Bridgestone Tour B X Review: Bridgestone Promised Everything. Did it Deliver?
Bridgestone claimed Tour B X adds distance without giving up control. We put that to the test.
Chris Gotterup won the Sony Open, WM Phoenix Open, and the John Deere Classic in 2026, using the new Bridgestone Tour B X to notch all three wins.
Once we put Tour B X through our standardized golf ball testing, Gotterup’s three wins made even more sense. It topped all 43 balls we tested in 2026.
Here’s exactly how Tour B X tallied the highest score in our golf ball testing.
How We Tested the Bridgestone Tour B X
We put the Bridgestone Tour B X through our published golf ball testing protocols using the SkyTrak ST Max launch monitor. That means human swings under strict bands for swing speed, impact quality, and delivery dynamics.
Because we use human swings, not robots, our data reflects the performance differences you can actually expect to see on the course, not microscopic variances under perfect conditions. We use strict benchmarks for swing speed, shot quality, and delivery dynamics to keep results as consistent as possible.
Individual results will vary, but the patterns we see across dozens of shots — and across all 43 balls in our test — are meaningful.
Learn more about how we test golf balls and see the complete list of every golf ball we've tested. You can also check out our complete Bridgestone Tour B X test data here.
Bridgestone Tour B X Specs, Pricing & Performance
Tour B X showed a mid-spin, low-launch driver profile that climbs to mid-spin through the 7-iron and high-spin from 50 yards — a shape built to stay flat and penetrating off the tee, then generate strong stopping power into greens.
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Shot |
Spin |
Launch |
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Driver |
Mid |
Low |
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7-Iron |
Mid |
Mid |
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50-Yard Shot |
High |
Low |
Distance: 8.8/10
Tour B X finished 6th of 43 balls in our distance test, and the raw numbers explain why. It posted an elite ball speed given our mid-90s swing speed — 140.4 mph — and totaled 245.5 yards in our driver test.
That's just two yards short of the very longest ball in our test, which is an impressive feat for a ball that still delivers control into and around the greens.
The low-launch, mid-spin combination (2,426 RPM) is exactly what Bridgestone's VeloSurge mantle is designed to produce, and in our test it delivered. That’s directly in line with the ball speed gains Bridgestone reported from its own testing with Gotterup and Jason Day.
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Category |
Bridgestone Tour B X |
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Ball Speed (mph) |
140.4 |
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Carry (yds) |
220.9 |
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Total Distance (yds) |
245.5 |
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Launch Angle |
11.9° |
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Distance Score |
8.8 |
Stopping Power: 8.4/10
Tour B X’s stopping power result — 6th of 43 — is just as strong as its distance performance, which is the rare combination that makes this ball's overall performance score so strong. While it technically averaged out to a mid-spin profile in our 7-iron test, it was just 13 RPM of backspin away from the high-spin category. But hey, we had to draw the line somewhere.
Most balls that give you an advantage off the tee force you to compromise in the scoring clubs. Tour B X doesn't.
It's not the best ball in any single category, but it's the only ball that’s in the top-10 in every category (Distance, Stopping Power, Wedge Control, and Accuracy).
That's the case Bridgestone made when it launched this ball, and it's the same case Gotterup has proven three times over on tour.
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Category |
Bridgestone Tour B X |
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7-Iron Spin (RPM) |
4,687 |
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7-Iron Roll (yds) |
8.5 |
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Descent Angle |
43.1° |
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Stopping Power Score |
8.4 |
Wedge Control: 9.0/10
Tour B X finished 7th of 43 balls in our wedge control test, backed by 7,410 RPM of 50-yard spin and just 2.1 yards of rollout. A 31.0-degree launch keeps the trajectory controllable rather than ballooning.
That spin number is notable because it's paired with the low-spin driver profile. Bridgestone engineers created spin separation in this ball: flat and fast with the driver, then a sharp increase in bite by the time you're inside 50 yards.
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Category |
Bridgestone Tour B X |
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50-Yard Spin (RPM) |
7,410 |
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50-Yard Launch |
31.0° |
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Wedge Control Score |
9.0 |
Accuracy: 8.6/10
Accuracy finished 10th of 43, and the driver dispersion number is the headline: just 1.9 yards offline with 130.9 RPM of sidespin, which was one of the tighter driver dispersion results we recorded in our full 43-ball test. Iron accuracy came in at 1.2 yards offline with 185.4 RPM of sidespin.
The driver number in particular stands out. Bridgestone put out the most accurate (or straightest-flying, if you prefer) golf balls of 2026, with the brand taking the T-1st, T-1st, 4th and 10th-place spots in our accuracy test.
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Category |
Bridgestone Tour B X |
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Driver Offline (yds) |
1.9 |
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Driver Sidespin (RPM) |
130.9 |
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7-Iron Offline (yds) |
1.2 |
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7-Iron Sidespin (RPM) |
185.4 |
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Accuracy Score |
8.6 |
Value: 8.2/10
At $54 a dozen, Tour B X's value score of 8.2 — 11th of 43 — reflects a ball that's now been validated twice over: independently, in a blind 43-ball test, and competitively, in three PGA Tour wins in a single season.
That's impressive. Plenty of balls make bold claims at launch; far fewer back them up on tour, and fewer still back them up in a controlled test that has no reason to be kind to any one brand. Tour B X has done both.
While $54 is still a top-tier price for golf balls in 2026, it’s a few dollars less than the $57 that most tour balls are asking this year.
Who is Bridgestone Tour B X For?
Tour B X is for the player who wants it all.
Our testing found no meaningful weakness in Tour B X. It’s a top-10 ball in distance, stopping power, wedge control, and accuracy, and the single highest overall performer of the 43 balls we've tested.
Bridgestone advertises that Tour B X is built for swing speeds over 105 mph, so it's worth a small test if your swing speed is under that, just to see how it performs for your game. But for the right player, Tour B X is as close to a complete golf ball as we've found in our test and it has a season's worth of wins to back it up.