If the tour balls are a refinement most amateurs can’t bank, these two are the balls a huge share of golfers should actually be playing — soft, straight, durable and cheap enough to lose without wincing. Both use a firmer, more durable ionomercover, so neither spins like a urethane tour ball around the green; that’s the correct trade at this price. The choice comes down to compression and feel: the Callaway Supersoft is one of the lowest-compression balls in golf, while the Srixon Soft Feel is a touch firmer and more responsive.
Choose the Supersoft if…
Your swing is on the slower side, or you simply love a very soft feel. The Supersoft’s ultra-low compression is easy to flatten at a moderate speed — and flattening the ball is where distance comes from for most amateurs — with a straight flight that flatters a slice. It’s the value default for a reason.
Choose the Soft Feel if…
You want a slightly firmer, more responsive strike, or the Srixon is simply cheaper the week you shop. Its low (not ultra-low) compression suits a broader range of swing speeds, and it’s consistently one of the best price-per-dozen balls in the category. If you swing at a moderate or better clip, the Soft Feel’s bit of extra firmness tends to feel more rewarding.
The honest difference
On the course these two do the same job, and the gap between them is genuinely small — smaller than the difference you’ll see in their prices from week to week. The Supersoft is softer and lower-compression; the Soft Feel is a shade firmer and suits a slightly faster swing. Both fly straight, both are durable, and neither will bite a wedge like a tour ball. That’s not a flaw — it’s the point of a value ball.
The bigger question: which value ball, or a urethane one?
Honestly, buy whichever of these is cheaper the day you shop and play it consistently — the per-dozen price should decide between two balls this close. The more useful decision is whether you should be in the value aisle at all: if you keep most of your golf balls in play and your wedges are starting to spin, a mid-price urethane ball like the Srixon Q-Star Tour is the next step up. Our best golf balls for beginners roundup ranks the whole value field, and are expensive golf balls worth it shows exactly when to make the jump.
