A great insight into why Titleist Pro V1 golf balls are so good
Posted by: jonty playshard in Sports, tags: SportsThe 3 layer construction is a novel idea and making it happen is another. A lot of technology has gone into making this ball, mostly patented, and therefore keeping its exclusivity.
The 3 piece construction has been around in the Titleist Pro v1 golf ball family since its inception, but prior to that only callaway had the technology to make this type of ball. The exclusivity of this capability obviously has a direct influence on their cost. Simple supply and demand metrics in action.
Sure it has 392 dimples disparately placed around the titleist pro v1 ball with a new staggered wave parting line marketing angle. It even has an exclusive Alignment integrated Marking (AIM) line to help out with your putting.This is all wonderful marketing stuff and no doubt contributes to both cost and profile of features for the pro v1 ball. Great in print but how does that help and what does it mean.
AIM- Forget the hype for this feature of the titleist pro v1 ball and take your normal aim for you putt. For what its worth it may as well have been called “BUS”. Bloody Unreliable Sight. This is not a game making feature so read what you want into it. Draw a line on your golf ball with a nikko and save yourself a few bucks if this has you hooked.
392 dimples with a staggered wave parting line. Hmmm! Once again sounds like you could put the pro v1 ball on the moon with ease. This is a great advantage. What you are seeing here is extremely advanced aerodynamic testing and design fruition in action. Delaying airflow separation by energising boundary layer flow results in prolonged laminar airflow around the ball. Determining and perfecting this takes lots of time and money and only someone like titleist has the resources to get this maximised.
In plain terms what does this mean. Basically the ball will go further, perform much better in flight, and give you a much more consistent ball to play with. The dimple design will also impact on the spin the ball will obtain in flight. This has two effects. The gyroscopic effect stabilises the ball and makes any flightpath variation much more unlikely. Try sitting on a bike when it is stationary, and then try it again when moving with the wheels spinning. The other effect you see is the legendary stopping power the pro v1 ball has on the greens due to the spin.
This all sounds like I should take a seat on one and catch a ride down to cancun. All that concerns any golfer is that the equipment they are using is performing for them as best they could expect. Even better still, quality control in manufacture gives the confidence that thesame results will be repeated withthe next ball you use. The titleist pro v1 golf ball encompasses all of that technology to enable it to fly further and straighter, and still have the ability to stop on the greens.
Pro ranks, amatuer ranks all choose to use the Titleist pro v1 golf ball mostly by choice. Such a widespread and varied audience speaks volumes for the performance of this golf ball. If you really want to take the golf ball factor as a negative out of your game the select the titleist pro v1 ball as your weapon of choice . Any discrepencies after that are purely yours.
A good consistent kit allows for good consistent results. After all thats why steel shafts were first used. The titleist pro v1 is a perfect compliment to your exacting game. Get ready for its seperb traction around the greens. You will wonder how that can be acheived with such long distance as well. Most distance balls are super hard, go a mile but are good candidates for the darwinian awards when it is suddenly realised that someday you have to stop as well.
Prices for the titleist pro v1 are at the upper end of the scale. With such hard work being done on their design I wouldnt be giving them away either.
Put your ego away when trying to decide what is for you. Lets face it, if you are off a 24 handicap with a swing like a rusty gate in a tornado, then you wont be consistent enough to get maximum benefit from a titleist pro v1 ball. By the same token, if you have a great swing but are using golf balls with questionable manufacturing tolerances, then you might find yourself with an erratically flying golf ball due to an offset centre of gravity. Solving this golf dilemma is how titleist first started.
Yes , yes I know. How do I get to try these things out without mortgaging the house. Is this possible. Well yes in fact it is. If money is a strong determining factor in your purchase like it is for most of us, then you can try titleist prov1 refinished golf balls. Generally I have found them to be very good and well worth the try. They are quite often half price and quite durable. All right, all right, MyGolf bid.com.au or titleistgolfballs.com.au are my source for these balls. Last time I checked they have great rates for the US as well. Make sure you leave some for me though.
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