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The 2025 Bridgestone e12 golf balls include three different models: e12 Speed, e12 Straight, and e12 HiLaunch. Overall, softer feel and higher short game spin than most comparably priced balls. Meaningful differences in the long game performance – each lives up to its name.
Introduction
No golf ball brand has put more emphasis on fitting in the last decade than Bridgestone. Through those fittings, they’ve found that “85% of golfers would benefit by playing a golf ball optimized for their launch conditions.” That discovery gave birth to the three models in the 2025 Bridgestone e12 golf ball family: e12 Straight, e12 Speed, and e12 HiLaunch. I tested each of them to see if Bridgestone’s Optimal Flight System makes a noticeable difference on the course.
Feel
For the last few years, Bridgestone has made some of the best feeling mid-price golf balls, and that remains true with the new e12 series. Off the putter, the e12 Straight has the firmest feel. On longer putts, the sound gets up to the “knock” that’s louder but still in the range of a premium ball.
The middle child is the 2025 Bridgestone e12 Speed. At short range, it feels very soft and has a slightly bouncy feel. The sound is a quiet “thud.” At longer range, the sound gets much snappier, but the feel remains soft. I found the e12 HiLaunch to be the softest off the putter. It has the bounciest feel and remains quiet even on long putts.
Moving to the wedge and short irons, there was a small change. The e12 Straight and e12 HiLaunch were both marshmallow soft, having that obvious compression feel off the club face. The e12 Speed still felt soft, but it was noticeably firmer than the other two.
Short Game
Looking back on my review of the e12 Contact [find it HERE], I remembered that it produced some of the highest short game spin of any mid price ball that I could remember. I was eager to see if any of the 2025 Bridgestone e12 golf balls could match that feat.
The ball that came closest was the e12 HiLaunch. While it didn’t have the same spin as a Tour-level ball, it was substantially higher spin than most balls in its price range. For me, the e12 Speed came in next, a measurable step below the e12 HiLaunch. Predictably, the e12 Straight had the lowest short game spin. It’s still roughly average for balls in this price range, but it spun substantially less than the e12 HiLaunch.
Long Game
The 2025 Bridgestone e12 golf ball family is all about dialing in your long game, so this was the most interesting part of the testing for me.
Regular readers know that with the mid irons, most golf balls converge. With the 2025 Bridgestone e12 on the launch monitor, I was able to see consistent differences. The e12 Straight spun the least – about 10% less than the HiLaunch, which was the highest spinning. In between was the e12 Speed, though it shaded slightly toward the Straight. All three launched within a degree and produced similar ball speed.
With the driver, the differences grew slightly. I saw similar spin gaps between the three balls with the e12 Straight spinning the least, then the e12 Speed, and the e12 HiLaunch spinning the most. For me, that spin gap was under 200 RPM, but I’m a low spin player. I expect higher spin players will see a larger gap. I also noticed that the Speed and Straight were slightly faster, though the difference was no more than 2 MPH, and I will always note that this could be explained by inconsistency in my driver swing.
Overall, I found that the 2025 Bridgestone e12 golf balls each lived up to their name. The HiLaunch did fly higher and the Straight curved the least. e12 Speed was not necessarily faster than the Straight, but it’s the middle of the road, good-for-all-golfers choice.
Conclusion
At $35 per dozen, the 2025 Bridgestone e12 golf balls offer some of the best value in the game. Each one does what it advertises and provides soft, premium feel to boot. If you’re looking for a change in your ball flight, these balls may be the easiest way to do it.
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