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03.02 Nye Titleist Pro V1:
Spinner mer på nærspillet
Titleist har vært den ledende ballprodusenten i mange tiår.
Stadig produktutvikling gjør at Titleist er den foretrukne ballen ute på touren
og blant de beste amatørene.
De nye Pro V1-ballene har fått nytt skall (patented thermoset urethane elastomer
cover) som skal gi en mykere følelse uten at det går ut over holdbarhet og
lengde. Jordan Speith, Bubba Watson og Bill Haas samt fire andre gode spillere
kommer med sine erfaringer.
De andre ballmerkene lager også gode baller, men de blir hengende etter Titleist
hele tiden. Ser det ut til.
Golfsiden har et dusin av hver av de to typene, Pro V1 og Pro V1 x, men har i
vinterkulden ikke fått testet dem skikkelig. De virker imidlertid spennende
etter mindre tester på kunstunderlag og bare på korte slag.
Anbefalt pris i Norge er 459 kroner per dusin.
Her er video, og en artikkel med uttalelser fra en del gode spillere:
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Nedenfor kan du lese detaljer om ballene, hva spillerne har oppnådd med den
nye ballen og hva de sier om dem.
Her er hele pressemeldingen:
The Difference is Total Performance:
Titleist Introduces New Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x Golf Balls
2015 Models Deliver Exceptional Distance and Consistent Flight
with More Short-Game Control, Even Softer Feel and Long-Lasting Durability
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. – For nearly 15 years, the exceptional distance,
superior scoring performance and unmatched consistency of Titleist Pro V1 and
Pro V1x golf balls have been making a difference in the games of golfers around
the world, from tour professionals to amateurs of all skill levels and swing
speeds.
It was in October 2000 that the original Pro V1 prototype first appeared on the
PGA Tour at the Invensys Classic in Las Vegas. Forty-seven players put the ball
in play that week, marking one of the largest pluralistic shifts of equipment at
one event in golf history. In March 2001, just four months after launching to
golf shops, Titleist Pro V1 became the best-selling golf ball in the marketplace.
“The launch of Pro V1 was especially significant in that for the very first time
the best performing golf ball for tour players was also the best performing golf
ball for all golfers,” said Mary Lou Bohn, Vice President of Titleist Golf Ball
Marketing and Communications. “You no longer had to choose between distance over
short-game control, or durability over soft feel. There were no trade-offs. Pro
V1 delivered total performance.”
Pro V1 and Pro V1x (which launched in 2003) have been the most played golf balls
at every level of competitive golf and the best-selling models around the world
ever since. That’s because the Titleist Golf Ball R&D and Operations teams,
representing more than 20,000 years of golf ball-making expertise, have worked
every day to make the #1 ball in golf even better with each new generation.
The new 2015 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x models, available in golf shops
beginning Jan. 30, are the result of a continuous process rooted in rigorous
research and development, technological advancements, comprehensive player
testing and validation, and precision manufacturing.
Designed for all golfers seeking to shoot lower scores, 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x
deliver exceptional distance with consistent flight, more short game control and
even softer feel from a new, patented urethane elastomer cover formulation, and
long lasting durability.
Comparatively, Pro V1 has a softer feel, slightly more long game spin and a
penetrating trajectory for a shallower angle of descent for more roll. Pro V1x
offers a slightly firmer feel, lower long game spin and launches higher with a
steeper angle of descent.
The total performance of Pro V1 and Pro V1x tee-through-green – providing the
best combination of distance, flight, short-game scoring control and feel –
makes them the best fit for any golfer.
“Golfers often ask us what sets Pro V1 and Pro V1x apart from other golf balls.
You can’t just point to one or two things,” said Bill Morgan, Senior Vice
President, Titleist Golf Ball R&D.
“The difference is everything. We have more people with more experience
designing and making golf balls, the largest intellectual property portfolio and
the most sophisticated precision manufacturing processes. The 2015 Pro V1 and
Pro V1x are the culmination of all that knowledge and all of that technology.
The original Pro V1 was revolutionary, no question, but we’ve learned a lot in
the last 15 years and these new Pro V1 models are the best we’ve ever made.”
