The Best Golf Balls for Seniors of 2024

You can’t group senior golfers into one category, so recommending the best golf balls for seniors returns a list that’s as different as all the senior golfers out there. 

Like all golfers, seniors run the gamut when it comes to ability and swing speed, but it is safe to assume that very few seniors are producing driver clubhead speeds more than 105 mph. In fact, most are well under 100 mph, and some, of course, are lucky to get to 80 mph. So when it comes to recommending the best golf balls for senior players, golf balls that maximize distance are certainly on the list. But it’s not a list limited to distance balls.

For this article, we consider players who are 50 or older (potential AARP members), and we all know 50-year-olds who can still move it out there. We also know 70-year-olds who are still near scratch but don’t hit it 280 yards off the tee. So for these players, a premium tour ball, like the Titleist Pro V1, is still in play. After all, the Pro V1 is still the most-played ball on the PGA Tour Champions.

The truth is there aren’t any golf balls designed specifically for seniors. Most seniors I know embrace the short game, so I can’t recommend a straight distance ball with no feel.

The following eight golf balls cater to different types of seniors. These recommendations range from balls for the low-handicap players who have enough speed to play a tour-level ball to seniors who don’t have a lot of clubhead speed, could use some extra help, and don’t have the precision around the greens to utilize tremendous spin characteristics. If you’re over 50, we believe one of these golf balls will work well for you.

Here are my picks of the best balls for seniors golfers of 2024:

• Bridgestone Tour B RX Mindset
• Srixon Soft Feel
• Titleist Pro V1
• Titleist TruFeel
• Callaway Chrome Soft
• Callaway Superfast
• TaylorMade Soft Response
• Wilson Duo Soft

First off, the Tour B RX is the softer core version of the other Bridgestone Tour balls. The RX is designed for swing speeds of 105 mph or less. It’s the ball Fred Couples plays on the PGA Tour Champions, and it’s a great ball for the serious competitive senior. 

Its “Reactiv X System” combined with Reactiv iQ Smart Cover technology is behind the distance and control (the ball stays on the face longer on approaches and around the greens).

What I found fascinating is that the Tour B RX is among the balls offered with Bridgestone’s new Mindset visual cue. Inspired by Jason Day, who assisted in its development, it’s a three-part design with a red and yellow circle with a green dot on the cover. It reminds you to do three things: identify your target (red), visualize the path (yellow), and lastly focus on the green dot. The final step is to free your mind of analytical thoughts and execute the shot you visualize – whether it’s a drive or a putt. I especially liked it for putting. 

We also highlighted the Srixon Soft Feel in our recommendations of the Best Golf Balls for Mid Handicappers, but we’d be remiss not to include it in our list for senior players. I’ve played this ball for years in casual rounds, and can honestly say it has performed well for me, both in terms of distance and around the greens.

Now granted, it’s not going to spin like a urethane ball around the greens, but it does have more than adequate stopping power with its soft ionomer cover. Combine that with a large, responsive core, and you’ve got a great all-around ball for swing speeds in the mid-90s or less.

The standard in premium golf balls for more than two decades, the Titleist Pro V1 is a great starting point for any low to mid-handicap player, especially if price isn’t an issue. This is a golf ball, with its low spin on longer shots, that provides plenty of distance off the tee with a mid-launch trajectory and higher spin on and around the greens than any ball on the market. It’s a combination that’s been working for more than 20 years for the majority of good players.

If your driver speed is under 90 mph, however, I don’t think you’ll get the distance benefits from the Pro V1, but you will still get the spin. For the low-handicap senior with swing speeds in the 90s to even over 100 mph, though, the Pro V1 is an ideal choice.

A less expensive, really good option for anyone whose swing speed is around 90 mph or less, the Titleist TruFeel lives up to its name despite being a two-piece ball with an ionomer cover. I’ve played with this ball from time to time, and while it’s not a Pro V1, it’s more than adequate on approach shots, goes far off the tee, and feels decent around the greens.

The newest version has a new “TruTouch” core and 376 tetrahedral dimple design, which Titleist says makes for faster ball speeds with a very soft feel off the clubface. It also has a softer “TruFlex” cover, which gives it a little more spin around the green. Again, while it doesn’t spin like a urethane ball, it really does have a good feel all the way around the golf course.

Enhanced in a number of ways for 2024, the new Callaway Chrome Soft is indeed a golf ball that performs well for low-handicap seniors. In fact, there are no longer other versions of the Chrome Soft. Instead, Callaway has a new Chrome Tour and Chrome Tour X, both of which are four-piece balls designed to attract players with higher swing speeds.

All three of the new balls have been improved throughout. More specifically, the Chrome Soft, which has a nice high ball flight, has a new and improved “Hyper Fast Soft Core,” mantle, and cover – the last of which gets improved cosmetics, and a new hex dimple design in what Callaway calls its new Tour Seamless Package. 

The bottom line is the Chrome Soft is improved – and it was pretty good before – looks better, and will perform really well for good players looking for that extra boost in speed and control around and on the greens.

Many seniors really don’t spin the ball much no matter what the construction of the ball is. They look for openings in the green to bump-and-run approaches, and they generally play chip and runs from just off the green. That same player is also looking for as much distance as they can get off the tee and on approach shots.

For them, the Callaway Superfast is perfect because its primary goal is to deliver more distance. A special high-speed core and hybrid cover provide the formula for high-launch and low-spin and that translates into more distance.

The TaylorMade Soft Response is a terrific feeling golf ball that almost any senior player can appreciate. It has a new low compression design – a 30-compression core surrounded by a firmer second layer with a softer ionomer cover that translates into 50 compression overall (formerly 60 compression). The result is a very soft and responsive feel, plus really nice distance for moderate swing speeds.

It also spins decently on approaches and around the greens thanks to the cover design. And speaking of the cover, steeper and shallower dimples are designed to reduce drag and optimize aerodynamics for maximum distance.

Wilson claims the Duo Soft is the world’s softest golf ball, so quite naturally it seems like it would be a great fit for the senior player and slower swing speeds. It also has a new core formulation that’s supposed to deliver more distance. 

It’s also very straight, with a nice feel around the greens, so it’s a great combination for most senior players. It comes in white, green, yellow, orange, and red, so take your pick.