Recommended models: AD333, Z-STAR, Z-STAR XV
No matter in terms of popularity or market share, Shi Lisheng is the No. 1 brand of golf equipment in Japan. Former No. 2 in the UK golf market, he is the official brand signed by international pros on the PGA men's and women's tours, and his golf balls have won 75 PGA Tour titles.
The Schlisheng Golf Research Center is equipped with a variety of equipment specifically designed to determine the performance of the ball. Shi Lisheng focuses on high-end products, most of which are three-layer balls and less two-layer balls, and its balls are widely favored by professional players and high-level golfers for their strong wind resistance, ultra-long flight, and excellent backspin performance, but they have higher requirements for green hardness.
Its practice balls are sold in several products such as DISTANCE, CXR POWER, AD333, among which AD333 performed better, it was the most popular double-decker golf practice ball in the UK, and won the "Most Valuable Golf Ball of Today's Golfers" award. The new 2017 AD333 is coated with SPIN SKIN and E.G.G. core to ensure that it has strong wind resistance when flying straight, and in the left and right ballistic deviation and flight distance handling tests conducted by the third-party testing organization "Golf Laboratories", the Shi Lisheng AD333 showed higher stability than other practice balls.
The TRI STAR is not as good as the Z-STAR series, and the Z-STAR series golf balls have helped players such as Hideki Matsuyama, Hideto Tanihara, Shingo Katayama, Ritsuko Kasa and Jeon Misada win 22 championships on tours around the world.
Compared to the old model, the new 2017 Z-STAR series uses a SPIN SKIN coating, which increases the friction between the face and the high ball, and the aerodynamic performance design of the surface cavities has been improved, and the coverage has been increased to 84%, making the trajectory more penetrating. The combination of this coating with the ultra-thin and supple urethane shell developed by Shi Lisheng improves spin performance under the condition that grass adheres to the hitting surface, and it also exhibits greater scratch resistance when hitting wedges.
The new Z-STAR features a soft, large-diameter E.G.G. core, while the Z-STAR XV uses a high-rebound E.G.G. large-diameter 2-layer core, both of which are capable of suppressing high hitting, unwanted spin on the driver and flying long distances in headwind conditions. The data shows that the internal compressibility coefficient of the Z-STAR three-layer ball is 88, while the compressibility coefficient of the Z-STAR XV four-layer ball is 105, which is more compact and more elastic.
Although J.B. Holmes has used the Z-STAR series to drive 315 yards from the tee, the club swing speed needs to be at least 105mph, which is not very friendly to older golfers with small swing speeds. The price of both products in the Z-STAR series is 330 yuan, and power players can buy it according to their needs.