Ok, Im a convert...the Pro V1 and 1x balls rock!!!! - Page 3

No thanks. I got tired of paying $4 a ball to watch them hit the middle of the green and spin back off the front. The V1X would probably be a better match but I really see no reason to pay 4 bucks a ball when I'm a double digit handicap. My best rounds have happened playing cheapo Pinnacle Golds. It's much more the indian rather than the arrow.

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Originally Posted by Datsyuk 


Got tired of hitting the middle of the green and spinning back to the front of the green?

Not to the front, off the front.

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Originally Posted by JaxBomber17 

I've been hitting ProV1s exclusively for about four months now, and I love them. I have a low trajectory, and nothing gets up as quick or gets as high for me as those. Very workable, very long, and they stick to the greens all the way through the bag. As mentioned above, they are pretty pricey, but a local store here in Jax sells ProV1 practice balls for $28/dozen. Same ball, just with "PRACTICE" stamped on the side. I spring for the regulars if I'm playing a tournament, but other than that I play the practice version.

My understanding is that the "PRACTICE" balls have a different compression so they don't go as far. Ranges who buy the practice ball prefer that because sometimes they have limited real estate.

I will say that, when I was marshalling a PGA Tour event, I had access to the PGA Tour practice balls (which have no such markings) and they are the real deal. I admit I took a few of the Bridgestones and ProV's and played with them. So did just about every other guy working the range and putting greens.

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Originally Posted by phan52 

My understanding is that the "PRACTICE" balls have a different compression so they don't go as far. Ranges who buy the practice ball prefer that because sometimes they have limited real estate.

Don't know about other brands, but this isn't true for Titleist:

http://www.titleist.com/customer-service/faqs/18/Golf%20Balls.aspx

From the link:

1. Pro V1 Practice golf balls are conforming products that differ only due to a cosmetic blemish such as paint, ink or registration of stamping. Pro V1 Practice golf balls do not have any construction or performance deficiencies.

2. Pro V1 X-Out golf balls are also conforming products. However, they usually have a cosmetic blemish and/or occasionally have a minor physical defect that should not significantly affect its performance. More often than not, the physical condition causing the ball to be stamped as an X-Out is so minute that it is not recognizable by the player.

Both products may be used in the casual round of golf including those with scores posted for handicaps, and most competitions, with the possible exception of high level competitions invoking the Local Rule requiring balls to be on the List of Conforming Golf Balls. Please refer to the USGA Official Rules on the subject listed below for your reference

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Originally Posted by Missouri Swede 

 

Don't know about other brands, but this isn't true for Titleist:

 

http://www.titleist.com/customer-service/faqs/18/Golf%20Balls.aspx

 

From the link:

 

1. Pro V1 Practice golf balls are conforming products that differ only due to a cosmetic blemish such as paint, ink or registration of stamping. Pro V1 Practice golf balls do not have any construction or performance deficiencies.

2. Pro V1 X-Out golf balls are also conforming products. However, they usually have a cosmetic blemish and/or occasionally have a minor physical defect that should not significantly affect its performance. More often than not, the physical condition causing the ball to be stamped as an X-Out is so minute that it is not recognizable by the player.

Both products may be used in the casual round of golf including those with scores posted for handicaps, and most competitions, with the possible exception of high level competitions invoking the Local Rule requiring balls to be on the List of Conforming Golf Balls. Please refer to the USGA Official Rules on the subject listed below for your reference

I'm just going by what my pro told me about the practice balls on our range (TaylorMade, BTW). Plus, I know that I just don't hit them as far as the brand balls that I buy.

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Originally Posted by phan52 

I'm just going by what my pro told me about the practice balls on our range (TaylorMade, BTW). Plus, I know that I just don't hit them as far as the brand balls that I buy.

Were all the brand name range balls you pocketed shorter or just the ProVs?

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Originally Posted by Datsyuk 

 

Were all the brand name range balls you pocketed shorter or just the ProVs?

The ones I got from the range at the PGA Tour event were fine, no difference from balls that I bought. Brand new, and no "practice" markings on them.

Those guys have it made. You should see the food spreads they had for them in the clubhouse.

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Originally Posted by Missouri Swede 

 

Don't know about other brands, but this isn't true for Titleist:

 

http://www.titleist.com/customer-service/faqs/18/Golf%20Balls.aspx

 

From the link:

 

1. Pro V1 Practice golf balls are conforming products that differ only due to a cosmetic blemish such as paint, ink or registration of stamping. Pro V1 Practice golf balls do not have any construction or performance deficiencies.

2. Pro V1 X-Out golf balls are also conforming products. However, they usually have a cosmetic blemish and/or occasionally have a minor physical defect that should not significantly affect its performance. More often than not, the physical condition causing the ball to be stamped as an X-Out is so minute that it is not recognizable by the player.

Both products may be used in the casual round of golf including those with scores posted for handicaps, and most competitions, with the possible exception of high level competitions invoking the Local Rule requiring balls to be on the List of Conforming Golf Balls. Please refer to the USGA Official Rules on the subject listed below for your reference

this is what I was told by my club pro when I talked to him about it once. I haven't seen any difference in performance. They spin very well and go just as far as the standard ones, and a good bit farther than the ball I switched from, the Nike PD Soft. Those ballooned like crazy off the clubface and were about as soft as the Titleist DT SoLos. Didn't spin worth a damn.

At my local walmart they sell pro v1's for $10 a dozen..They have been used and some look older than others.I think most have some type of mark on the dimples too.Anybody tried these?I think i will but me a dozen and try them out next time I go in.

Great balls. I was converted to the PentaTP5 though.

And so are Pinnacle which, by the way, are made by Titliest.

There are balls that perform like a ProV1 but they cost like a ProV1. If they are cheaper by $10 then they don't play like a ProV1. The premium balls pretty much all are great, but they cost big $$. I need to play a ball with spin around the green as our greens are hard and fast in the June to early September time frame. Once the greens start to soften up I switch to Hex Chrome or Penta TP3. Both these balls are pretty darn good and are a good match if you have a slower swing speed IE 90MPH or less. They have good manners around the greens and spin fairly well into the green with mid and low irons. During the summer I play a ProV1 all most exclusively.