{"id":352,"date":"2011-05-16T21:07:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T21:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaystuller.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2011-05-16T21:07:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T21:07:21","slug":"spinning-with-the-guys-from-the-titleist-ball-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jaystuller\/golf\/equipment\/352\/spinning-with-the-guys-from-the-titleist-ball-truck","title":{"rendered":"Spinning With The Guys From The Titleist Ball Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Titleist golf ball truck rolled into the Marin Country Club last weekend, with a full dance card of 15-minute appointments set up by Head Pro Shawn McEntee.\u00a0 The Titleist Mobil Fitting Team put up their tent, hooked up a TrackMan launch monitor and instead of the limited flight balls we usually hit on the range, tossed out some Pro Vs to smack.\u00a0 The idea was to find out which of the company\u2019s five balls is best suited to a player\u2019s game, and of course get them hooked on Titleist.<\/p>\n

Other ball-makers are doing the same thing,most notably Bridgestone.\u00a0 But with its mobile program, Titleist is taking the ball fitting in the personal realm that\u2019s now customary with most clubs.\u00a0 Ball Fitter Bert Roy explained that the company fits players \u201cfrom the green back to the fairway and finally the tee,\u201d since the most important scoring shots are usually hit with a wedge.\u00a0 Since I figure I have to settle for lagging it close on any putt longer than three feet, using a ball that more often gets me to kick-in distance would be a definite plus.<\/p>\n

So, Roy starts you out with a wedge and asks you to hit a typical half-shot to a flag about 50 yards out.\u00a0 Since I tend to bring them in high, it\u2019s clear I don\u2019t need a ball that imparts more spin, as opposed to a player who prefers to make them hop and stop.\u00a0 We then looked at the spin rate on a six-iron and my driver. \u00a0Roy points out that all of the Titleist balls are relatively equal in distance, with about four to five yards separating the shortest from the longest, so getting more juice isn’t part of this exercise. But since my drives were fairly straight and had a good launch angle, we wanted a ball with relatively less spin here too.\u00a0 And that was the Pro V1X.<\/p>\n

Of course I wouldn\u2019t need the less expensive NXT.<\/p>\n

In any event, Roy made the point that one should use the same ball all of the time, so that you get the idea of how it performs in real life, so that you can execute the same scoring shot over and over.\u00a0 I made the point that I probably wouldn\u2019t be using a new Pro V1X on a forced carry over a pond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do,\u201d said Roy.<\/p>\n

Yeah, but he probably gets his balls for free.<\/p>\n

Anyway, as a reward for getting fitted, the Titleist boys gave me a couple of Pro V1s and Pro V1Xs, and an on-course evaluation scorecard that I could use to make a comparison.\u00a0 If I can just keep them out of Marin\u2019s ponds, I\u2019ll see if Roy\u2019s recommendation holds up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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