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> @jmconnell4 said:

> I got my hands on some Pro V1 "stars" from a friend on tour. Is there a chart/ table that breaks down all of the different tour only models?

 

There seems to be 3 tour versions.

https://www.pgatour.com/equipmentreport/2019/09/10/here-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-titleist-pro-v1x-left-dash-golf-ball-equipment.webview.html

 

While Titleist says that over 80% of its PGA TOUR players, week-to-week, use stock Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls that are available to the public, there are some TOUR golfers who use prototype golf balls. Titleist calls these CPOs, or Custom Performance Options. The purpose of these custom offerings for TOUR players is two-fold; it allows Titleist to test out possible future retail technologies on TOUR players as a proving ground of sorts, and it also allows Titleist to better fit a golf ball to players with specific flight and feel needs.

 

**One of the well-known CPO offerings is the “Left Dot” Pro V1 that became available around 2013. A number of very high-spin players on TOUR use the golf ball to lower their spin and ball flight, and it provides a firmer feel. There are two lesser-known CPO offerings played on TOUR, as well. There’s a Pro V1 “Star,” and a Pro V1 “Left Dash.”**

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I remember the Prov1 "Stars" being a thing back near the beginning of the ProV1 era. Didn't realize they were still a thing.

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> @cristphoto said:

> Go to USGA.org and look at the conforming ball list. That will show all the different versions and their markings.

 

But the Conforming Ball list doesn't say anything about what is different performance-wise. There was an article posted or linked to on here last year which listed performance characteristics of a bunch of Tour-only Titleist balls. I couldn't seem to find it using the search function last time I tried to look it up.

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> @cristphoto said:

> Go to USGA.org and look at the conforming ball list. That will show all the different versions and their markings.

 

I am more looking for the flight/ spin characteristics of each of them than what actually exists. '

 

Also pretending I can hit the ball consistently enough to tell the difference.

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The left dash is the same feel, launch and height as the V1x with reduced spin. The left dot is lower flight and spin than the V1x with the same feel (basically a hard AVX). If I had to guess what the Star is, it would probably be a Pro V1 with the spin and flight characteristic of the V1x, as that seems to be the hole in the lineup. It's likely even a hold over from when the V1 was the higher spinning ball in the lineup.

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Excerpt from an interview with Titleist's Michael Mahoney

 

[https://pgatour.com/equipmentreport/2019/09/10/here-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-titleist-pro-v1x-left-dash-golf-ball-equipment.html](https://www.pgatour.com/equipmentreport/2019/09/10/here-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-titleist-pro-v1x-left-dash-golf-ball-equipment.html "https://pgatour.com/equipmentreport/2019/09/10/here-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-titleist-pro-v1x-left-dash-golf-ball-equipment.html")

 

> I would say this: Left Dot, a lot of characteristics are pretty similar to the V, and even AVX in terms of low spin and low flight. But we think the AVX and the Pro V1 are better golf balls for the vast majority of players than the Left Dot. We have golf balls in the line that resemble the Left Dot. The Pro V1 Star is such a unique golf ball in that, I’m not sure it’s all that good for any regular golfer. It’s really extreme in terms of launch conditions. It’s a very, very high-spin Pro V1, is how I would describe it. That is a unique profile.

 

> Left Dash is a little different in the sense that the thing we don’t necessarily have is low spin and high flight in the line right now. So that’s what prompted us to [release it]. Again, like I said, it’s still a very small group of golfers that will fit into it, but it’s made sense for us to at least offer it as an addition to the line as a special order standpoint. Of course, if golfers demand it, and they want it, we will make it available, but from a performance standpoint we think it’s best.

 

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> @jmconnell4 said:

> > @cristphoto said:

> > Go to USGA.org and look at the conforming ball list. That will show all the different versions and their markings.

>

> I am more looking for the flight/ spin characteristics of each of them than what actually exists. '

>

> Also pretending I can hit the ball consistently enough to tell the difference.

 

You can’t and you won’t. ;)

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