Top-Flite balls for Big Bertha and Ti Bubble drivers

Spalding has announced plans to launch a new Top-Flite Ball/Club System T golf ball made specifically for the Callaway Big Bertha and the Taylor Made Ti Bubble 2 drivers.

"We feel club-specific balls will help eliminate confusion and be the trend of the future in our industry," said Scott Creelman. executive vice president for Spalding Sports Worldwide.

"More than 4 million golfers currently use either a Callaway or Taylor Made driver," Creelman said. "We felt, as the industry leader in golf ball technology, it is our responsibility to meet the specific needs of golfers who have invested in these clubs."

The balls have a multilayer design created to increase the balls' moment of inertia to enhance the performance of the oversized drivers by transferring weight from the core to the perimeter of the golf ball, according to Mike Sullivan, vice president of research and engineering for Spalding.

According to Sullivan, the result is maximum distance with uncompromised feel and control on iron shots around the green.

On the boxes is a disclaimer stating that neither Callaway nor Taylor Made participated "in the design, production or sale of these balls."

The move by Spalding is seen as a pre-emptive move against Callaway who is the middle of a $120 million research and development project to come out with ball of its own late next year.

The new Top-Flite Ball/Club System T will be available from 15th March at $44 a dozen.