Titleist...Any Good?????

[Parmo]

I have respect for Mizuno irons as mentioned before, its their drivers that let them down.

Titleist clubs are high priced and are seen as cat 1 & 2 players clubs.

I think it all boils down to the top four brands in the credit crunch, do you want a great shaft, a top grip and good head on your clubs without the cost of tour players? If the answer is yes Ben Ross is the key or some other manufacture.

If I was starting out in golf I would defiantly stick with Ben Ross kit, you just cant go wrong.

 

[CarpeDiem]

Bob Vokey is the synonym for wedge, enough said.

 

[Cernunnos]

The way I'm led to believe it is that Titleist has already lost one big case over their ball design & apparently they were looking bad in what i'd heard from various pro-shop pro's I've talked to on the TopFlite/Callaway dealings.

Titleist make some great kit & great balls, but if like say Maclaren in MotorRacing they have been involved in some less than straight & on the level dealing, then they deserve all they get, which would be a pity, as I really like their new 909 drivers & woods.

 

[theeaglehunter]

The thing I would say wit Titleist in my opinion is that you know what you are getting quality wise, provided their logo is stamped on the product. I'm not saying other brands are necessarily inferior but you can guarantee that any Titleist club is an excellent piece of kit when in the right hands. I don't have any Titleist clubs in my bag at present but would certainly not hesitate to put some in if they suited my game, in a particular club category, when out testing. It doesn't matter whether it is a glove, ball or club- to me the Titleist brand will always be respected. Be it by the normal golfer who can appreciate the build quality and design features of a particular club, or by those with complete brand loyalty who will always look for the Titleist name when shopping (Tarts )

 

[IM01]

Have come out with some good gear the last few years,irons and drivers...maybe as a result of the problems they are having with the ball.
Always the top end price-wise which could be why they aren't as popular for player or pro shops stocking them.

 

[medwayjon]

Agree on Mizuno Irons and wedges, excellent gear, however their woods are not upto scratch from my experience.

Theeaglehunter, great post btw, I see Titleist as being synonymous with quality also and it does inspire confidence.

I also like the fact that none of their gear is toy-town looking a la TM and Callaway in particular.

 

[TonyN]

Jon agreed on the Mizuno woods debate, Just look at my bag

I play mizuno irons, wedges, and Titleist woods, The FT-5 is an exception and as good as any driver out there with a decent shaft in it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I do agree that Titleist is a brand name you can trust to provide solid equipment that is well built and hi spec. They are not a brand I actually like equipment wise but that is a personal choice and nothing against the quality.

I think they will be fine. Not only have they the Acushnet parent company but I think they will still deliver in the driver and wedge market. I think the Pro V will continue to have a large market share although I can see that diminishing with Srixon company up with great premium balls like the Z star.

 

[USER1999]

If ProV1s are viewed as expensive because of the money Titleist pay to all those Pro's who use them, how come all premium balls, Nike, Cally, TM, Srixon etc are all at the same price point? Does this make the others greedy so and so's ripping off the customer to make a bigger margin?

And on the ball debate, no one sets out to infringe on patents, but if you have ever designed anything (and I have and do), you will know how hard it can be to come up with something totally new. The patent industry is rife with overlapping patents, and also with ones which should never have been granted in the first place. Bridgestone claim thousands of patents on golf balls. Do you truly believe that there can be over 1000 totally original ideas in one golf ball? No.
Titleist are no different in this area than any other company, and I wish people would do the research properly before coming out with the same tired old hogwash about the Cally/Titleist case. Why ask sales reps about a patent case? Like they are going to know squat.

I am not defending Titleist in this by the way, just looking at it from a design point of view, which is something I have experience in, albeit in a different field.

 

[Parmo]

If ProV1s are viewed as expensive because of the money Titleist pay to all those Pro's who use them, how come all premium balls, Nike, Cally, TM, Srixon etc are all at the same price point? Does this make the others greedy so and so's ripping off the customer to make a bigger margin?

I think £5 on a dozen higher than the market for Premium balls is a rip off, the price of the 2007 Pro V has not dropped, its still at the same price and the new ones as mentioned £5 higher, whereas other brands have dropped the price of older brands when a new one is released.

 

[Wildrover]

MVP

As something of a PING officianado, I take exception to your comments. Whilst I agree that the G2's were followed quickly by the G5 then G10, if you hit them you will be able to tell that they are vastly different, especially the 10's. As for looking the same, whilst the woods do I disagree entirely on the irons, I had a set of G2's which look nothing like the current G10's. The overall aesthetic is similar but hey, if it ain't broke, after all they've sold enough of them.
Sorry to hijack this Titleist thread but wanted to retort.
On the Titleist front, I think as long as they keep FJ going and they hang on to Rory McIlroy and Ross Fisher, they'll be ok. I personally have never got on with their balls and played Srixons for quite a while but have just started using Taylor Made's which is a surprise to me but they seem to work.

 

[Faldo_Fan]

I think Titleist are massive with club Pro's, not sure if that's because they offer good incentives or just that club Pro's appreciate top end of the market equipment as apposed to gimmicky stuff?

Personally i am slowly moving over to Titleist, i used to be Mizuno through and through, but it started with my Driver, then woods, vokey wedges and now i'm thinking my next set of irons will be Titleist.

 

[MVP]

Fact titleist tour players get paid less in sponsorship money then most their rivals.

this was sourced from a titleist employee

http://www.askforgolf.com/shop/images/Ca...0Shaft)w001.jpg

http://valueguide.pga.com/images/Callaway/Woods/steelhead_III_fairway_large.jpg

these two look the bloody same if u ask me with different colours on them.

 

[Cernunnos]

I do like NXT Tour balls, not used any ProV1's other than those I may come accross on the course. But not used any NXT Tour balls for some time.

With Titleist having to give £10 a box for every dozen sold to Bridgestone, that must be a big pain in the back pocket for Titleist. I'd happily use anything Titleist produce if funds allowed, though choose not to, other than what I have in my current setup.

I'm hoping I might get some 909 woods when funds allow, or maybe I might be luck for my birthday soon.

I love my current Titleist 907 D1, but really like the New 909 D2 & D3 woods. I'm very fond of my Yonex 3 & 5 woods, but the 909 fairways do look very tempting.

As for current balls used I have a good stockpile of the new Dunlop 65 ball & when I deplete these the Bridgestone 330RX will make its way into my bag.

 

[MVP]

prov1s are heaven around the greens but i hit the ball to hard of the tee to risk excess and unwanted spin so i settle for nxts or similar

 

[Tommo21]

I’ve no doubt Titleist irons are not as popular as in years gone by. Although the best, the Pro v is way too expensive. Still lots of drivers, fairway woods, putters and vokey’s to be seen in lots of bags.

 

[Wildrover]

MVP

Not sure about Callaway but I'll bet the later club is Titanium rather than steel and probably has variable face thickness for more forgivness from a bigger sweetspot. It will also have a better more modern shaft giving a better launch angle for more distance.

Otherwise they're the same.

 

[USER1999]

Tried a 330RX recently, and was very impressed. Trouble is, the are the same price as ProV1s. I could buy the old ProV at £28 per box, and can get the new one for similar, so I am not sure where all these high prices come from. To me, at £28 per dozen, not much comes close.