The 900 Global Badger is the latest addition to the Tour Preferred 700 Series. This ball features the new Lacerate symmetric core and the S71 hybrid coverstock. The Badger is designed to create the similar angular motion the Honey Badger has, but on heavier oil conditions.

When I first found out about the Badger I was really excited since I am a fan of the Honey Badger. When I read all the specs and I found out that the Badger was going to use a different core than the Grapnel Asymmetric I was a little skeptical about how the Badger was going to perform and I wondered if the Badger was going to be able to live up to its name. It took me 5 minutes to forget every doubt I had in my mind. The Badger is definitely a Honey Badger on steroids.

I tried this ball on our typical house shot pattern (Kegel, Main Street 41’) and the Badger allowed me to swing the ball just to watch it make a strong move when it hits the friction downlane. The Badger is clean trough the front part of the lane and once it exits the pattern it provides a strong and angular downlane motion.

I had a great margin of error with the Badger. Misses outside and the ball had enough recovery to hit the pocket with great carry. Misses inside and the Badger pushed further down the lane without going sideways.

I compared the Badger to the Honey Badger. The Honey Badger is a tad cleaner and it is more angular than the Badger. Overall, it has less hook potential than the Badger.

For me the Honey Badger has been a great ball, but sometimes I struggle to have a consistent motion on fresh. The ball really shines when there is enough friction and later in the set. With the Badger I don’t have that problem anymore. The Badger allows me to have a similar motion than the Honey Badger on fresh. I feel that the Badger and the Honey Badger are a great 1-2 combo.

The Badger is what I would call a “house shot killer”. The ball provides easy length and a strong and controllable backend motion. The Badger never wanted to hook too early and is not overly clean that would go past the breakpoint. It is a versatile piece that can be used from different part of the lane. I feel that the Badger can be used on almost anything but the extremes.

If you liked the Honey Badger or if you want a ball with a strong and angular backend motion that can be used on most medium and heavy oil patterns, then the Badger is the ball for you. The Badger is a great addition to the 900 Global lineup.

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I love the HB, what is the main difference in the 2 pieces?  Your opinion?

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Hack's first sentence nails it. By the numbers, the HB shouldn't have matched-up to my style. Boy, do the numbers lie sometime!

Ok, I've never thrown a HyRoad. #900Gforlife But I AM happy to say this looks like a slightly stronger Night Hawk SE. Speaking to several staffers, Badger is less on the backend than the HB, but more control over all. So when you can't keep the HB from going left turn Clyde, the Badger will smooth it out. Will it be a great 1-2 punch? I guess I'll find out.

The Jewel was deceptively strong for the price. The death of it was the marketing of it. The ball is going to roll like a HyRoad. Solid release from 900 Global IMO.

It looks like a Hy-Road, the specs are like a Hy-Road, it rolls like a Hy-Road; hence, it must be a Hy-Road (minus the scent).

Well lot worse balls to ape I guess.  If it is like the Hy-Road, 900 fans are going to love this ball on THS.  Still will wait and see as I am one who believes cores can't be totally described by their numbers.

Quote from: Walking E on March 19, 2018, 03:10:55 PM

It looks like a Hy-Road, the specs are like a Hy-Road, it rolls like a Hy-Road; hence, it must be a Hy-Road (minus the scent).

Well lot worse balls to ape I guess.  If it is like the Hy-Road, 900 fans are going to love this ball on THS.  Still will wait and see as I am one who believes cores can't be totally described by their numbers.

If any ball showed this, it's the Honey Badger.

After finally having a chance to throw mine Badger in league on a THS I can confirm this ball rolls a lot like a Hy-road.  I have mine drilled 65 x 4 /14 x 35 (pin up) and it rolls very similar to my pin down hy-road from a few years back.  I was surprised that it has control but it also can generate enough angle to carry well. (shot 266, 276 first 2 games)  I also noticed it is a good compliment to the Honey Badger, as my Badger started to pick up a little to early in game 3 (3 flatish 10 pins) out came my Honey from the bag and I was able to stay in the same area of the lane get a bit more length (about 1 foot or so more).  The back end from the honey badger easily snapped out the remaining 10 pins.  Overall nice first set shooting 750ish

Gratz.  Yep 900 fans in for a treat then but have NIB Hy-Road already to go so might be awhile before I own this one.   Think I will bust out my HB this week though.