The Titleist Golf Ball R&D team, driven by a commitment to continuous
improvement and innovation, is made up of chemists, physicists, mathematicians,
computer scientists, engineers and technicians, as well as PGA Professionals and
turf management specialists. Due to their work, Titleist owns the industry’s
largest portfolio of golf ball intellectual property with more than 1,000
patents. Since 2010, Titleist has been awarded nearly 50 percent of all golf
ball patents issued in the United States. There are more than 100 patents that
cover the technologies and manufacturing processes for 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x
combined.
Eighty years after the first Titleist golf ball was produced, the Titleist
Operations team is comprised of over 1,100 associates with an average tenure of
20 years. These associates manufacture every Titleist golf ball to exacting
standards in Titleist owned and operated facilities – there are about 90 process
and product quality checks for Pro V1; about 120 for the dual-core Pro V1x –
assuring that every golf ball performs consistently for every golfer, every
round and on every type of shot.
Before being introduced to the market, new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are
tested and validated by golfers at every level of the game, from the world’s
best tour players to amateurs of all skill levels and swing speeds. Since 2015
Pro V1 and Pro V1x were first introduced on the PGA Tour in October, more than
100 players have put the new models in play around the world – including Jordan
Spieth, who played the new Pro V1x in back-to-back runaway victories at the
Australian Open and Hero World Challenge, winning those events by a combined 16
strokes. Jimmy Walker first put the new Pro V1x in play two weeks ago at the PGA
Tour’s Hyundai Tournament of Champions, where he finished runner-up. The
following week, he won the Sony Open in Hawaii by nine shots. Bubba Watson,
Padraig Harrington and Charley Hoffman also trusted 2015 Pro V1x to victories
soon after the new models were introduced on the worldwide tours.
SOFTER COVER ENHANCES SHORT GAME CONTROL AND FEEL:
The 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x
golf balls feature a new, patented thermoset urethane elastomer cover that
delivers more short game spin and control, and softer feel – while maintaining
their exceptional distance and flight characteristics, and best-in-class
durability. The softer, reformulated cover system improves feel, sound and short
game scoring control, providing golfers the confidence and performance to hit it
closer to the hole.
“When we set out to improve Pro V1 and Pro V1x, the product development process
always starts with asking golfers how we can help them shoot lower scores,” Bohn
said. “Since golfers have had such resounding success with Pro V1 and Pro V1x,
this time around, they told us, ‘Don’t change much. I love the distance. I love
the scoring performance. I love the durability. If you can give me slightly more
spin in the short game as well as even softer feel, I’ll take it. I just don’t
want to give anything up.’ So that became our design goal.”
The thermoset urethane cover formulation on both Pro V1 and Pro V1x is created
by a chemical reaction that takes place during the sophisticated casting process.
Liquid materials
specifically formulated by Titleist R&D are combined and react to form the solid
cover. This urethane is termed “thermoset,” meaning that the cover, once formed,
will not re-melt. Most competitive urethane-covered golf balls use a
thermoplastic urethane (TPU), supplied by an outside vendor and usually
formulated for another non-golf product, which is melted and then reformed to
create the cover.
“Thermoset urethane is very difficult to work with, but it gives us complete
control of the chemical composition. It’s essentially a little chemical plant
right in the mold, compared with using an off-shelf material like TPU. This
allows us to dial in our desired properties of spin control, softness and
durability,” said Michael Sullivan, Vice President, Titleist Golf Ball Product
Development. “We do a lot of testing. We test the urethane on the ball and test
it off the ball. In fact, we do so much material testing before it even gets
onto a golf ball that by the time it does, we have a solid understanding of how
it’s going to react. With the new 2015 models, we tested hundreds of
formulations. You simply can’t do that with TPU. In the end, our iterative
prototyping process ultimately improves performance for golfers.”
“We’re giving golfers everything they’ve previously had in Pro V1 and Pro V1x
with some enhancements,” Morgan said. “They’ll get the extraordinary distance
and ball flight they’re accustomed to. But they’ll also get a softer cover,
which will add more spin control and feel around the greens. The feedback we’ve
received on tour and with club professionals and amateurs clearly tells us that
players are benefiting from this improved performance.”
