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cageydog,

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Telluwhat, sorry, couldn't resist the easy tee ball, wish I had taken the time to come up with something more clever :nodsmiley . You are correct, the cover of the Exception is a little harder than the NXT Tour, but it is noticeable only on short pitches, chips and putts. Off the tee and any full shot, the Exception feels pretty soft.

Using NXT Tours (old style) I broke 80 3 times in a row, the first time that has ever happened (hopefully not the last), and I believe that it was due to minimizing driver mistakes when I got foolish and tried to 'swing away' on the tee. Can't find old style NXT Tour now, but by most measures the Pinnacle Exception is a virtual match "Cousins, identical cousins, they look alike, they play alike" (sad use of an early 60's tv show theme song).

The Exception has less driver spin than any other ball BUT the V1x, so it should be even easier to keep in play than the old NXT Tour. They are selling 2 ball sample packs of the Exception at my course for $1.95

cageydog, no problem, we're all pals here, and I got a laff from your reply!

I think the Exception is definitely a ball to try. I'm guessing that in warmer weather, it'll feel a little softer. And, I forgot to mention that I did my test puts with an Anser 2, so those who use putters with soft inserts may not even notice a difference.

I believe that Pinnacle and Titleist are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Accushnet, Inc so what's to say that this and the NXT are the same ball. Anyways, I tried the Exception and its a decent ball.

My wife found a couple of these and I played with them and liked them. Something about the blue color is nice for me also.

As far as feel goes, they're definitely no Rock-Flite. I don't have the feel of an expert golfer, but I couldn't tell the difference in my living room between the Exception and the V1x in terms of softness in chipping/putting. So not a bad ball for the money, especially when bought "used".

Okay, I can do a better review now. I've played these balls four full rounds on four different courses: two beach courses, one with aerated greens; one riverside course; and one course in the mountains.

I can't complain one bit about the balls. I think they are just fantastic. They are as long off the tee as anything I've ever hit save for the V1x, and they really don't feel hard. Great feel on the putter and chipping.

Anything 8-iron and up is stopping dead on shots into the green, and my irons stink. My ball marks are very easy to fix because they're right next to the ball.

For the money (I bought 36 used for $27 including shipping) I've never seen anything like them. And with the durability and the fact it won't over-spin-back, I'm not so sure it's not the best ball you can get. I love 'em all around.

Can someone tell me how the Exception compares to the cheaper Pinnacle distance balls? I've been using those el-cheap Pinnacle Gold . I like 'em better than the chep Top Flites, but I"ve had problems sticking greens lately (my balls are rolling too much).

Does the Exception fly as far as the cheaper Pinnacle distance balls?
Thanks in advance.

Yes they are as long off the tee, and feel softer off the irons and putter than they gold does.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get them for that price? I would definitely like to grab 3 dozen for that price...

Thanks in advance.

It was an ebay auction. The guy charged like $17 to ship them but the auction price was 9.99 so it was still a good deal. I've found that ebay is pretty much the only place to get used Exceptions because most used ball websites don't seem to know the difference between them and any other Pinnacles.

However, I have just ordered some more from another website (along with some NXTs) even cheaper but I haven't gotten them yet so I can't totally say they're worth the money. But they're being sold for $5.95/dozen there with cheap shipping and the guy has been really friendly to work with. Here's the link:

http://www.golfballs2000.com/list.html

I'll let you know what they're like when I get them. Hopefully I won't go through them as quickly this time :)

Great! I'll definitely have to try these out. Thanks for the info.

I got the balls from that website and they are in fantastic shape. I really can't tell most of them from new. There are a few logo balls, but that's no big deal at all.

I Normally would have overlooked the Pinnacle, but thought I'd try a sleeve of the Blue variety, found them as soft & responsive as any Titleist I've yet played....

Straighter & & softer than many so called soft balls. Yet with great distance capability. Fantastic around the greens too. lets just say I'm still on the first sleeve, having only just lost my first one of them, probably through the amount of use its had.

Gonna get a box of these, well worth the 20 quid I'll end up having to pay for a dozen over the 21 to 29 quid for a dozen titlist balls (though Titleist Slo-Pro's are £18)

I picked up a couple dozen of these this week after seeing the Consumer Reports thing. I'm no ball expert as I just picked up the game again last August after many years off. The first balls I bought last year were cheapie distance balls, but as my swing got more consistent, I started trying to find some better balls to play.

I ended up settling on Maxfli Noodles which I liked, although I found sometimes they seemed to lack spin in shortgame shots. I got some Maxfli Revolutions after those, and found them a bit softer than the Noodles, but still not getting as much spin as I might want for short shots.

I've gotten to play now 27 holes with Pinnacle Exceptions and feel confident in saying they are as long as the Maxflis, but with a noticeable bit more spin and softness for around the green.

A well struck shot with a Pinnacle Exception, one that doesn't slice, or duck-hook, will go just as far as the Maxflis I find.

Very straight, average length, don't stop well on chips and pitches but putt very nicely.