Snell Golf has stood out for many years as a phenomenal direct-to-consumer golf ball brand. Spearheaded by Dean Snell, the Snell Prime series has delivered great-performing golf balls at a phenomenal price.
Prime 2.0
This ball performed surprisingly better than I expected. The Prime 2.0 is a soft-feeling ball, with decent spin across the board. It kept me questioning if I had pulled the 3.0 or 4.0 out of my bag by accident. I noticed a little too much driver spin for my liking but would not have batted an eye unless directly comparing it to its bigger brothers.
If you regularly play ionomer cover balls I would highly recommend you try this, especially for $25 it will be hard to beat. This outperforms those balls in so many ways. If you prefer to stay under that $30 mark for a golf ball or are concerned with losing too many this may be your next go-to ball.
Prime 3.0
The Prime 3.0 was the stand-out ball for me. It was the best blend of soft feel mid-iron spin and good greenside spin. It is everything I expect from a premium golf ball. Spin, Launch, Durability, Feel, all the boxes are checked, the low price tag is the motivating factor.
This was recommended by Snell’s ball fitting and glad that matched my experience.
Prime 4.0
The Prime 4.0 performed so close to the 3.0 that the main deciding factor was feel. Which is completely subjective. A launch monitor may show me a tiny bit less spin off the driver but were negligible on the course, my inconsistencies greatly outweighed that difference.
If you need as low spin as possible off the driver or prefer a firmer feel this is your choice.
Feel
- Prime 2.0 – Moderate Soft
- Prime 3.0 – Moderate Soft
- Prime 4.0 – Firmer
Spin
- Prime 2.0 – Mid-Spin off the tee, Mid-Spin on Irons and Mid-Spin Greenside
- Prime 3.0 – Low-Spin off the tee, Mid-Spin on Irons, and High-Spin Greenside
- Prime 4.0 – Lowest-Spin off the tee, Mid-Spin on Irons and High-Spin Greenside
Durability
All the balls performed great on durability. There is no visible damage from normal wear and out of the sand. The Prime 2.0 had 4 solidly struck trees and barely had a mark.
Snell had some issues with the previous version and immediately worked with the factory to try to improve that version. The improvements they have made are apparent these things can take a beating.
Price
This is honestly one of the areas that I don’t understand how their prices can be so low. Buying a budget two-piece ionomer cover ball will run you $20-35. How is it that they can fit their full lineup at that price? Snell Prime Lineup brings premium balls to golfers at a tremendous value. The fact that they introduced the 2.0 this year, a unicorn 2-piece Urethane ball for only $25 is remarkable.
- Prime 2.0 -$24.99 – ($21.99 ordering 5 dozen)
- Prime 3.0 -$32.99 – ($29.99 ordering 5 dozen)
- Prime 4.0 -$34.99 – ($31.99 ordering 5 dozen)
