The Bizarre Rise of the Titleist Pro V1

[@RoluGolf]

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[@ericpigg2689]

I am a 20 handicapper. I play mostly balls that I find as I play. I keep the good ones for the golf bag, and toss the used up or super cheap ones in my shag bag at the house. I must admit, I get excited when I find a Pro-V1 and I put it in a special pocket on my golf bag. I love to break them out on par 3's. They seem to find the green more frequently for me. I am sure it is in my head as a weird confidence thing, but the results are still there.

[@WorldsOkayestGuitarPlayer]

I’m roughly the same skill level as you. I tend to agree when I okay with a good used Pro v I see better approach shots for sure.

[@lkae4]

I used to be just like you. Loved the Pro V1 but played with all kinds of random golf balls. Then I got a push cart and started using a colored golf ball because it was easier to track. My scores slowly rose, birdies went away like winter in Canada. Last month, I put the Pro V1X Left Dash into play just to try something new. Went on a tear with 2 birdies a round for 3 straight rounds and bagged my first eagle. I will not touch another golf ball if someone paid me. Makes golf life much simpler. Now I donate all my found balls, found mostly because I like doing my part to clean up the golf course hah.

[@kosa4038]

@@lkae4 congrats! I have heard that some people believe that balls dipped in holy water in church on a Sunday fly further and are better on the greens. Only works on Sundays with a full moon. 😂

[@lkae4]

@@kosa4038 Tell that to all the Callaway and TaylorMade players gaming a Pro V1X. They literally won't play another ball when they are paid to. 🤣

[@nedyahyakcam]

I'm a handicapped (my term) golfer (and by that I mean I'm pretty much re(dacted)) I play balls I find (that's a lot of them and used balls. My local club sells "used balls" for the equivalent of about $2.50 for 5. Mostly used topflites. Some really used "proper brands" The other day I found 4 pro v1s and 5 pro v1xs. And some taylormade something something's. And I can say for sure I send all of them regardless of brand into the same water hazard so it makes no difference to me.

[@blackfoxx42]

Watching this video as I wait for the group in front of me

[@FletchFitzMagic]

😂

[@tonythaiger93]

Lol😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@s19pajua13]

This channel is so criminally underrated it’s not even funny holyyy

[@RoluGolf]

You’re the goat bro🙏🏻

[@robertmaddox296]

Unbelievable video quality. Great video.

[@Medevah]

Strata Tour Ace was my gamer during this time.

[@thedrunkenwobblies1331]

Wedges should have been the last thing you tested. Even modern ProV's, pros are switching them out pretty much every 2-3 holes due to wear from irons. The Balata covers use to be switched out every 1-2 holes as they were much worse and prone to smiley's off cuts, which would leave a riged 'smile' on your golf ball. You have no idea how many players have had to hit chips with a busted ball.

[@darrinlygrisse5287]

The Spalding Tour Edition was the first multilayer with a soft cover. The problem was it spun too much. Titleist figured out how balance the spin and launch. The TW was good too, but most of the old school pros didn’t want anything to do with Nike. The ProV evolved quicker too. The ball today is far superior to the original.

[@twang96]

Did I just watch a long ass video that basically just said Titleist got popular by giving all the pro golfers the Pro V1 to use?

[@AWD_Kia]

I still have a 2 boxes of the original prototype 392. Great grandpa was a golf finatic and somehow got some of the prototype balls before release

[@Pdubya69GS]

Bro drank too much yappacino

[@TheOtherKine]

You forgot to mention the Precept MC Lady

[@ericpigg2689]

Those things would GO!!!!

[@darrinlygrisse5287]

They had hard covers and didn’t spin, very low compression though.

[@tonythaiger93]

Laddies extreme is still popular ❤

[@kosa4038]

Starting the game as a kind I am now in my late 50th, still playing of HDCP 3 - in tournaments always ProV1, in private also Vice, Taylormade, Callaway … - nearly of any age and quality; whatever is in my bag. When I grew up Titelst balata was the ball of the top amateurs and professionals. So it was prestigious to play also a ball from at least the same brand. Not for me since I played Spalding irons. My best round is still a 65 (-7) I played with a TopFlite XL! My recommendation to all players with HDCP >10 who want to get better: play any ball you get (as long it´s not a range ball) and save the money for lessons at a good coach. More greens in regulation and better short game is the real game changer, not a ball for 5€++ ! Have fun and enjoy this wonderful game. K

[@Siggy_Sour]

when i tried the frist Nikes the felt so crisp off the putter. never felt that feeling again.

[@stop736]

I remember when these came out also. I played golf myself and I was a caddy at the closest country club. There was a definite group of players, mainly the old men that were playing old Wilson blades, that swore to never use the new Pro V. But the younger members that were playing Ping Eye 2’s or Tommy Armour 845’s…they all used the new ball. 😅 And as a caddy, you knew if you were looping for the younger guy with the new stuff, you’d be spending a lot of time looking for lost tee shots.

