there in that little tiny circle, you know, you got like four on the bottom and two on top. Excellent. And then seven iron. Again, you know, I I don’t like the distance dispersion. It looks like sometimes I caught it a little too nice and sometimes it just came off a little short. So, I’m not big on that, but accuracy wise, it is fantastic. And then driver, if you take away the three far pushes, uh, and just do the 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven that are all right there in that left side of the circle, or I guess the up part if you’re looking up and down. It looks great. So, I mean, there’s a lot to work on here. It definitely has some bendability. It has a little bit of tore likeness to it, but overall, I love the accuracy and uh, distance dispersion could have been maybe a tad better, but as far as accuracy goes, man, it is right on, especially when it comes to the wedges. Well, I got to give credit where credit is due. And when it comes to the 4.0, you know what? It may not get crap for distance, but or spin in some cases, but my goodness, it is definitely an accurate ball. If we look at the 50-yard pitch there, there is like eight or seven, you know, dots all right on top of each other. You can’t even tell where they begin and end. Then you get into the pitching wedge, and that’s one of the tightest dispersions I’ve seen from the pitching wedge all year. And then we get into the seven iron and again you have one pull way left but other than that everything is just right there in the center. I mean that’s throwing straight up darts. Then getting into the driver, you know, although there was some distance dispersion, you know, that’s okay. If you look at the one, two that I I pulled left, there’s eight out of 10 that are right in the middle there that that that’s probably some of the best accuracy I’ve seen with the driver of the year. So accuracy is a five out of five. It’s fantastic. It is tops. But distance dispersion, I would call it, you know, a four out of five. It’s still very close. But, you know, we can’t overlook how the performance of the golf ball was. But I also don’t want to short change it. I mean, this is fantastic. This is a great dispersion chart. So, you know, who knows? I guess if distance isn’t everything to you and you really just need a fantastically accurate ball, you could play this. But, I think there’s a couple other balls that also did really well, but also had the performance metrics. It’s just such a shame because the 4.0 you know, really could have had something here based on this dispersion chart if those performance metrics had just been a little better. Now, let’s get into durability. Now, when it comes to the Snell golf balls, durability last year was a huge, huge factor. Uh, the paint was chipping off. Uh, every golf ball, I’m pretty sure, just got a bad score. I mean, it was bad. It was really bad. So, this year, let’s see if there’s been any improvements. Let’s start with the get some. Okay, looking at the get some. If we look at the side I hit over and over, it’s looking a little rough. I’m not going to lie. Uh, it’s got lots of gouges out of it and cuts and slits. Um, I do give it a little grace cuz I hit it over and over there, but still that’s really rough. You could not putt this golf ball anymore. It’s not going to fly straight anymore. Being nice, I would say that’s probably I would say a six out of 10 is being nice. You know, I it’s close to a five, but I think a six out of 10 is being nice just because the rest of the golf ball looks so nice opposed to what I just sat there and hit over and over. But still kind of disappointing, but it is what it is. It’s a distance golf ball. It’s a two-piece. It’s on the cheaper side. So, that that’s fine. 6 out of 10 is not the end of the world. You’re saving some money. If we look at the 2.0, now looking at the 2.0, I got to say, I’m actually pleasantly surprised. You know, this golf ball, it does look a little rough on this one side, but if I feel it, it’s not too bad. It actually survived it pretty well. Looking around the rest of the golf ball, looks great, feels great, still has a great shine to it. You know, I have no problem calling that an 8 out of 10. That’s really nice. And that’s solid. You know, for a two-piece golf ball like this, a lot of the time I don’t get the results, especially with the softer urethane type ones. I they just usually don’t last. This did really well. I’d say it’s close to a nine, but I just just barely gets the A. But that’s solid. Looking at the 3.0, this is the side I hit first. Uh, it’s looking a little rough. Yeah, I mean, pretty much all the urethane’s gone. Uh, and that’s the other thing, too. The coating on the 3.0 is not very thick. You can feel that from the factory, so that’s why it came off pretty quick, and it’s looking really rough there. But looking at the rest of the golf ball, it still looks really good. It’s solid. You know, I I give it a 6 out of 10. Again, uh it definitely just kind of checks the box. It’s not going to last you probably more than a round, but that’s okay. You’re saving some money, so