News·13 October 2026·2 min read
Chrome Tour Triple Diamond Posted a 0.5-Point Compression Symmetry — and Still Only Scored 94
MyGolfSpy's Ball Lab found zero defects in 36 balls, then marked it down on weight and diameter at $57.99* (£43.81) a dozen
MyGolfSpy's Ball Lab has published its teardown of the 2026 Callaway Chrome Tour Triple Diamond, awarding it 94 out of 100 and an A grade. The headline number is a median compression symmetry of 0.5 points against a field average of 1.9 — among the best results the lab has recorded in that category.
What the lab actually measured
Ball Lab is not a performance test. It measures weight, diameter, compression, roundness and balance across 36 balls drawn from three separate boxes, and reports both the averages and the spread. The point is manufacturing consistency: a ball that compresses differently from one shot to the next will behave differently from one shot to the next, regardless of what the box claims. On that measure the Triple Diamond did well. Good Ball Rate came in at a perfect 100 per cent with zero defects across all 36 balls, and compression consistency ranked inside the top 10 of the 121 balls in MyGolfSpy's database, graded A-. The ball is a four-piece urethane model made at Callaway's own facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts, sitting above the standard Chrome Tour and Chrome Tour X in the range.
Where the six points went
Weight consistency and diameter consistency both graded B. MyGolfSpy singled out box three as running lighter and less consistent than the other two, and noted that diameter consistency was solid rather than standout for a ball at this price point. Those two B grades are the only thing keeping the score out of the high 90s. That is the honest reading: excellent core consistency, ordinary dimensional consistency, at $57.99* (£43.81) per dozen. A golfer buying three boxes could plausibly get one that behaves slightly differently from the other two — small, but not nothing at the top of the price ladder.
Verified DataSource: MyGolfSpy.
*Converted to £ at the exchange rate on 13 October 2026, the day this article was published (US$1 = £0.75555). Prices are as reported and subject to change; the conversion was correct at the time of publishing.
What this means if you're choosing a ball
Quality scores tell you whether a ball is built to spec. They do not tell you whether it suits your swing. The Triple Diamond is explicitly an extra-firm, high-ball-speed, lower-spin ball aimed at the top of the speed range — a 94/100 build score is irrelevant to a golfer who needs more spin or a softer compression to get the ball airborne the way they want. That split is the whole reason BallFIT exists. We're brand-agnostic and we don't sell balls; we match a model to your delivery numbers. Use independent lab data like this to check a ball is well made, then fit the characteristics to your own game rather than to a grade on someone else's scorecard.
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