Titleist Pro V1: Still Golf’s Top Ball

It’s a little hard to believe, but it’s already been nearly nine years since the Titleist Pro V1® golf ball made its official PGA Tour debut  at the 2000 Invensys Classic in Las Vegas.

The exact date was October 11, 2000, and it was the first week the new Titleist golf ball was available to Tour pros. As if on cue, longtime Titleist Tour pro Billy Andrade went on to win the tournament playing the Pro V1.

Titleist’s top-of-the-line golf ball franchise—both the Pro V1 and Pro V1x™—has been going strong ever since.

For example, more than 43 percent of the money in 2006 on-course golf ball sales was spent on these Titleist models.  Titleist has held its position as the best-selling ball since March 2001.

What’s New in 2009?

As a longtime best-seller, Titleist has not rested on its laurels. Each year the company has sought to make improvements to its Titleist golf ball franchise, and 2009 is no different. Following is a look at the newest versions of the highly popular Titleist models.

Titleist Pro V1

The Titleist Pro V1x™ has a three-piece multi-layer construction that’s designed to increase distance and improve cover durability and performance. According to Titleist, players will hit the new model farther—especially with the driver—and the ball will also take more of a beating.

It’s also billed as a ball that will help players score better, which makes perfect sense if it improves one’s game from tee to green. But, of course, golfers also must putt well to shoot lower scores.

Titleist Pro V1x

The Titleist Pro V1x™ has a four-piece dual core construction that’s designed to decrease spin and increase distance. This ball is also longer than its predecessor, according to Titleist, and more durable, too. The scoring performance is marked “similar” as compared to the previous version.

Everyone wants distance, and both Titleist models are the best ball choice for most amateur golfers, says Titleist, since they offer the combination of distance and short-game scoring performance.

Based on strong sales figures year after year, Titleist has a solid case. And, in general, the reviews are also pretty favorable.

Dave Koster, a reviewer at TheSandTrap.com, said he’s been playing Titleist golf balls since the latter days of the Balata and first generation of Professionals.

Koster called himself “a loyal customer” who has been tempted once or twice to switch to other manufacturers but not made the jump. He said the newest update to the 2009 Titleist Pro V1 will keep his business for the foreseeable future.

“The only switch I can really conceive of making at this point would be from the Pro V1x to the Pro V1,” Koster wrote.

Of course, despite their overwhelming popularity, not everyone is a diehard fan of these Titleist golf ball models. A sampling of other comments around the Web indicated some were not as impressed by Titleist’s performance claims and others balked at the price.

ProV1 & ProV1x- Preferred by Tour Players

These Titleist models are the most used golf balls on all the world’s major golf tours, including the PGA Tour, European Tour, Japanese Tour, LPGA Tour, Asian Tour and Nationwide Tour.

Following are just some of the world’s premier golfers who tee up with these Titleist golf balls:

Angel Cabrera

Chad Campbell

Ross Fisher

Padraig Harrington

J.B. Holmes

Zach Johnson

Robert Karlsson

Davis Love III

Hunter Mahan

Rory McIlroy

Geoff Ogilvy

Kenny Perry

Ian Poulter

Adam Scott
Steve Stricker

David Toms

Camilo Villegas

Mike Weir

Lee Westwood

So far in 2009, Titleist has racked up 76 worldwide golf ball wins.

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A Peek at the 2009 Golf Digest Hot List

Whether you’re a golf equipment fanatic or just a casual observer of the latest offerings and trends in golf clubs and accessories, the 2009 Golf Digest Hot List is a golf equipment smorgasbord. From drivers, fairway woods and hybrids, to irons, wedges and putters—oh, and bags and balls, too—the equipment gurus at Golf Digest break it down in their popular annual equipment ranking.

The Process

If you’re wondering how golf equipment experts rate, for example, Callaway drivers or TaylorMade irons, think Excel spreadsheets with thousands of data points, hundreds of pages of technical data from golf equipment manufacturers, scientists, a four-part judging criteria, and a two-week visit to a San Jose, California, resort for field testing.

The process is, in a word, exhaustive. Golf Digest evaluated the “universe” of golf clubs—471 entries, to be exact—and judged them across four weighted criteria: 1) performance (40%), 2) innovation (30%), 3) look/sound/feel (20%), and 4) demand (10%).

After all the facts and data were collected, the judges engaged in nine days of meetings that included 800 debates to arrive at the 116-club Hot List. Along the way, they ate a lot of take-out food.

Following is a peek at this year’s list.

