- Obsession Tour Pearl

First Impressions
The Hammer Obsession Tour Pearl comes in an all-gold look and uses the same asymmetric Obsession Tour core shape as its solid counterpart. At 15 pounds, the asymmetric Obsession Tour core provides a 2.469 RG, a 0.034 differential and a 0.013 mass bias differential. The cover is the new TourV2 Pearl coverstock, which comes out of the box with final steps of 1500 SiaAir and Crown Factory Compound. The DOT Technology system should allow the ball to be drilled anywhere.
Comparison
The new cover is noticeably cleaner than the original Obsession Tour, which makes the ball motion different from the more solid original. Compared to the Hammer Web Pearl, the Obsession Tour Pearl starts up a bit earlier with a smoother breakpoint shape and offers more backend motion. It shows considerably more motion in the back part of the lane than a Web Pearl, and the skid/flip characteristic lets it cover more boards than would be possible with a Web Pearl. Because of the lower RG core shape, this ball sees the lane earlier than a Hammer Web MB. The Obsession Tour Pearl rolls very differently from the rest of the current Hammer line.
On the Lanes
This surface makes the ball a very good option both during lane transition and on fresh medium oil conditions. The low differential core shape should keep the ball from overreacting to the dry outside areas on a house shot or at the end of a sport pattern. The core should rev up quickly on a fresh medium pattern and put the ball in the right part of the lane even on less than perfect shots, and higher ball speed is no problem since the ball picks up the midlane well. The Obsession Tour Pearl fits into the third segment of ball motion — length with a hard arc/flip shape on the backend of the lane. It should work on almost all lane conditions and could easily be the first ball out of the bag on any given night to read the ball motion off of. On medium to drier conditions the ball should show off particularly well.