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Ok - before I make further speculation on why they have chosen to discontinue a 'branded' product take a look in the gear review section.
The most reviewed ball and generally the most praised ball of its type is the 'Exception' - and - as a Pinnacle it was exceptional
...... so why try to bury it amongst the also ran Pinnacles of yesteryear - giving it the non too original name of Platinum (I seem to think this has been used before, along with tungsten and titanium)
I think Acushnet have lost the plot
..... and the technology
Possibly they are hiving it off their product line as for all their current Acushnet balls they have to pay a per ball license fee sale to Bridgestone for copying (stealing) Bridgestone technology and losing the resultant court case. They just cant afford to withdraw the ProV1, but they can aford to withdraw the Exception. The Exception is a nothing ball to Acushnet so they can/will save having to pay money to their rival Bridgestone by withdrawing it and replacing it with something with their own technology, which of course will be crap, as Acushnet have no ideas of their own, and like their putter brand Scotty Cameron rely on either nicking someone elses ideas/technology, or by trolling out repetitious products 905T/905R/D2 that offer nothing new.
Hi creosote,
I posted a thread about the court case some time ago, but didn't get much in the way of a response. have you actually seen the final outcome?
There's a lot of Bricktop in me 
Read about the result at a couple of places on the net. Here's a cut and paste of one of them:-
TOKYO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., a leading
manufacturer of golf balls, announced today that it reached a settlement
and patent license agreement with The Acushnet Company, the maker of
Titleist and Pinnacle golf balls. Under the terms of the agreement,
Acushnet will pay Bridgestone a license fee that includes an on-going
royalty for a license under certain of Bridgestone's patents. The parties
have also agreed to a non-royalty bearing cross-license of other patents
held by each company. The agreement resolves all pending litigation in the
United States between them. A related suit in Japan was not a part of this
settlement and remains pending.
Commenting on the settlement, Bridgestone Sports' President Hisashi
Kawano said, "We are very pleased to have reached a settlement agreement
with Acushnet and to bring the U.S. litigation to an end. This agreement
demonstrates the value of our technology and our Intellectual Property."
Do you reckon Nike will start litigation for copying the name Platinum?
... or was it Wilson with the Pro-Staff Platinum?
You're right Creo - nothing original with Acushnet gear.
Pretty much on the basis of this post, I have gone and bought 40 of these balls off EBay, hope they live up to the hype!
I never knew that Pinnacle and Titleist were made by the same people, a bit like buying a VW or a Seat I suppose.
So what balls do Bridgestone make?
GVI Gary why dont you just buy up a shed load as they can be got for £10 a dozen and should easily last a few seasons or more if stored sensibly surely preferable to re testing new balls
Purchased 24 dozen for £8.99 a dozen they knocked a nicker off for an existing customer
Good price on the golf tees also
cjhughs
The TD tours are well made and are resiliant enough, but spin-wise they felt more like a NXT-tour than a pro v 1, which is not a bad thing for the winter season
The pinnacle exceptions aren't very exceptional by the way
Too much roll on well struck irons into greens, these don't stop that well.
The Srixon AD333 is a much better ball IMHO.
Cost me around 4 or 5 shots potentially today
Still played to my handicap though, good long game, average short game, left about 10 shots out there which I reckon 4 or so are down to this unexceptional ball.
It's still a distance ball and it rolls and rolls and it doesn't even feel that soft really and it doesn't check up on well struck irons.
Oh well at least I should make a profit flogging these off
I played a dozen AD333s eariler in the summer and I reckon I can stop the exceptions at least as well - and they're a few yards longer. Not much in it, I grant you, it's probably more a confidence thing.
Discount Golf had sold out but my local Pro shop had them at £11 a dozen, so 4 doz now in the cupboard for next year!
Had another round today with these pinnacle's.
Not convinced, felt more like a rock today. These weren't stopping again on shots they should have according to the hype.
I did play to handicap again with it but I am still convinced the new AD333 is a much better ball. Trispeed is better and the Inesis TD Tour is better.
This pinnacle is nothing to be excited about, it's a standard distance ball in my opinion.
Over hyped waste of money ball, in my opinion.
Stay well clear.