Drivers

Golf Digest breaks down the golf drivers category into two parts: drivers over $350 and drivers under $350. Then it splits the two categories into gold and silver winners.

Three of the gold winners in the over $350 category are the Callaway FT-9, PING Rapture V2 and the TaylorMade r7 Limited.

No one is better than Callaway at using multiple materials, said the judges about the FT-9. Players like the look, balance and carry of the PING Rapture V2, which has a similar look to the PING G10. The TaylorMade r7 Limited has movable weights and features an Ozik shaft. Some said it produces the best feel of any club on the market.

Gold winners in the under $350 category included Adams Speedline, Callaway Big Bertha Diablo, PING G10 and TaylorMade Burner.

Irons

Irons were broken into three categories that correspond with playing ability and interests: game improvement, super game improvement and players irons.

Gold winners in the game-improvement category included Callaway X-22, PING G10 and TaylorMade Burner. One player said he could hit the Callaway X-22 irons blindfolded. Sign me up, he said. Callaway X-22 led in the Demand category, which is an assessment of reputation, interest, intrigue and excitement. The PING G10 is a long-time category leader, and the TaylorMade Burner irons really shined, leading in three of the four judging categories: performance, innovation and look/sound/feel.

TaylorMade also had a gold winner in the super game improvement category: the Burner Plus, which features an oversized clubhead and hefty offset to help get the golf ball in the air.

In the players irons category, Titleist AP2 rose to the top, along with TaylorMade Tour Preferred, Callaway X-22 Tour, Callaway X-Forged and PING S57 models, four among the total of six gold winners.

Putters

Arguably, there’s no golf club more important than the putter. Golf Digest took a close look at two main categories: blade putters and mallet putters.

Gold winners in the blade putter category over $200 included the Odyssey Black Series I #6, TaylorMade Daytona TP-KIA MA and Titleist Cameron Studio Select, which led in three of four criteria: performance, look/sound/feel and demand.

In the blade putter category under $200, top picks were the Odyssey White Hot Tour 1, two PING Anser models and the TaylorMade Daytona.

Gold winners in the mallet putter category included the Odyssey Black Series I 2-Ball, PING iWi Craz-E and TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Spider. And leading mid-mallet putters were Odyssey, Titleist Cameron and MacGregor models.

Bags

Hot List judges took a look at lightweight carry bags and “do it all” cart bags, selecting their 21 favorites. Leading the list of gold and silver winners were models from Callaway, PING, TaylorMade, Titleist, Bag Boy, Nike, Ogio, Sun Mountain, Wilson and Izzo.

What Tour Pros Play

What do the top tour professionals play? Following is just a sampling.

Callaway: Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Annika Sorenstam

TaylorMade: Kenny Perry, Sergio Garcia, Paula Creamer

PING: Angel Cabrera, Lorena Ochoa, Hunter Mahan

Titleist: Steve Stricker, Zach Johnson, Adam Scott

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Harold Swash, now aged 75 years old has been a golf putting coach for 40 years.  He is also the man behind the Brand of Yes Golf.  His Yes Putters have been used far and wide by Tour Professionals and club amateurs alike.  His C Groove designed putter, training aids and wedges all come designed from his many years of experience in the game.

The background behind the technology of C Groove Yes Putters is that Harold worked out from many years of training and studying how the ball rolls when hit, that when putting, the ball skids first then rolls.  He realised if he could reduce skid and increase roll then the putt would be truer, and would continue on a straighter path, hopefully towards the pin.  His concentric circles were proven to do just the job when tested against other leading brands such as Ping, Taylor Made and Odyssey.

He has coached many top Golf Professionals including; Padraig Harrington, David Howell, Thomas Levet, Ian Woosnam, Darren Clarke, Robert Jan Derkson, Nick Faldo and Constantino Rocca to mention but a few.  Harold doesn’t just cater for the golfing stars, he also teaches at his Putting School of Excellence in Bristol, where you can enrol in One-To-One tuition or join a Putting Clinic group session.  His Yes putters are readily available to try but be warned, there are many styles to choose from.  All Yes putters are named after Ladies.  It no doubt started off as his closest family but now there are so many one can only assume he now names the Yes Putters after friends, colleagues and possibly even celebrities.

Top Five Yes Putters

1. Callie
2. Tracy
3. Marilyn
4. Victoria II
5. Tiffany

Yes Putters come in blade, mallet and also some with unconventional shaped heads, with 3 different lengths available and in right or left handed options.  Some of the Yes putter styles come in a pink ladies option. And some also come in a “belly putter” length which is popular with some golfers on and off the tour.