[@johnlockhart1847]

I used to use the Nike Tour ball, and yes the cover gets chewed up very fast. But they did have great spin off the wedge.

[@TheFern72]

I play at 2 clubs in NZ. We find more Pro V1s than any other ball! I was given some of the prototypes back in 2000 by a tourist from Atlanta.

[@Calzonii09]

Smashing content! Keep it up bro! ❤❤

[@TheVoodooVegetable]

I was playing in college when the Pro V1 got released to the general public. I had never even heard of it when our coach handed them out. When we walked off the first green, we knew the game had changed forever.

[@royrivadeneira3088]

Great video, excellent editing

[@anthonybasile7636]

I know that practice area! LOL. Nice job on the video!

[@marktheblake]

The first Nike ball wasnt a Nike ball, it was a rebadged Precept Tour Premium. So I was playing the "Tiger" ball, but $1 cheaper. I still have a few left. So there you have another premium multi layer ball thay preceded the Prov1

[@spectrelfc1152]

I always shoot my best numbers with a ProV1 or X. I use Srixon Z-Star XVs as well. Those two balls are the best for me.

[@tonythaiger93]

Acushnet knows how to market, and people all think it is the number one ball in golf for decades. DT wound ball used to be most sold golf balls back in the days.

[@user-lf3hy7wl3t]

If you ask anyone who checks their balls COG before playing them, they will all tell you that Titleist has the least duds. That's why I always thought they were so popular, because they have the best quality control.

[@rikclarke4881]

Did you know that, at every tournament the pros play, more players MISS THE CUT playing Titleist ball than all other balls COMBINED?

[@jasontaylor6145]

Great info

[@tonythaiger93]

My favorite was nike David Duval ball.

[@tywebb6561]

Tour Accuracy DD

[@wangouthangout]

Reading his book right now. I thought he'd be way older

[@Winstonwalks]

Bridgestone was making the balls for Tiger and Nike all the way back then!

[@Xzartol]

i think the tp5 and z star play better for me!

[@AsadKhan-lm6yr]

The TP5 is a really nice feeling ball!!! Like the tour response?

[@mikeS-ow7lc]

@@AsadKhan-lm6yr to soft they don’t spin enough for me I tried them I play srixon z star diamonds great ball imo the brand new vice balls are fantastic as well

[@stephenkaake7016]

keep your pro v ones away, I like my nitros

[@eirikbjorlo]

Should not make vids when you don't know the history, and have a predetermined bias against Titleist. The Pro V was a giant leap also from the Tour Accuracy. Played the TA faithfully for a year until I found a Pro V in the rough -> WTF I am missing out! 😮

[@ZahraIsMyDog]

What? Vox isn’t a good news source? 😂

[@pistol9700]

You’re wearing a Pro V1 had and carrying a Titleist bag

[@Sammi3377]

or just get a snell ball as the founder dean snell created the pro v1

[@dingleyfarm]

Snell fell off

[@tbunreall]

kirkland is better and cheaper

[@Handletaken4]

If you are not a +2 or better and can hit a PW seventeen different ways, this ball will not help. Around the green if you chip it wrong it runs off the back, if you catch it perfectly it checks up 12' short. Basically, it introduces a variable into your game that you have no control over. I won $75 last week because my opponent kept ripping his wedges back off the front of the green. He had no idea how to hit a zero-spin wedge. Nor do i.

[@tywebb6561]

If you’re a single digit you need to play a pro V or equivalent or you’re losing shots.

[@yourtypical1722]

If you're below 15 handicap you should know how to control spin and shape your shots, spin control is one of the most important aspects of the game

[@ScubaGoldMetalDetecting]

We always tell folks, hit a new ball one time and bingo it's used!

[@kirkclements4893]

I loved the Nike 20xi but Nike screwed the pooch.

[@FlyWithMe_666]

I don’t think there’s a single “best ball” that fits everyone. I’m a mid hcp with pretty avg swing speed, and I use the Bridgestone golf ball finder on their website. Maybe other brands have that too. You enter a couple of metrics and preferences, and they recommend a ball for you. For me, it was one in the mid-price tier, and it works perfectly fine. I don’t think I would gain anything by just buying a V1 or another super expensive one.

[@jamespigeon4820]

Great video!

[@petersmith9470]

Never liked them, preferred the nxt tour. As usual Titleist changed the name

[@rockabrilia]

I hit it so far i still can't find it. Titleist lose a customer here 😂

[@danieljd6776]

This is now another person mentioning Tiger playing a superior ball to every other pro during the 2000 season. If this is true it diminishes his accomplishments in what is often considered the greatest golf season ever.

[@GregHuston]

It wasn't some juiced up prototype; it was a conforming ball and allegedly was a rebadged Precept Tour Premium.

[@user-lf3hy7wl3t]

Tiger wasn't the only person using them and they have been around since the mid 80s. Mark O'Meara won an open with a solid core ball in 1998.