Tour Only ProV1

[TinCup19]

unless you get one from a touring pro you probably won't find one. the plus and minus i believe are lower and higher trajectory. read something about a year or two ago.

[grm24]

There is a tour only Pro-V1 on the current conforming ball list with the side stamp of Pro-V1 (Star). Which back in the day was the first 4 piece Pro-V1 model at retail before it morphed into the Pro-V1X. Saw a few current V1 (Star) dozens on Ebay earlier this year. The current V1 (Star) is a 3 piece ball with 352 dimples. No idea of the playing characteristics.

 

 

[PuttCurseRepeat]

Yesterday I played a course which recently hosted a Korn Ferry Tour event and I found a Titleist ProV1x with "TOUR" stamped in red on the ball. I did not remember to look for any additional markings on the type line, but I wondered if this ball is different than the retail ball in any way, besides the stamp. The ball played excellent, anecdotally, and re enforced my belief that the ProV is the best ball out there and if not for the price, would probably be my gamer.

[bluedot]

6 minutes ago, PuttCurseRepeat said:

Yesterday I played a course which recently hosted a Korn Ferry Tour event and I found a Titleist ProV1x with "TOUR" stamped in red on the ball. I did not remember to look for any additional markings on the type line, but I wondered if this ball is different than the retail ball in any way, besides the stamp. The ball played excellent, anecdotally, and re enforced my belief that the ProV is the best ball out there and if not for the price, would probably be my gamer.

 

I am very interested In the answer to this if anyone knows it.  I play at a university course and have found several of the ProV1's labeled "Tour", both V1 and V1x.  I can't tell a bit of difference in the way that they play; distance, spin, any of it, but I wouldn't necessarily expect to.  Nobody that I asked has any idea, either.

[grm24]

1 hour ago, bluedot said:

 

I am very interested In the answer to this if anyone knows it.  I play at a university course and have found several of the ProV1's labeled "Tour", both V1 and V1x.  I can't tell a bit of difference in the way that they play; distance, spin, any of it, but I wouldn't necessarily expect to.  Nobody that I asked has any idea, either.

 

Probably practice balls for the range.

[OhYeahPlayer]

I'm very interested in this - what tour only ball offerings are out there (even beyond Titleist)? I've been trying to figure out, but it's not a question conducive to searching.....

[elwhippy]

A lot of tour balls are prototypes that never see production. The tours are great for R&D. Remember the V1 diamond? Softer than the regular V1 and aimed at LPGA and slower swinging amateurs? No? Precisely. It was garbage and spun out off the greens. 

 

 

[madeintheshade]

On 9/22/2020 at 1:11 PM, arenapoutine said:

I'm very interested in this - what tour only ball offerings are out there (even beyond Titleist)? I've been trying to figure out, but it's not a question conducive to searching.....

Well. I got six Pro V1x+ when I bought some Pro V1 practice balls.  So they’re still out there. 

Edited September 29, 2020 by madeintheshade

[Swashbuckler]

On 7/11/2018 at 10:36 AM, kcd38 said:

 

Potentially. I am trying to hunt down the video where Rickie talks about it. He said its a lower spin version of the Pro V1

Sounds like the AVX. Lol

[grm24]

On 9/22/2020 at 10:53 AM, PuttCurseRepeat said:

Yesterday I played a course which recently hosted a Korn Ferry Tour event and I found a Titleist ProV1x with "TOUR" stamped in red on the ball. I did not remember to look for any additional markings on the type line, but I wondered if this ball is different than the retail ball in any way, besides the stamp. The ball played excellent, anecdotally, and re enforced my belief that the ProV is the best ball out there and if not for the price, would probably be my gamer.

 

I thought of this post today when I was looking at the USGA Conforming ball list. On the list are 4 entries from Titleist that show the 2nd pole marking on the ball as TOUR. No further explanation on what they are however. Here are the entries. The first two are the new 2021 ball models and the bottom two are the current 2019/20 models. Wonder what the story is?

 

 

 

EDIT - According to a used golf ball (LGB) site these appear to be balls used on the range at tour events.

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2020 by grm24

[@_the_crook]

older thread but not too musty.

bumping to add---

 

attended a KF Tour event during the recent Memorial day weekend.

the range used these Titleist Pro V1x Tour balls brought specifically for the event.

 

the USGA conforming ball list reflects,

MFR

Acushnet Company

Pole 1

Titleist

Pole 2

 

Seam 1

(arrowhead parallel lines) Pro V1x (parallel lines arrowhead)

Seam 2

Tour in red

Color

white

 

by end of tournament play on Sunday, the range had been fully picked, Titleists cleaned and prepared for transport, and the course's own range balls readied for onsite use.

[Baitkiller]

The + version are matched and staggered special..