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<p><strong>TaylorMade golf clubs</strong> are used by some of the best names in the sport including the likes of Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose to name but a few and each of these players put their faith into <a target="_blank" href="http://www.golfbuyitonline.com/Taylor-Made-Golf-Drivers.php">TaylorMade drivers</a>.</p>
<p> Clarke uses a<strong> TaylorMade Burner TP Driver</strong>, Goosen uses a <strong>TaylorMade r7 SuperQuad Driver</strong>, Garcia uses a <strong>TaylorMade Tour Burner Driver</strong> and Rose uses a <strong>TaylorMade R9 9.5 Driver</strong>.</p>
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•    <strong>TaylorMade Burner Draw</strong> - Promotes faster speed and a right-to-left ball flight for longer distance and incorporates more slice-correcting features than any other TaylorMade driver.<br />
•    <strong>TaylorMade Tour Burner</strong> - promotes increased carry and distance, increased swing speed, faster ball speed and added distance.<br />
•    <strong>TaylorMade Tour Burner TP</strong> - Features Inverted Cone Technology that dramatically expands the portion of the clubface that delivers high COR for consistently longer drives on off-centre hits.<br />
•    <strong>TaylorMade R7 CGB Max</strong> - promotes faster swing speed for added drive-crushing distance and its triangular head shape incorporates an exceptionally far-back CG location makes it easy to launch the ball high and super-deep.</p>
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<p> <strong>TaylorMade</strong> are clocking up plenty of wins at the moment.  Christian Cévaër won the European Open in 2009 and was using his <strong>TaylorMade R9 9.5 Driver</strong>.  It is claimed that more PGA Tour Professionals play TaylorMade drivers than Callaway, Cleveland, Cobra, Nike and Ping combined which is pretty good going!</p>
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There is a question that is in the minds of most people who play golf and also enjoy watching it even if they do not play it themselves; “Why is Tiger Woods so good at golf? How come he is so consistent? In what way is he different that makes him stand out from the crowd?” There are these and other questions. It is the considered opinion of some that it is the power of his drives, others feel that it is his end game and yet others say that it is his bullish strength and for some others it is the Tiger’s swing.

The beauty of the situation is that all of them may be right, yet all of them may be wrong also. It all depends on the individual and the kind of golfer that he personally is that is going to mould his opinion. Actually all of us know the exact reason for Tiger’s excellence in golf; it is just that we are not prepared to accept the simple fact the Tiger has the best, near perfect and proper golf swing.

The reason that it is the best is that Tiger has the natural ability to use his nimbleness, his litheness and his strength to execute his swings in one fluid motion and create a memorable line up of successes. Now that we know the reason for Tiger Woods’ success, let us analyse his swing and break it down into it component parts. On analysis, Woods’ swing can be seen to contain four key elements:

1. The main advantage that Tiger Woods has over other players of golf is that he is able to use his supple body to extend his swing far more backwards than most golfers on any tournament can. Thus he manages to extend the range of his motion while maintaining his torso aligned straight over his right leg.

2. Since the backswing extends far to the back, the length of the swing before contact with the ball is longer, and hence the club head gathers more momentum as it comes down during the downswing. This Tiger achieves by swiftly turning his torso with his right leg pressed forward towards the swing. The pivot is fast, more velocity to the club head. The swing is a perfect arc. No wasted movement hence no wasted energy. And in addition to the power from his arms and his shoulders, he uses the strength of his upper body to its maximum advantage.

3. Tiger Woods drives the club head dead centre and flat against the ball. No unnecessary twists, turns of the hip, the iron firmly gripped and perfectly balanced. Every bit of his concentration and his strength is focused on the club head with a total use of the force from his hips, his shoulders and his wrists. At the instant of impact the club head is travelling at a speed of more than nearly 125 miles per hour, 25 mph more than the average tour pro. The strike is so powerful that within 2’ of the tee, the ball is travelling at a velocity of 180 mph.

4. The last element of Tiger’s swing is the follow through. A good follow through keep the club head accelerating even after impact, for that momentary instant that the club head is still in contact with the ball, giving more momentum to the ball. Once the ball leaves the clubface there is nothing you can do. It is the culmination of all your body movements. No snapping of the wrists or any improper movements. The finish of the best, the near perfect and the proper golf swing on any course.

And that, gentlemen, is the swing of Tiger Woods. Nothing secret about it; every golfer knows it and has seen it. The problem is that they cannot replicate it. How did Tiger get this swing? He watched other golfers play, learnt from them and most of all, he practiced. Practice! Practice! Practice!

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