Spotted on tour… New Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x for 2023!

The new Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x 2023 models have recently appeared on tour

We take a first look at the new Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x 2023 models…

The Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are the most widely used balls on tour, with 72 per cent of players across the PGA Tour and major worldwide tours putting them in play. The percentages are even higher at golf’s biggest amateur events.

Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls were also used by the winners of all four men’s major championships in 2022: Scottie Scheffler (Pro V1), Justin Thomas (Pro V1x), Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) and Cameron Smith (Pro V1x).

The Pro V1 and Pro V1x are also the most popular golf ball choice among club golfers, so it’s big news when a new model is spotted.

The new 2023 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls made their PGA Tour debut last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

That first appearance came a week earlier than expected, as both balls had been due to make their debut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.

However, in the days leading up to last week’s Sanderson Farms, Titleist tour reps received multiple requests from Garrick Higgo, M.J. Daffue, and Gary Woodland, each of whom had done extensive testing during the prototyping process, asking to put the new balls in play as soon as possible.

The final Pro V1 and Pro V1x prototypes, manufactured at Titleist Ball Plant 3 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, were delivered overnight and arrived Tuesday morning at The Country Club of Jackson in Titleist’s white box prototype packaging.

On Thursday, Higgo (Pro V1), Daffue (Pro V1x) and Woodland (Pro V1x) became the first three players to use the 2023 models in competition.

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Four holes into his first round, Daffue’s new Pro V1x rolled into the hole at the 182-yard par-3 4th for an ace.

Playing his new 2023 Pro V1, Higgo led the field in birdies (24), closing in 4-under 68 on Sunday to finish one shot out of the playoff.

Not a bad first week for the new balls!

Gathering feedback from the game’s best players through every stage of the R&D process and earning their validation under the pressure of competition are critical elements in the development of all high-performance Titleist golf balls and equipment.

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What the tour pros say about the new Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x

Jordan Spieth

“The Pro V1 and ProV1x, as a whole, are the best balls in golf, so it’s hard to say, ‘How are you going to possibly make that ball better when it’s already the best?’

I believe when you think of anything being the best, you’re really going against yourself. You’re trying to beat your former self versus worrying about the competition. And I think Titleist does that. They continue to push being the best and continuing to stay No. 1, and that’s a really difficult thing to do.”

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Scottie Scheffler

“First thing I’ll always do is take them to the short game area. For me, that’s always the most important.

From there I’ll go to the range and just look at numbers, carry, stuff like that. I’ll then go out on the course and just start hitting shots. So same thing I do in the short game area, have a few of my [old] ball, have a few of the new ball and just try and hit the same shot and see how the ball reacts, see what it does in the wind and just go from there.

One shot that I’m always practicing is when I take some off of it. I need to see that it’s still the same [distance] gaps between my full shot and when I’m taking some off of it.

When I’m practicing on the driving range, if I have a little mishit or if a shot doesn’t feel right…I usually have a really good feel for how far it actually carried. If my stock wedge is 140 and I’m trying to hit at 135, and maybe I catch a little bit off and I’m like, ‘man that really feels like 132,’ if it goes that distance, that’s really important to me. And that gives me a lot of faith in what that golf ball’s going to do.”

What is the release date for the 2023 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x?

The balls are still in the prototype phase, being tested by tour pros and elite amateurs. We’re still waiting for detailed information about the new balls and a release date but January 2023 looks most likely.

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