Titleist ProV1 for slower swing speed

I know ProV1 balls are commonly used by PGA Tour players. Those players have an amazingly very fast swing speed above 110 Mph. But does the ball fit to slower driver hitter like me? My driver swing speed is around 93 to 96 Mph.

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I know ProV1 balls are commonly used by PGA Tour players. Those players have an amazingly very fast swing speed above 110 Mph. But does the ball fit to slower driver hitter like me? My driver swing speed is around 93 to 96 Mph.
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Yes, absolutely, without a doubt. You have more than enough club head speed. Give them a go, you will love the control on approach and short game shots. I will bet you will not notice any difference in length off the tee.

I use them all the time with my 90mph (absolute max) clubhead speed. They fly just as far as any ball on the market, hard or soft, and they spin just enough to not bounce forward with a 7-iron nor spin backward with a wedge. Excellent performing ball for "our" type of swing.

A ball has no idea what your swing speed is. If you swing 90 mph and hit it square it will do as good as any ball made. Same with the Pro vIX. The balls have just a little slight differences. Little different feel. Both the best balls money can buy.

It depends. If you pick the ball instead of trapping it, you probably wont get as much spin. The way you strike the ball makes a difference.

If you pick the ball hitting an e6 you'll get less spin than trapping the ball hitting an e6. Likewise for a Pro V1 or any other ball.

For any given swing, any given club, any given weather and course conditions a "Tour" ball will consistently spin more than a low-spin "high handicapper" ball. Regardless of clubhead speed, handicap or any other non-sequitur than the marketers through into the equation.

The people who need cheaper, lower-spin balls are not high handicapper. Nor are they people will low clubhead speed. They are people who want a) a cheaper ball and/or b) a ball that does not spin. Compression is a red herring, it is RELATED to spin performance but the spin performance is the thing that matters, regardless of the number that shows up on a compression tester.

Buy the ball that fits your budget and that spins the way you like. Same for a +2 handicapper who hits it 300 yards as a 22 handicapper who hits it 180. There are balls for (almost) every budget that spin a lot, spin a little or spin somewhere in between. And they all go about the same distance on a well-struck shot. And none of them is going to magically make you banana slice go straight (for that you need a little Vaseline on the driver face).

I played Friday night (late in the day). Long story short I got to hit a lot of balls on the course. ProV1 was 5-7 yards off the driver shorter than Velocity and So-Lo.No comparison in feel. No comparison in spin/feel around greens. You want raw distance and 5,7,even 10yds matters that much then get a true distance ball. If you want less expensive there are many choices. You want feel, control, spin and consistency then you want ProV1 or ProV1x. I will say this. If you slice ProVs will only exaggerate that slice. Hey, the ball don't swing the lumber.Not being an a**, but if you loose a lot of balls ProVs might not be for you. They are very expensive. I use the 'practice' ones quite a bit. Wish the 2013s would show up, but they don't make them on purpose. LOL.

The Prov1 is also commonly used by non PGA Tour members and your swing speed is like many that use the prov1 and enjoy it. Give it a try and I believe that you will really enjoy it!!!!!

I have an 80mph or less swing speed and I play the ProV1 as suggested to me by the pro at my local shop. Best advice i've gotten in awhile. I always went for the lower compression balls thinking I needed them with my swing speed, but the ProV1 is as far as any of the lower compression or distance balls I have tried. The difference is that I can actually get this ball to stop on the green where a distance ball bounces over the green because of the lack of spin.

I'm a woman wih a driver ss around 85mph. ProV1s feel good off of all of my clubs and I love them around the greens. I try other balls often, but come back to these and I love the 2013 version. They are more durable than the last version. I like Callway Blacks too, especially around the greens as they just stop dead for me, but a solid wedge will cut them.

Good thread, i wish people would stop relating swing speed to golf balls esp. high swing speed as they are the ones who are most likely to want a low spinning ball due to increased spin they generate.

As for slower swing speeds as said above the prov or any other tour ball is a great choice if you can hit the ball solid. even a tour player plays knock down shots, pitch shots, half shots and putts so if the ball was useless for slower speed swings it'd be no use for a tour player.

I know lots of lady and senior golfers with slower swing speeds who play a tour ball; dont beleive the marketing

I recently tried the Lady IQ ball which is an amazing soft ball for about 15 uk pounds a dozen, most notably it seems to fly great into the wind.

Check out Monte's thread on it here http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/876734-having-a-playing-lesson-with-chiva-edited-lady-precept-iq-best-ball-on-market/page__hl__%20chiva

I don't want to say the Prov 1/1x is the best ball in the market right now and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future...but they are, sorry - (btw i ain't a fanboy, sort of...)

point being, everyone has different priorities especially slower swing players, me included. some courses i just want the ball to go straight and long. i don't care about anything else, i rather be hitting an 8-iron than a 7-iron into a tucked pin. More often than not the Wilson Duo seems to fit that bill and yes these balls do go further than a Pro V1, by 3 - 5 yrds i venture...Most course that allow you to spray the ball typically have flatter greens, shorter/less penal rough, so once again the pro v1 short game spin advantage vs a duo is not going to be that different.

rather than trying to fit the ball to your swing speed, do a quick analysis of what is more important to you and consider the trade offs. but more critical, consider what type of courses you play. at my home course, i have to use something like a Prov 1x or Zstar XV because a non urethan ball just doesn't cut it, especially when i am hitting into tier greens or tricky pins, i need the extra control and consistency that these "tour" balls provide.

Taking a lesson the other day. I ask my pro ( who is NOT a Titleist staffer) "do you think I should go to another ball now that my ss is slower?" (88-90). It wasn't that he said "Why?" It was the way he said it. Then he asked me, " is 5,6,7 yards really that important to you?" I've tried a lot of balls and in the end I always end up back with the ProV. Straight, dependable shots that land softly are way more important than distance.Hell, I've hit range balls further than some so called 'distance' balls.
I've said this before,no offense, if you're budget conscious there are better values. ( although Prov 'practice balls' are around $26.00), If you loose a lot of balls, well, $4.00 a pop is tough to swallow. If you think a ProV is not for you, won't help your game you need to try one. Seriously.