Scottie Scheffler – Titleist ProV1
Titleist says: “Pro V1 is the optimal premium performance choice for most players, and the most played ball model in golf. Pro V1 has a softer feel, less spin and flatter trajectory than Pro V1x, which makes it the preferred model for players who like exceptionally long distance, the ability to flight shots, and score with precision and touch.”
Scheffler says: “It was the best ball when I was introduced to it, everybody wanted to play Titleist and still to this day I feel like everybody wants to play Titleist and you see the consistency over time. You’re always playing a different type of shot. Rarely am I just hitting a straight up stock shot, you’re always trying to do a little something with the ball. “And so having that consistency and knowing that golf ball’s going to react the way I need it to react when it comes off the face and when it goes into the green – especially when you get in a Tour set-up where the greens are crazy firm, the wind is blowing – you got to have total control over where that golf ball is going to go. I feel like I’ve gotten that consistency with the Titleist ball over the years, and I really trust how it reacts.
“One shot that I’m always practising is when I take some off of it. I need to see that it’s still the same distance gaps between my full shot and when I’m taking some off of it. If I have a little mishit or if a shot doesn’t feel right, I usually have a really good feel for how far it actually carried.
“If my stock wedge is 140 and I’m trying to hit it 135, and maybe I catch a little bit off and I’m like, ‘man that really feels like 132,’ if it goes that distance, that’s really important to me. And that gives me a lot of faith in what that golf ball’s going to do.”
Ludvig Aberg – Titleist Pro V1x
Titleist says: “Pro V1x is the optimal premium performance choice for players looking for maximum distance, who need higher flight and more stopping power. Pro V1x is most frequently recommended for players with launch conditions that are naturally low in height and low in spin.”
Aberg says: “I like to put spin on the ball. I like to hit it a little bit higher to have a little bit of a different angle coming into the firmer greens that we play here on the PGA Tour. So I think the Pro V1x helps me with that and it helps me to be able to compete against the best players in the world. I just love the feel around the greens, putting, chipping, I love the softer feel (of 2023 Pro V1x), and it flights the way that I want to.
“What you want when you’re chipping is that little extra feeling of checking up on the green, and making sure that when the greens get a little firmer and faster, you’re still able to put that spin on it. Which I feel like [the Pro V1x] allows me to do. Chipping and short game is such feel-based – what you like to feel, what you don’t like to feel. And this allows me to have that creative mindset.
“You always look for the perfect shot and the perfect execution. It’s not always going to show up that way, but at least this golf ball allows you to have that consistency and that way I know exactly what it’s going to do when it reacts on the green, when it reacts in the air. This allows me to have my spin rate in a very consistent level, which allows me to score a bit better as well.”
Bryson DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
Titleist says: “Left Dash golf balls are designed for players seeking a high flight similar to Pro V1x with dramatically lower full swing spin and firmer feel. This model delivers a different combination of performance characteristics than Pro V1 and Pro V1x and allows players to fine tune their flight, feel and spin.”
DeChambeau says: “It’s not a spinny golf ball, and you need a lot of spin to control the golf ball around here (Pinehurst). But it’s what I’m comfortable with. It’s what I like using for my irons. It’s what flight I need for wind.
“I put my golf balls in Epsom salt, essentially we float golf balls in a solution to make sure that the ball is not out of balance. Heavy slide floats to the bottom, and then we mark the top with a dot to make sure it’s always rolling over itself. It kind of acts like mud. If there’s too much weight on one side, you can put it 90 degrees to where the mud is on the right-hand side or the mud is on the left-hand side. I’m using mud as a reference for the weight over there. It’ll fly differently and fly inconsistently.”
