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Originally Posted by Fastskiguy
Off topic but do all of their balls go thru the same QC or is it just the ProV1? I'm hitting the Titleist Velocity because I like the name and need the lower spin numbers (kinda wild off of the tee if you know what I mean). As it's their low end ball....is it as consistent ball to ball as their premium balls?
Joe
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The best information I've read about balls in 70years of playing golf, was an interview with a Titleist representative that was published in Golf magazine. He admitted that the differences between the many model made by Titleist were very small. He also admitted that the Velocity was the company's longest ball by a couple of yards. Finally, he explained that the ProV1 and ProV1x performed the best in the performance characteristics desired by most professionals--low spin off the driver; high spin off the wedge; "feel" around the greens; and a satisfying "click" off the putter.
He went on to explain that most golfers will not be aware of these differences. He concluded by recommending that golfers play the different models and choose the one that they were most satisfied with, while doing their best to ignore whether it was a ProV1 or an NXT. My thought after reading the article was that the man was probably fired the day after the magazine was published.
This article got my head straight about golf balls and fits with everything I've experienced from playing with a handicap that has ranged from 5 to 15. For what it is worth, the biggest differences in golf equipment that will have the greatest effect on your game is not the ball, the brand of club, or your shoes--it is the shaft; the material from which the shaft is made; the flex of the shaft; and the place on the shaft where it flexes. I've assembled hundreds of new clubs and changed hundreds of shafts. Currently, there are six men out of my group of 25 who are playing clubs in which I have changed the shafts to meet their individual characteristics or to correct mistakes in their assembly. All have enjoyed great improvement in their average scores. Interestingly, the worst clubs I have had to modify were "custom fitted". The two worst were a set of PXG irons that had a swingweight of C2 and felt like you were trying to hit the ball with a paper bag tied on the end of a stick. The next worst was a set of Ping woods in which the driver was C9; the 3 wood C6; and the 5 wood D6. I couldn't believe that either set had been allowed to leave the factory.