When we receive a press release announcing that new The distance of the top Golf Ball is now the official Ball of Tour World Long Drive, we tend to collect an eyebrow.
When we learn that Pinnacle is now the official golf ball partner, and an presenting sponsor for the world car tour, we tend to increase the other.
Many of you are probably not old enough to remember, but there was a time when Pinnacle was one of the best -selling balls in golf. Recently in 1994, Pinnacle Gold held a market share of approximately 17 percent. Before a few decades and the Pinnacle brand has become a precious budget price in the Acushnet ecosystem.
Today’s news is a signal that Acushnet wants to pump a new life in the old brand by joining the world car tour. After all, if you want to promote a ball called Pinnacle distance, joining with boys, the task of which is to hit the ball a strange mile is a dream of a dealer.
Why are you doing this pinnacle/acushnet?
The clear answer seems to be To make the brand Pinnacle again important. Acushnet spent several months trying to find out what players wanted in the target audience.
“What he returned is that the players were looking for a high quality, durable, low -cost golf ball,” the Acushnet Golf Ball Courtney Walsh Ball Product manager for MygolfSSS. “From the performance point of view, they were really focused on the distance above all other attributes.”
The good news is that peak There was already a ball that suits that special bill. The bad news is that he was known as Pinnacle hurry Which do not scream distance. The visible movement, especially at the point below $ 20 of the price, is to re-raise acceleration as a main distance.
This is when Serendipity joined the holiday when the Tour World Long Drive approached a partnership.
“Going in 2025, we wanted to make a real partnership with a ball golf company,” says leading chief World Drive David Livington. “The ball is the only lasting part of our sport. We wanted to work with a partner that can provide a ball that allows us to display our athletes and their performance. “
Drive World Long + Pinnacle = Distance
The arrangement between Pinnacle/Acushnet and Tour World Long Drive is direct. Whereas from the opening event of this weekend season, the clash in the canyon in Mesquite, Nev., Pinnacle distance will be the official ball of tour competition.
Moreover, peak It will be a presentation sponsor for three pressing events in the world this season. This includes Bluff city fire exchange in Memfis, Rocky Mountain Rumble in Colorado and this weekend event in Mesquite. Pinnacle will also be the official sponsor of a fourth event, the war in Fort in South Carolina.
In total, the Tour World Long Drive will have nine events in SH.BA this year along with others around the world.
Pinnacle is also signed by reigning the world champion of the long car Sean Johnson and Jack Smith-Rrain with 4 world ambassadors.
“The biggest thing I look for in a ball is what keeps our power,” says Smith Mygolfspy. “For us, it’s just for distance, so I’m looking for a ball that can translate the speed I have inserted into it.”
If you are wondering yourself, Smith’s highest recorded speed is 160 km per hour and its best ball speed is 238.7 MPH.
“When you are hitting this difficult, durability is important,” he says. “You can have the fastest golf ball in the world, but if it is in opposition, it’s like a dusty sniper in opposition to its shells.”
People in Acushnet were assured to tell us that all Pinnacle balls were made on Ball Plant 2 in New Bedford, Mass.
Don’t think, rip it
peak The brand was created by the Acushnet again in 1980 as a surly -covered alternative for the ballata -covered title. Initially a high-compression competitor in the Top-Flite Slit of Spalding, Pinnacle proved to be a very popular choice for recreation players for the next two decades. However, while golf cannon manufacturers developed the best rigid technology, the brand faded into the low -cost, low -cost, low -tech golf cannon package.
“This partnership presents us an opportunity to restore Pinnacle to the players who remember it,” Walsh explains. “He also presents an opportunity to engage with players who are young in the game. Partnership with World Long Drive opens a completely different segment of players to interact.”
Pinnacle even has a new long -inspired tag (and maybe Crash Davis): Don’t think, rip it.
As mentioned, the Pinnacle distance golf ball is a Rebrand of the older Pinnacle rush. Almost equally basic a golf ball as you can get: a solid synthetic rubber core with a surlyn cover and a 332 Icosahedral dimple pattern to keep it in the air. Acushnet is not publishing any compression information but we know that Bridgetone E9The previous official ball of World Drive Drive Tour was ranked to 75.
For what is worth it, MygolfSs Mati Pinnacle’s range of Pinnacle ball at 95.
Pinnacle Golf balls: pricing and availability
The Pinnacle distance goes on sale this weekend in retail and online. They will be available in white and yellow and make a minority of $ 19.99 for a pack of 15 balls.
For more information you can visit Pinnacle website.
office Why Pinnacle is joining Tour World Long Drive first appeared in MygolfSSS.
