I have to say this is the best all around ball on the market. Good spin, distance and control. There is a good reason many pros play this ball. The main problem is that I used to shoot in the low/mid 70's with Titleist DT wounds, so the extra cost involved with the Pro V1 is not justifable to me. Pros get them for free!

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First of all, I'm not very but on a whim, I decided to buy some of these high- tech golf balls. I got up to the first tee aee and found that the ball had added another 20-30 yards to my drive. The spin was incredible too. I had never been able to get a ball to bite but I turned into a spinning machine. The line is, after never shooting better that 112, I shot 103. The only problem with this ball is that it is way too expensive.

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This is a great ball. Anyone that is shooting in the high 80's to 90's shouldn't be writing a review for this, since Titleist did not intend for you guys to be using this ball. It definitely has added distance to my drives, yet lacks the spin of the professional and revolution.

After finding a few of these, I decided to give them a try... I really dislike the feel of these balls. I've been playing the Strata Tour Ultimate and I like the feel alot better than these. These felt almost like styrofoam when I hit them... maybe because I'm used to the feel of the Strata. I tend to close the face of my clubs somewhat frequently, and I noticed that unless the club is square, these balls will exacerbate a draw. That is, compared to the Strata, I noticed that this ball tended to end up more in trouble with my swing. I think for the low handicappers this is probably a great ball since their swing is more consistent than mine. With that said, maybe when my swing is more consistent, I'll give this ball another try (by that time the V2 will probably be out).

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After all the hoopla, I finally tried the Pro V 1. Let me tell you. This IS the best ball on the market. This ball flew high and stopped on a dime on every green that I hit, and it felt great with my wedges and putter. I was totally impressed. I found it to be much more durable that the precept, and about as durable as the revolution and the stratas.

I am a big fan of the Tour Premium, the Revolution and the Tour Prestige. But for $7 more per dozen (golfsmith $45 / dozen) you can have what truely is the best ball on the market.

They're not cheap. But at $45 per dozen, you will get what you pay for in performance, and more. What a great ball.

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I found a brand new one the other day and played it for nine.....still looks brand new. Anyways, it did go a little farther off of the driver, maybe 5, sometimes 10 yards farther, and a half a club farther with the irons. I just got new irons(Cleveland TA-3FF) with stronger lofts, so I will gain close to a full club on each iron. It goes high, even tends to baloon if you catch it solid, but still goes further than the Nike TA and Strata Tour Pro, so I am not complaining. This ball feels great off of the putter. It is no Tour Prestige, but is soft. It is hard to describe the feel, it is not balata soft. You will have to try them yourselves to see what I am talking about. Anyways, ordered a dozen and am waiting on them to come in. The question I have for readers is that I just got new wedged(Cleveland RTG 51*&57*) and they are supossed to rust over time for more spin. Will this cut these balls up??? Does anyone have rusted wedges who has played the Pro V1? Email me or write me if you get a chance.

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I COMPARED THE PRO V1 WITH THE STRATA PRO 90 AND THE RED CALLAWAY AND I FOUND AFTER SUBSTANCIAL TESTING THAT THE RED CALLAWAY GOES FURTHER OF THE TEE BUT HAS LESS SPIN,CONTROL AND FEEL WITH IRONS AND AROUND THE GREEN. ON THE OTHER HAND THE STRATA GOES ABOUT 10-12 METRES SHORTER OF THE TEE BUT HAS MUCH BETTER FEEL AROUND THE GREENS THAN THE PRO V1. I THINK THE PRO V1 IS A GREAT BALL BUT IT LACKS FEEL AND SOFTNESS AROUND THE GREENS. IF THERE WAS TO BE A REALLY GREAT BALL IT WOULD BE A CROSS BREED OF ALL THREE OF THEM. AND I THINK IF THAT EVER HAPPENED IT WOULD BE A WORLD WIDE SENSATION AND 90% OF GOLFERS OUT THERE WOULD BE ITCHING TO BY SOME.

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These balls a pretty good golf balls. They get great distance and good spin on the irons. The only problem is that they don't bite very good around the greens. Also a little on the high side. If you want to spend your money buy the pro v1. If not try the callaway rule 35 or the callaway cb1 a pretty nice ball for 25 bucks a dozen.

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Your review, Bob N Hack, is the truth. You said exactly what I know to be accurate about Titleist and the Pro V1.
If money isn't a factor to you, then play the Pro V1.
If you want to save some money, play one of the many less expensive alternative balls that the Pro V1 has copied.
A real inexpensive all around ball is the Dunlop Total Performance, at less than 1/3 the price of the Pro V1.

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Let's face it, if Titleist etched dimples on a marshmallow, stamped their name on it and got Davis Love and Sergio to play it, millions of brand-conscious, sign-boy idol worshippers would be buying them by the gross. "50 percent of all pros use it so it must be good" doesn't do it for me. There are lots of factors going into a pro's decision to use any equipment - his livlihood depends on it, and I dont necessarily mean in terms of winning more tournaments. To wit - Titleist's incentive package for using, and/or winning with their balls may be better than any other manufacturers. There have been a lot of balls out there for a while with similar characteristics to the Pro V1, such as the Strata, Precept multi covers, etc. They can't offer the type of incentives to use their balls that Titleist can because they dont have the type of market share that Titleist does. The truth is, when Tiger went to Nike, Titleist read the writing on the wall and had to do something dramatic, thus they took the huge (for them) step of essentially abandoning the wound ball, which had been their absolute bread and butter forever. In today's power game, the tour players jumped at it, because it did offer more distance, but more so because they could continue getting the weekly stipend just for using it which just about 50 percent of the lesser known players need just to eat week to week. The more glamorous players switched because they have long term contracts with Titleist, such as D.L.III, Sergio, et. al., and because they liked the extra yards. (A reaction to being outdriven by Tiger week in and week out)

NOW - as for the ball itself, it does no one thing great, but does everything good. It does go farther, certainly significantly more than the balls which most Titleist pros used before, which were the Professionals and Tour Prestiges. It also spins some, not as much as the above mentioned, but enough to maintain control. This is a "compromise ball", just like Stratas, Precepts, other multi covers. It won't shriek down the fairway like a Top Flight, and it won't suck back 30 feet like a balata. It will, however, allow you to play more of a power game without totally abandoning feel, but so will the others I mentioned above.

If you get them for free like the pros (or used like I did), fine. But at 55 bucks a dozen, forget it. You are being "gamed" by Titleist's control over the market, and their limiting production in order to margin prices. Myself, I am sticking with the Strata Tour Pro 90. They are only fifteen bucks for three sleeves, and are endorsed by my favorite player - me.

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