Two Products That Are The Talk Of The Tours Right Now…
Titleist Pro V1 & Pro V1x Balls
THE new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls have been in play for a few months now and tour players are making their choice between the new V and X models.
The company’s catch-cry is Titleist is the No.1 ball for more players and more champions across the worldwide professional tours, and thus far in 2017 Titleist golf ball players have recorded 46 victories around the globe, more than three times the nearest competitor. Since its introduction in 2000, the Pro V1 golf ball franchise has been the ball of choice for more than 2,600 champions worldwide, including Australia’s Adam Scott, who can’t believe the distance he is getting with the V model.
“I think the remarkable thing with the new Pro V1 is how far it goes now,” Scott says. “I’m hitting it longer than I ever have but I also have that soft feel like when I grew up playing a balata golf ball – it’s incredibly soft. The flight with the new Pro V1 is exactly what I’m looking for. It just wants to stay up in the air with that penetrating ball flight. That’s a really nice feeling when I can ease back on a shot and the ball flight I’m looking for, even when it’s into the wind.”
American star Rickie Fowler is also a fan of the Pro V1. “The X and the V are two awesome options but the reason I’m on the V is because it spins less with irons and it doesn’t spin too much with the wedges,” he says. “Feel is everything. The Pro V1 feels soft but not too soft. It has that solid feel. The golf ball is obviously a very important piece and it has to feel good for everything else to work, too.”
Interestingly, Australian Open champion Jordan Spieth prefers the flight of the X model. “I put the new Pro V1x in play in Australia and in the first week we won,” Spieth says. “What I noticed immediately was the improved flight. It held its line in the crosswinds better. A couple of shots that were going off-line stayed closer to the fairway or closer to the green, which allowed me to save par when I may have been in trouble. Golf is a game of misses. When you mishit one, if it’s not really going as far off line. That makes a significant difference for us, and it makes even more of a difference for amateurs.”
Which model will you choose?
To find out more about the Titleist golf ball fitting philosophy, visit the Titleist Australia-New Zealand website at titleist.com.au/golf-ball-fitting.
TaylorMade P700 Series Irons: The Clubs That Won The Masters
Sergio Garcia might have won the 2017 Masters with a birdie putt on the first playoff hole, but it was the Spaniard’s iron play down the stretch that was the difference-maker in securing the green jacket.
The irons Garcia used to hit all those shots are TaylorMade’s P750 Tour Proto irons, new to the company’s line for this year and the result of extensive tour player input. A forged blade with a thin topline, shallow cavity and minimal offset, the P750 Tour Proto is produced through a multi-step forging process that produces a head with soft feel that requires minimal hand polishing. The face, grooves and back cavity are milled, the latter a vital extra step to ensure that the face thickness, centre of gravity position and weight distribution are precise. Five grams of tungsten are placed in the sole of the 3 through 7-irons to assist launch.
In introducing its P770 and P750 irons, TaylorMade unveiled clubs designed for players such as Jason Day and Justin Rose.
The P770 Proto screams tour-pro ability in looks, but features characteristics that allow better players who don’t play for pay to use them effectively. The carbon-steel forged clubhead features a hefty 70-gram tungsten weight in the back cavity and sole area (low on the two-piece 3 through 7-irons to foster launch and forgiveness) while the 8-iron through pitching wedge is one-piece forged cavity back.
“Our first shipment of P750s were all pre-sold and we’re tipping the P770s to be even more popular in Australia,” says Aaron O’Meara, TaylorMade Golf Pacific’s marketing manager.
For more information on the new P750 and P770 irons, go to TaylorMadeGolf.com.au
