I might be sold on the Pro-V1

[CarlSpackler]

Have you tried lostgolfballs.com?

Sure have. I think my friend and I are going in on an order since he plays Pro V1s.

I have been playing various balls and have not been loyal to a particular one. Some typical ones for me were Noodle Long and Soft, NXT Tour, Nike SFT, TM Burner LDP. I even have some Slazinger Raw Distance balls in the bag that I don't use often. I have been playing some Rock Flite D2 (Feel and Straight) that the old man gave me to try.

[RemyM]

According to the Titleist site you are incorrect. Essentially the PRACTICE is like a logo ball...

Thanks for the correction. I haven't seen X-Outs in a while so I thought they just started calling them "Practice". So "Practice" probably just have cover blemishes and are OK but X-outs could have size and weight issues and are not OK.

[albatross]

Sure have. I think my friend and I are going in on an order since he plays Pro V1s.

This has been discussed a ton on this site but remember all of the balls from lostgolfballs.com have been sitting in water. I'm not saying that they are no good ( I've ordered them myself), it's just something that not everyone realizes. These balls have been sitting in water which has been proven to change their performance. Great deals on balls though

[CarlSpackler]

I've read that and is understood. I am thinking that a Pro V1 that has been "thoroughly cleaned" is better than another ball fresh out of the box. Bear in mind that I do not play competitively (yet).

[Lefty22]

Thanks for the correction. I haven't seen X-Outs in a while so I thought they just started calling them "Practice"..

No problem.

So "Practice" probably just have cover blemishes and are OK but X-outs could have size and weight issues and are not OK.

I agree - I have seen small cover blemishes (usually a tiny extra flake of the urethane cover material) on the Practice balls. The worst defect I have observed was the side stamp (AIM line) not being "straight" in relation to the other stamps. I've only purchased one ball like that out of roughly 8 dozen.

[muggs]

I tell you what, I still need to get more lag and body turn into my swing to generate the clubhead speed to hit them the way they were designed to be compressed off the tee. But I happened to find one while looking for my NXT so I played the rest of my round wiht it and man, could I get that thing to check up on the green better than any other ball I've played.

[shankapotamus]

It is really strange....

That's amazing for a 22 handicap!

[Dub]

ProVs are definitely awesome balls.

[colin007]

..and probably the most overrated club in golf also!

lol...right...theres a reason why theyre so popular.

[Kingfisher]

It is really strange....

Hmm, seems you found a 'magical fairway-seeking Pro v1' in the woods - you're a 22 hcap and hit all the fairways?

[sp33d]

Play-it-again sports has ProV1 ProV1x recycled balls (not resurfaced) for $20 a dozen. Bought 3 boxes yesterday.

[mtsalmela80]

For what its worth, I played last weekend with a ProV1x I found in the woods along a fairway a couple weeks before that.

It was the first time I went the entire round without losing one ball! AND, I shanked one drive high right directly into woods running right down a fairway. I walked down the woods and a random guy that was playing with us found it, a few inches away from a ditch wall that had a creek running at the bottom of it. Somehow it hit the right branch and did not go all the way in. Magic little suckers!

[madcityscott]

Today I used a Pro-V1x I found last time out. Second green I hit it crisply from about 110 yds and spun it back at least 6 feet. Those things are unreal. (Soft greens, but even then...)

[shankapotamus]

Today I used a Pro-V1x I found last time out. Second green I hit it crisply from about 110 yds and spun it back at least 6 feet. Those things are unreal. (Soft greens, but even then...)

Holy! a 28 handicap spinning it back 6 feet?!?!! I have to try these things out!

[Dr_Fu_Manchu]

Holy! a 28 handicap spinning it back 6 feet?!?!! I have to try these things out!

I don't think there is anything special about spinning the ball back, I can do it with my 56* and any urethane-covered multilayer balls. Why they surprise?

[shankapotamus]

I don't think there is anything special about spinning the ball back, I can do it with my 56* and any urethane-covered multilayer balls. Why they surprise?

From 110 out? Plus, you're an 18 hdcp, he's a 28.

[P3R3]

I dunno know about you but I have lost plenty of Pro V1s. There is nothing magical about them, it was just you playing out of your skin because of your perception of the balls value/ability. The prov was the first premium ball I ever tried, after that I no longer played top flights. :D

[bioman]

Holy! a 28 handicap spinning it back 6 feet?!?!! I have to try these things out!

Do you need to be a sub 20 handicap to hit a good shot? Any good shot will impart backspin on the ball.