New Pro V1 and Pro V1x also maintain their long-lasting durability. The new
urethane cover, combined with the improved paint system that debuted on the 2013
models, keeps Pro V1 and Pro V1x whiter and brighter longer throughout the
course of play. The cover and paint system also contributes to an
aerodynamically more consistent golf ball.
“The breakthrough we made in durability with 2013 Pro V1 and Pro V1x really
opened up the doors for us in terms of experimentation with our cover
formulation. Our urethane is so resilient that as we softened it, we were able
to increase short game spin and enhance the feel while maintaining its abrasion
resistance,” Morgan said.
CHOOSING BETWEEN PRO V1 AND PRO V1x:
Titleist provides two distinct performance
options within the 2015 Pro V1 family. Both Pro V1 and Pro V1x deliver
extraordinary distance, the best scoring performance for all golfers, and long
lasting durability, yet differ in feel, long game spin and flight.
Pro V1 has a softer feel, slightly more long game spin and a more penetrating
trajectory for a shallower angle of descent for more roll than Pro V1x.
• Pro V1 is a three-piece, multiple component technology with a very soft
compression ZG process core, ionomeric casing layer, softer thermoset urethane
elastomer cover, and spherically-tiled 352 tetrahedral dimple design.
Pro V1x has a slightly firmer feel and lower long game spin and launches higher
with a steeper angle of descent than Pro V1.
• Pro V1x is a four-piece, multi-component technology with a ZG process dual
core, ionomeric casing layer, softer thermoset urethane elastomer cover and
spherically-tiled 328 tetrahedral dimple design.
PLAYER VALIDATION:
Player testing drives the development of new Pro V1 and Pro
V1x golf balls. Titleist R&D’s iterative process of listening to players’ needs,
testing prototypes and making further refinements ensures that each new version
delivers meaningful performance improvements to golfers. Once a final prototype
is selected, its performance is validated by players on the PGA Tour and across
the worldwide professional tours, as well as PGA professionals, competitive
amateurs and golfers of all skill levels.
At last weekend’s Sony Open in Hawaii, Jimmy Walker trusted 2015 Pro V1x to
rounds of 66-66-62-63 for a nine-stoke victory. A week earlier, Walker teed up
new Pro V1x for the first time at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, where he
finished runner-up. Over those eight rounds, Walker made 52 birdies and hit 84
percent of greens in regulation. At Hyundai, Walker played a total of four golf
balls – one per round. He also played only one new Pro V1x during his final
round at Sony.
“I love the performance of the new Pro V1x. It has the perfect ball flight that
I am seeking – nice and tight off the driver, fairways and long irons, and very
controllable off the wedges,” Walker said. “I have confidence that it will
perform on every shot. In fact, I put some new Vokey SM5 wedges in the bag at
Hyundai, and I kept looking at my ball to see if it needed to be switched out,
but it never did. The ball has great feel and is extremely durable. It’s the
best I’ve ever played.”
At the Australian Open last November, Jordan Spieth trusted the new Pro V1x golf
ball to what he called “the best round I have ever played” – a final-round
8-under 63 to win by six shots. Spieth’s round set the course record on a gusty
day at Australian Golf Club, leading several media members to suggest it may
have been the best round in the event’s 110-year history.
“It obviously performed well,” Spieth said after the round. “I used the same
ball the entire day today and it still flew perfectly. The changes to the new
golf ball have been big for me and I’ve been playing well since changing.”
Seven days and over 10,000 miles later, Spieth was on the 18th green at
Isleworth Country Club in Florida, tapping his new Pro V1x in for par and a
10-shot victory at the Hero World Challenge after rounds of 66-67-63-66.
The tour seeding and validation process for the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x models
began in October at the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las
Vegas – the same city where the original Pro V1 prototype debuted in 2000.
A few weeks later, Bubba Watson put the new Pro V1x in play for the first time
at the
at the WGC-HSBC Championship in China. In the final round, Watson holed a
60-yard bunker shot for eagle on 18 to force a playoff. On the first playoff
hole, he rolled his 2015 Pro V1x in from 20 feet for birdie to win.
The following Sunday, Charley Hoffman, playing 2015 Pro V1x, shot a final-round
5-under 66 to win the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, closing out the calendar year on
the PGA Tour.
