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Can anyone tell me the difference between the Pro V1 and the Pro V1x? The Titleist Ball Fitting guide on their page points me to the Pro V1x, but I don't know what the difference is. Would a high handicapper notice anyway?
 
Simple answer is the the X feels harder.

The more complex one is that the additional layers and design tends to work better for the fastest swing speeds; delivering a lower trajectory.
 
X is slightly harder and spins less for higher club-head speeds.

What is your swing speed? Or Good strike length with Driver?

Best way to determine which one is really for you is to buy a sleeve of each and try them out. Feel off Putter actually has as much influence on preference as anything else!

High handicapper is just as likely to feel the difference as anyone else, though whether it's worthwhile is a different matter! If you are losing several balls a round, then using either becomes expensive! So a lower cost 'equivalent' might be a better choice.
 
My tuppence

I have recently bought a load of Prov1 and Prov1x online. I would not normally bother paying for top end balls, but i got a great deal.

I have a fairly high swing speed and would have "thought" that ProV1 X, would have suited me more (i get plenty of height right through the bag)

However i found the feel of the X much harder then the standard ball and not to my tastes at all. It felt really hard of the putter and reminded me of a Callaway warbird, when using my wedge.

The standard ProV felt much nicer and gave me much more confidence.

Both balls seemed to go as well as each other of my Driver, Hybrids or irons. So i have no idea if one performed better than the other
 
Smiffy said:
I'd sell them and buy 12 dozen decent two piece balls.
They will last you twice as long.
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This. I find both are good on straight solid hits, but a slight cut seems to boarder and slight , and a slight does the same. In short there are balls under half the price that I prefer. To me to man people use prov's because the lads on the tv do
 
Oddsocks said:
This. I find both are good on straight solid hits, but a slight cut seems to boarder and slight , and a slight does the same. In short there are balls under half the price that I prefer. To me to man people use prov's because the lads on the tv do
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There are so many people who say Pro v1s are too expensive or they can't tell the difference between them and a good 2 piece or people only play them because tour players do...

What if you get them for a great price or you find you putt better and chip better with them than other balls you've tried or you don't really give a rats behind what tour players use or you'd have x stiff shafts in all your clubs... ;)

Especially as they are free I'd take them play with a dozen and if I lost too many I'd hold onto the rest till my game got a little stronger.

Now back to the original question I'd still suggest getting the x but that's just my preference... Hope you enjoy whatever you get :thup:
 
Tiger said:
There are so many people who say Pro v1s are too expensive or they can't tell the difference between them and a good 2 piece or people only play them because tour players do...
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I can honestly say that I would not driver further, chip better, putt better or do anything better with a Pro V1 than I do with a Callaway Supersoft.
Personally, if I won (or were given) 6 dozen of the things, I'd sell them and treat myself to 12 dozen Callaways.
Like I say, they'd last me twice as long.
 
Smiffy said:
I can honestly say that I would not driver further, chip better, putt better or do anything better with a Pro V1 than I do with a Callaway Supersoft.
Personally, if I won (or were given) 6 dozen of the things, I'd sell them and treat myself to 12 dozen Callaways.
Like I say, they'd last me twice as long.
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It's horses for courses, I tried the Supersoft and just found that they felt too springy off the club face. I really prefer the Pro v1 but the Bridgestone B330 or Srixon Zstar suit me too. I'm thinking of ordering the Pro V1 equivalent in Vice balls after some of the reviews
 
Smiffy said:
I can honestly say that I would not driver further, chip better, putt better or do anything better with a Pro V1 than I do with a Callaway Supersoft.
Personally, if I won (or were given) 6 dozen of the things, I'd sell them and treat myself to 12 dozen Callaways.
Like I say, they'd last me twice as long.
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I'm with Smiffy, 6 doz would be about £200, that's about 12-15 doz dx3's
 
Thanks all for your comments.

Having given not much thought to the type of ball I use (I've been using Pinnacle Gold) I've asked for the Pro V1x as that's what came up on the Ball Fitting feature on Titleist website. I will keep in mind the selling them suggestions, though that doesn't really seem in keeping with the spirit of the prize, and anyway, I assume that if 6 dozen new are about £240 I wouldn't get anything like that via eBay.

I will be interested to see if I notice any difference, though I'm conscious of the placebo effect. I had a lesson at the beginning and end of the summer looking at distance, practised in between and I've added about 10% to my previously meagre distances so if I'm in an improvement phase, is it the ball or is it me?
 
duncan mackie said:
Simple answer is the the X feels harder.

The more complex one is that the additional layers and design tends to work better for the fastest swing speeds; delivering a lower trajectory.
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Maybe that is a typo, or this could be news to you, but Titleist market the X as the higher launching of the 2.


My own personal opinion: I never fell in love with the ProV1 and happily used any equivalent. The few hits I had with the X weren't good, the ball felt too hard for me.

This year I won a sleeve of X's so tried one out when I didn't want to break out a 'good' ball, and I loved it.
These things can sometimes depend on how you are playing regardless of ball, but it seemed to give a much nicer flight for my swing. I also expected it to spin less on greenside shots because of it being harder than a ProV1, but I think it spins more.
Could all be horse manure, but it's now my favourite ball - something I thought I'd never say with my swing speed.
 
Biggleswade Blue said:
Having given not much thought to the type of ball I use (I've been using Pinnacle Gold) I've asked for the Pro V1x as that's what came up on the Ball Fitting feature on Titleist website. I will keep in mind the selling them suggestions, though that doesn't really seem in keeping with the spirit of the prize, and anyway, I assume that if 6 dozen new are about £240 I wouldn't get anything like that via eBay.
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Agree with this, I think you should at least try a dozen, if you hate them then sell the rest on and buy something you like, but at least try them.

I think you'll probably notice a bit of difference around the green and approach shots, but in the long game I personally think us mere amateurs are kidding ourselves if we think we can tell a difference other than feel/sound.

I've been using prov1x (the previous generation) all summer and I like them. But did just buy a load of zstars (prov1 equiv) for a great price.
 
I won some top-end Callaways a few years ago, and I've never had the courage to use them. I'm starting to use only one ball per round, so I'm going to give them a try in some comps :D My pro shop is doing a box of two Srixon Z-Stars for £3.99, which I don't think is bad at all.

As a relative beginner, I can't feel any difference between balls off the longer clubs. The only thing I've noticed is that the yellow range balls don't go as far as normal balls, but that's it :D. However, I can DEFINITELY feel a difference off the shorter clubs, wedges and putter, the putter being the main thing. I had a little experiment on my home putting mat, and with the half-a-dozen types of balls I have, there is a noticeable difference between all of them, mainly the pitch of the sound. Cheap balls seem to have a harder, high pitch, and almost dull "ping", whereas the better, more expensive balls have a much softer, lower pitch, and absorbing "thud".

Providing you don't spray them all over the place, or lose the plot when you have to hit over water hazards, I don't see any reason why anyone of any handicap shouldn't use a decent ball.
 
The Pro V1 is really the only Titleist ball I've ever got on with and always considered it to be an excellent ball. But, being the miser that I am I don't want to pay that kind of money. But if someone gave me 6 dozen for nowt, I'd use them all up.

But for the price of 6 dozen Pro V1's, I can buy almost 20 boxes of Callaway Hex Chrome.
 
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