maybe it’s for people who still lose one or two a round, but overall, not bad. Then we look at the 4.0. And again, 4.0 has, you know, some issues there. There is some paint flaking. Um, you know, it’s been hit over and over on that side. It looks really rough. It feels rough to the touch. There’s even other areas of the golf ball if I look around and feel that are kind of scratched up, too. This one is a five out of 10. This one definitely is not as good as the other ones. A little disappointing in that regard. But here is the silver lining. Here’s some good news. That’s way better than last year. That that’s really my main thing was I wanted to see if it had improved from last year. And last year, I mean, if you didn’t see the review from last year, it was like after 15 20 shots, the the ball was flaking up, the paint was flaking off of it. It was really, really bad. And so this year to come back, even though they’re only six out of 10, you know, it’s not great. An eight out of 10, a six out of 10, you know, it’s better than last year. It’s an improvement. I think most of those golf balls will get you through a round, which is great. That’s all you can really ask for. And compared to how it was last year where you had to use three balls around, it’s a big improvement. So, they’ve at least ironed out a little bit of it. So, in conclusion, uh here are my recommendations as far as each golf ball, who they’re for, whether or not I recommend them. Starting with the Snell Get Some. This is actually kind of interesting here because the Get Some has, I think, been upgraded to a pure two-piece distance golf ball. It’s for faster swingers. I mean, I I you could see the pitching wedge wasn’t that great. Uh when we got into the seven iron, we started to see improvement. When we got into the driver, we saw some good results. This kind of reminds me a little bit of the Callaway War Bird, right? We just talked about it on the very last review and I said there’s not a lot of golf balls that I recommend for fast swingers that are a two-piece distance golf ball. Keep it straight, keep it in the center. This is another thing we can add to that arsenal. It’s another, you know, tool that we can add in our tool belt. It’s going to be a great option for people who, you know, want to support a direct to consumer who, you know, swing really fast, who still kind of a higher handicap. Great option there. It has a great performance off the driver and overall, you know, it it gets the job done, especially when you get to those mid irons, long irons, and woods. Then we get to the 2.0. And listen, the 2.0 is simple. If you’re someone who swings very slow, 75 to 85, I’m not ready to say 90. I’m not. I’m sorry. But anywhere in that range and you want a really soft golf ball that has a urethane cover and you get the most spin possible, here you go. You know, this golf ball spins like nothing I’ve ever seen. Um, and now granted with me, I was overcompressing it a little, so yeah, I probably got a little more spin than the slower swinger would, but regardless, this thing is a spin monster. So, you’re going to see a lot of really good results. And you’re also going to get a really good touch and feel around the green because of the urethane cover also. So, keep that in mind. When it comes to the 3.0, know, you know, this is if you’re a Snell fan, you know, this golf ball did have a decent performance. It was it was okay. Uh really, you know, the 50-yard pitch, that’s what I like to see. The seven iron, it passes. The driver was great. You know, it’s not a great all-around performance. You know, I think Snell still has a long way to go with that, but there’s been improvements made and it’s still a solid golf ball. If you’re someone who’s still trying to find their three-piece, this is something you can put on your table for sure to try. Uh Snell also does offer a trial pack. You can try, you know, the tours. You can do two sleeves of the 3.0 and two sleeves of the 4.0 or you can do one sleeve of each like I did. The get some the 2.0 3.0. You can try that as well. So, it’s an option for golfers. It’s definitely worth a shot. The 4.0 doesn’t get a recommendation at all. You know, it’s it’s so hard for a golf ball just to not get a rocket recommendation from me at all because it’s always for, you know, there’s always a market, right? I always try to find the market. Even if it’s niche, I I can’t accurately say that it’s for anybody. I can’t say it’s for fast swingers. I can’t say it’s for I mean I just I I couldn’t get any decent results. And it wasn’t just any decent results. It’s the worst ball speed I’ve seen with the seven iron. It’s, you know, abysmally low with the driver. Uh spin numbers aren’t great. 50-yard pitch. I mean, just across the board, they’re just isn’t a lot I had the worst durability out of all of them. There just isn’t a lot I can look at from the 4.0 and say, “Oh, yeah. Use that one.” Unfortunately, no. It’s just not going to get one today. So, all right guys, as always, keep watching, keep saving, keep learning. Thank you for your time. I will see you guys again soon. Bye-bye.