To date, more than 100 players across the worldwide professional tours have put
the new models in play, including Adam Scott, Ian Poulter, Hunter Mahan, Marc
Leishman, Bill Haas, Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden, Brendon Todd, Jamie Donaldson,
Thongchai Jaidee and Padraig Harrington, who teed up 2015 Pro V1x for the first
time in his victory at the Indonesia Open. The last two weeks, Gary Stal (Abu
Dhabi HSBC Championship) and Andy Sullivan (South African Open) also trusted new
Pro V1x to their first European Tour victories.
In addition to tour professionals, more than 4,000 PGA professionals
participated in the R&D testing process for 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x. More than
45,000 golfers of all skill levels around the world also received prototypes and
reported their feedback through Team Titleist. One test conducted with more than
6,000 Team Titleist members in March 2014 was instrumental to Titleist Golf Ball
R&D in defining the final specifications of new Pro V1x.
WHAT PLAYERS ARE SAYING:
Jordan Spieth: “The 2015 Pro V1x is very much an improvement for me just as each
version has really improved. This one’s better for me because that softer cover
around the greens allows me to have more spin control and softer feel, without
jeopardizing any distance or spin with the long clubs. It’s still long off the
tee with more control around the greens. … [New Pro V1x] feels really nice, like
it’s sticking to the club face more, which I like. It allows my short irons and
wedges to spin a little more which is always nice around the greens, to be able
to fly it closer to the hole and have it drop and stop.”
Bubba Watson: “I first tried the new ball two weeks prior to going to China. I
loved it and put it in play right away. It has all the great qualities of the
previous generation Pro V1x with improved feel around the greens, which is
exceptional. It even goes a little further for me off the tee.”
Hunter Mahan: “The new ball feels great. It has the performance and flight
characteristics I’m looking for with all my full shots, and I’ve picked up more
spin on my 30-40 yard pitch shots. Overall, I’m getting better performance into
and around the greens, and still have the flight, trajectory and control I need
on full shots.”
Bill Haas: “The first time I tried the new Pro V1x I immediately noticed a
softer feel with my irons and wedges. The softer feel provides me slightly more
spin around the greens and gives me the added confidence that I can get the ball
to stop the way I need it to. For me, more confidence leads to better scoring. I
still get the long game performance I need as well with the proper amount of
spin and control.”
Charley Hoffman: “I put the new Pro V1x in play immediately after my first day
of testing. It has all the great characteristics of the 2013 model off the
driver and irons with a slightly softer feel around the greens. It’s extremely
hot off the driver with the feel of the Pro V1 around the greens. When I won at
Mayakoba, the new ball stood up to all the tests. It performed great in the rain
on Saturday and unbelievable in the wind on Sunday.”
Marc Leishman: “The new ball still has the firm, solid feel and penetrating
flight off the tee, but is noticeably softer and spins more with half shots and
chip shots. I feel like I’m getting the best of both worlds - long off the tee
and workable around the greens.”
Padraig Harrington: “I used the new ProV1x for the first time during my victory
in the Bank BRI Indonesia Open. After some testing on the practice days, I put
the ball straight into play and found it to be a seamless switch. I loved the
feel and felt that the ball was spinning a little more around the greens, whilst
being just as long off the tee. In fact the last time I switched to a new
version of the Pro V1x ball (during the 2011 tour seeding process) I also won in
Asia the first week out.”
Ian Poulter: “The new Pro V1x gives me a softer feel and better performance
around the greens. I’m able to execute all the shots and the ball feels great. I
also picked up some ball speed with the driver during testing, so I’m getting a
little more out of it off the tee.”
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY: The new 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls will be
available in golf shops beginning Jan. 30, 2015, with a suggested retail price
of (RRP: 459 NOK).
PLAY NUMBERS: 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are available in both standard
and custom play numbers. Standard dozens include play numbers 1-4 (low) and 5-8
(high). Double-digit play numbers (00 and 11-99), or the same single-digit
number (1-9), are available through custom order with a minimum order of one
dozen. Golfers interested in custom play numbers should contact their local
Titleist golf shop for pricing and availability.
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