Golf ball fitting quiz
Which golf ball suits you?
Four quick questions, then your top three golf balls on sale in the UK, each with the plain reasons it fits, the price at Evolution Golf, and what we don't know about it.
Only a few makers say which speeds a ball suits; we use their ranges and nothing else.
Your best match
Srixon Q-Star Tour
£31.95 a dozen at Evo.
Your top 3 matches
Match 1
Srixon Q-Star Tour
3-piece · urethane cover
- Urethane cover for greenside spin
- 3 layers, to balance low driver spin with short-game spin
Match 2
Srixon Q-Star Tour Divide
3-piece · urethane cover
- Urethane cover for greenside spin
- 3 layers, to balance low driver spin with short-game spin
Match 3
Wilson Triad
3-piece · urethane cover
- Urethane cover for greenside spin
- 3 layers, to balance low driver spin with short-game spin
Want to compare more? See every ball in the compression chart. The best test is still a few holes with two or three of these.
How it's worked out
The quiz matches your answers against the facts we hold for each ball: its cover, number of layers and compression from the maker (or a marked range from public charts where the maker gives none), the maker's own swing speed range where there is one, and its live price and stock at Evolution Golf (or, where Evo doesn't sell it, another UK shop's price, with the date we checked it).
Points are added the same way for every ball. What matters most: for control, a urethane cover scores 3 and ionomer loses 2; for distance, ionomer scores 3, urethane loses 2 and a two-piece build adds 1; for a bit of both, urethane and three or more layers add 1 each. Feel: a compression in the band you chose (soft under 70, medium 70 to 90, firm over 90) scores 3, the next band 1, the opposite band loses 2. Swing speed: a ball whose maker says it suits your speed scores 3, and one the maker says isn't for your speed is left out. Budget and stock are strict; a ball with no UK price can't meet a budget. Ties go to the cheaper ball.
A ball we don't hold a fact for can't score on it, and its card says so. There's no industry standard for matching balls to golfers, so treat the answer as a short list to try on the course, not a fitting.
Score = cover (+3 / -2) + layers (+1) + feel (+3, +1 or -2) + maker's speed range (+3); balls outside the budget, out of stock (if asked) or outside the maker's speed range are left out
Sources: Our golf ball compression chart (every ball and its sources) · Evolution Golf: golf balls (price and stock) · checked 6 Nov 2026
A high handicapper who wants soft and cheap
Distance off the tee, soft feel, up to £30 a dozen, in stock. Two-piece ionomer balls with a soft compression score highest: 3 for the cover, 1 for two layers and 3 for the feel. A soft urethane ball would score 1 overall, because its cover counts against a distance-first answer.
Questions
Why didn't my favourite ball come up?
It may be over your budget, out of stock at Evo, or missing a fact the quiz scores on, such as its cover or compression. Look it up in the compression chart and use Find similar.
Does my swing speed matter?
Only where a maker says which speeds a ball suits, such as Bridgestone's Tour B range split at 105 mph. Most makers don't, and there's no standard that turns a swing speed into a compression, so we don't guess one.
Is this a proper ball fitting?
No. It narrows the choice from the facts makers publish. A fitting with a launch monitor, or a few holes with two or three balls, is the real test.
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