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When you get a chance, I would like to see a comparison of white versus yellow of the same ball to prove or disprove the rumors that the performance of yellow versions perform worse than the white model.
I've had no issue w/Snell for years now. Weird results on this channel seem to fly in the face of many others.
I tried the Snell 2.0 earlier this year. Not sure if it was last year’s model or 2025. I had a very strange experience in that I was hitting a shot over a creek. I felt like I struck my hybrid 5 solidly, but about halfway over the creek it hit the “dive flaps” straight down into the water. The strange flight path was similar to a totally spent range ball. Having heard about QC issues with the 2.0, I haven’t trusted the ball since. Sorry Dean.
I tried the 2.0 for about five minutes. Even at my more "moderate" swing speed (95-98 mph driver, 78-80 7-iron) it was just slower than molasses off every club. And it makes sense: it has a very soft core wrapped in a very soft cover. It's soft on soft with no mantle layer to keep ball speed up. I do think it would be a great choice for those antique hickory golfers. I know a lot of them use something like a Supersoft, but the 2.0 would be the closest thing to a gutta percha ball that's been made in…well, in over a century.
Baffled by the 4.0 results. That's a head-scratcher, for sure.
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Same issues as before, no one wants to spend the money on balls that don’t last when there are many more options that are better and cost the same or less..,Snell is a sinking ship right now
All manufactures should use the 7iron yardage on their balls.
I was really hoping I could be talked into Snell and I'm just ….not. I was REALLY rooting for the 2.0 but there's no way I can play that ball. I swing way to fast for that marshmallow. Fun video of all the Snell's though.
How would you know it’s the new version when buying? I assume it’s the box.
Well…. Not great. Not terrible. But considering the experinced person behind this company I think it is fair to be dissapointed.
I might try a sample pack of the 2 piece golf balls before the end of the season.
The performances and especially the quality lets them right down, there’s much better out there at those prices.
I would try the Get Sum or the 3.0 myself! Thanks Nick
Hey Nick – when are you going to get your mom to help with testing? I'd love to see someone with a much lower swing speed compare the 2.0 vs the 3.0. I'm guessing the 2.0 might redeem itself.
I tried the previous version of Snell and was disappointed. Durability was terrible and I lost 5 yards per club! Never again!
So if Nick was a professional figure skater the announcer would say "He nailed the quad"!🙂Well done. You kept the vid moving but really gave us a solid review of all the options from Snell…. Moment of silence for the 4.0 please 😪
Nick, Dean changed the logo on the 3.0 to signify so that he knew when the 'New' balls were in use.
I cannot believe this. I played a random snell mtb i had in my bag today at league. Shot a 42 and played all 9 with it. Was mentioning to the guys how much i liked it. I pop on YT, and i see this.. we live in a simulation
Great update. Snell deserves another look after (hopefully) getting through their past manufacturing snags.
Am I mistaken or did you not give forgiveness scores for these during the review?
Tough question and not sure if you could answer but—— if you had to choose one ball (current models) to play the rest of your life, what ball would it be?
I look for low launch and mid spin. To much spin your ball balloons on you. To me the 4.0 works great. I rip it back on the greens easily through 6 iron. And for reference I play haywood MBs, 34 deg 7 iron going 185. I need a ball that spins a bit less since I produce to much spin. My gap wedge I use to have was 50 deg and it spun over 14k in spin. Just ballooned every time. Made my distance dispersion super tight but windy day killed it. You want stopping power with lower flights on mid to short irons/wedges.
I can across a ball I hope you may consider testing. It’s called the Monarchi Competitor. Found it on Instagram of all places.