Look, I’ll be honest with you. When I first saw press announcement for new Callaway Tour Chrome Tour Dino Golf BallsMy original opinion was that this should be a kind of cooperation with love in the spectrum.
But no. This is just Callaway being Callaway, throwing limited golf balls with the rationale for “because people love them”.
And you know what? Quite right. People love dinosaurs. My nephew can name any dinosaur that ever existed, but still thinks a sand wedge is something you eat on the beach. So maybe Callaway is in something here.
I don’t know. This is still weird.
Something is missing
Chrome Tour Dino Collection It presents four models: tricereratops, stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex and brontosaurus. Balldo Top gets the same performance in Chrome Tour that has been boiling since Callaway decided to become serious about the challenging title in the Premium Ball category.
But here I have a bone to choose: where the hell is pterodactyl?
I’m serious. This is a massive supervision. Shameful, even. You will give me a brontosaurus, who, let’s be honest, is essentially just a really long neck cow, but you can’t find room for pterodactyl? The flying reptile that would actually make thematic in a golf ball that is supposed, you know, fly?
Next time, think through, Fellas.
What are we actually getting
Setting my pterodactile complaints for a moment, let’s talk about what Callaway is actually giving here.
T-rex ball is likely to be the most popular. No one loves a good peak Predator more than Callaway, and there is something enjoyable to imagine your golf ball has small wings, but massive jaws. Plus, if you are going to chop a ball into the water, at least make it look like it could eat whatever fish are living there.
Tricaratops gets points for all three horns, which feel properly tied golf. Three horns, three strokes. There is an unpleasant symmetry here.
Stegosaurus is for players who appreciate the protective strategy. These rear tiles are essentially the prehistoric equivalent of armor, which is perfect for those rounds where you feel like the course is actively trying to destroy you (Shane Lowry).
And then it’s brontosaurus. The gentle giant. Gang vegetarian. This is the ball for players who just want to play peacefully and not hurt anyone’s feelings.
The real question
The question is not whether these balls will perform; It is if you are willing to be the person who shows up to your regular Saturday morning with four with dinosaur golf balls.
And honestly? In a world where golf is supposedly trying to be more fun and less packed, maybe we need more people ready to Play with a T-rex on their ball.
Plus, there is something beautiful absurd about the idea of explaining to your game partners that you just have the 7th birds with a stegosaurus.
Ultimately
Callaway’s Chrome Tour’s dinosaurs are exactly what seems to be: Premium golf balls with prehistoric works of art that exist because, as Callaway says, “people love them”. It is not the most sophisticated marketing strategy ever fabricated, but it is honest.
Will they make you a better golf player? Only if the psychological growth of playing with dinosaurs in some way improves your stroke.
Will golf make the most fun? Maybe it would be more fun with a Pterodactyl, but it is still an update on white or simple yellow.
Callaway Chrome Tour Dino Golf Balls are available now while the latest supplies. Get yours at Callawaygolf.com.
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