EllisSpice: I have to agree with him Gary. I've used 'paid' balls before, and they don't really improve my performance from the free balls. So much so, I still have 1 paid ball somewhere in my kit...
The upgraded balls offer nice improvements, but I think you would feel foolish buying something that will only last three days when you could buy something that will last forever.
EllisSpice: CRH: I wouldn't actually mind hitting Master, but I'd only like to do it when I'm 'ready'. With my current clubs, I'm not even good enough to be 'ready', thus why I'm still Tour Pro.
You are a tour pro because of the fact that you have starter clubs. If you had upgraded clubs, you would be a master for sure.
EllisSpice: What about entering a RG? I'm not very good, but do you think I may be good enough to at least make some profit?
With your current clubs, no.
If you got upgraded clubs and practice to relearn some of the shots and also adjust to moving to the master tees, probably... not much, but enough to continually play them and use upgraded balls without having to keep making cash deposits into your account. The reason I say that is because I think you're good enough to be a master or tour master, but not good enough to make legend and have to deal with the penalties that are now making people like Captain Shank no longer competitive. Unfortunately, since you missed out on the tier-based club sale, it is perhaps not even worth attempting this until you can get some of the better clubs.