Titleist "practice" balls & Titleist repaints???

Lately I have been doing obsessive ball hunting when I play. I lose one in the bushes - I have to find 5 or 10. The local course is such a gold mine that it makes me more obsessive. I think I have found enough to ease my compulsion. :clapping: Oh well.

I found a Pro V1X "practice" - I have seen them advertised. Are they like Top Flite XXX outs or what?

Also it seems like the Titlesits have a soft cover that is painted and will flake off to explose a light brown or beige surface??? What is that? Are they cheap repaints used balls that people have bought or does Titleist have a soft white painted cover then a beige shell then the rubber interior core? It seems like the Titlesit name comes of easily too.

If these cheap b**tards are using used balls for me to find - I will feel like I am being cheated. If I am going to ball hunt, I expect to find new Titleists! ;-) (just kidding)

Most balls have a harder cover. I know the 2 and 3 piece balls. Surlyn, urethane and other covers. Curious about Titleist construction.

Also it seems like the Titlesits have a soft cover that is painted and will flake off to explose a light brown or beige surface??? What is that? Are they cheap repaints used balls that people have bought or does Titleist have a soft white painted cover then a beige shell then the rubber interior core? It seems like the Titlesit name comes of easily too.

here's a good explanation from Dean Snell, chief ball designer at TaylorMade and the designer of the original ProV1:

I read a lot of stuff online where people have questions about durability of golf balls. I think there’s one comment that should be made. When I mentioned earlier that Titleist, Callaway, and TaylorMade use a thermoset cast cover process. Nike, Srixon, and Bridgestone use a thermoplastic urethane process. They’re very, very different in material properties and very, very different in how they’re made. One of the key things to remember is Urethane has a tendency to yellow so overtime balls will have a tendency to yellow. What happens is Callaway, TaylorMade, and Titleist typically has to paint over the urethane to protect it. So when players hit wedges and see a little bit of white in the groove, they think they’re tearing the cover. That’s just that little one thousandths of an inch thick paint on the ball. If you see white in thermoplastic golf balls, that’s the cover because they have clear coats of paint on them. So from a durability view, some players that think durability is a risk or issue because they see the white cover, a lot of times that’s only paint with urethane. With new wedges and irons coming out, golf balls are not always able to withstand every shot players hit. But the durability of the cast urethane golf ball is very, very good compared to looking back at wound balls. It’s a big change.