The Titleist 2023 Pro V1x golf ball, on the other hand, has 348 dimples, a red number, and it has a 4-layer construction (urethane cover, casing layer, dual core). The Pro V1x will offer slightly more spin in the long game and a higher flight, with a firmer feel than the Pro V1. As you can see on the box, Titleist states that the short game spin of the Pro V1x Left Dash is lower than the standard Pro V1x. This is a little jarring in the context of every OEM stating that all of their Tour-level balls feature equally amazing, stupendous, super duper wedge spin. Left Dot comes to retail – If the response is positive, if golfers identify differences and benefit from them, then retail is a possibility. A year from now is likely the best-case scenario but it could happen. Pro V1x was made for an increased spin on air. High spin often becomes an obstacle to gaining height.

As I mentioned, Left Dash is one of three custom performance options currently available to Titleist’s tour staff. It’s the most popular of the bunch, which is why it’s headed to a catalog near you. Titleist has no plans to offer either of the other two CPOs in any retail capacity, but human nature being what it is, I thought you might be curious about their performance characteristics. Pro V1 Left Dot Titleist already knows how Left Dot performs relative to other balls in the lineup. The differences are apparent with robots and with the best players in the world. What Titleist doesn’t know is whether the Pro V1 Left Dot is different enough for average golfers to appreciate and benefit from. Mid iron/scoring irons: B more clunky feeling, the ball is much harder than ProV1, so it doesn’t feel like the ball compresses with these clubs. Ball dances on the green just like you’d expect, however. I felt like I might’ve been losing a few yards in mid irons. Not a problem if it’s predictable/dependable. The golf ball is the engine of everything I do equipment-wise. So, the big thing that I look for whenever I’m testing balls, is ‘Does it do exactly what I think it’s going to do?’ As we discussed with our Q-Star Tour review, our compression consistency metric is an aggregation of two compression considerations. When we look at the average ball compression across the sample, we find a seven-point compression difference between the firmest and the softest. That’s not exceptional but it’s solidly in the average range. Standard deviations for the same metric place the ball in the “high average” range.Here we go again … kinda. As it did two years ago with Pro V1x Left Dash, Titleist is taking the Pro V1 Left Dot—previously a secret menu, Tour-only, CPO (custom performance option) golf ball—and offering it to the public.

High-speed tour players hit the ball so hard and compress it so much that they need a ball that doesn’t just melt into the face of a driver or spin up too much, the Left Dash Pro V1x is the right solution to their problem.Driver: Long, Longer than TP5x, ProV1 and AVX. Launches lower than AVX with less spin and with firm fast fairways I was hitting frozen ropes that held their line with minimal side spin.