It’s celebrating 25 years as the number one ball in golf, but as the Titleist Pro V1 2025 is released, is it still getting better?
It was way back in October 2000 when Billy Andrade, along with 47 other players, decided to use the Pro V1 in the first week it was available. Andrade won that week at the Invensys Classic, and Titleist haven’t looked back since.
These days Titleist still have 70% of PGA Tour players, 76% of LPGA Tour players and 74% of DP World Tour players using their golf balls.
It’s fair to say that new Pro V1 and Pro V1x models don’t often tend to change much. However this time around we are seeing some new alignment options, and Titleist are promising more speed off the tee, control with irons and spin with wedges.
Let’s see if they can deliver…
Who Is It Aimed At?
Lots of you will already be familiar with the difference between Pro V1 and Pro V1x, but here’s a quick reminder.
The Pro V1 is aimed at golfers who want a lower ball flight with lower spin and a softer feel. The Pro V1x has a firmer feel, and more spin with a little higher launch.
With a price tag of £52 per dozen, they are best used by serious golfers who want the best performance, and don’t mind paying for it!
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The Tech
The new Pro V1 features a faster high gradient core. Reworking this core allowed Titleist’s engineers to steepen the ‘spin slope’ of the ball. This essentially means that more speed is produced, whilst keeping spin lower off the tee and higher with the scoring clubs.
It has a spherically tiled, 388 tetrahedral dimple design to optimise distance and provide more of a penetrating ball flight.
Both the Pro V1 and Pro V1x have a high-flex casing layer. This is said to encourage lower long game spin, giving you more distance off the tee.
This combines with a soft Urethane Elastomer Cover, providing high levels of greenside spin.
New for the 2025 ball is an option for Enhanced Alignment. This is an alignment aid which is designed to promote more precision and accuracy on putts. It measures more than 65% longer than the standard Pro V1 sidestamp.
Titleist Pro V1 2025 Golf Ball Review
Looks and Feel
Overall the new Pro V1 looks like a classic Titleist golf ball. But as someone who uses the TaylorMade TP5x Pix, I’m really pleased to see the new alignment options.
This makes a nice chance because Titleist are usually pretty traditional with these things. They won’t add anything to the golf ball unless there is a performance benefit.
This is why you won’t see any patterns or prints on there, but the new design is meant to help golfers who are looking to improve their alignment and start line on the greens.
I started off hitting some chips around the green, as Titleist recommended me to. The Pro V1 immediately felt very soft.
The performance characteristics between Pro V1 and TP5x are similar, but the feel is different. The Pro V1 is much softer than the TaylorMade ball, which did feel nice off the face on the shorter shots.
I thought it felt softer than the 2023 Pro V1 too, although the blind test didn’t quite back that up – more on that later…
The Pro V1x is a bit of a firmer feel with a more clicky sound at impact. Compared to the previous model, both balls were pretty similar, although this is probably what most Titleist players will want.
If you’re used to using a certain ball, you’re going to want the feel to remain the same as that will help you to trust the performance.
Performance
Titleist are claiming that you are going to see a bit more ball speed and distance from the 2025 model and on the GCQuad we did see some differences in certain areas.
There was only a 0.5mph ball speed increase from 2023 to 2025 between wedges, irons and driver. With the wedges I did see more spin with new ball, whilst there was also around 300rpm less spin with the driver.
This produced an increase in driver carry, with a whopping six yards more distance which was really impressive!
The ball performed as Titleist claimed and I enjoyed using it on the course. I didn’t notice a huge amount of difference in terms of feel and ball flight, apart from perhaps the driver where the flight seemed a little lower.
Testing at West Cliffs Resort, I set up a blind test between the 2025 and 2023 Pro V1 models. I hit four tee shots, two with each ball, without knowing which was which. I only guessed two of the four shots correctly. It may not be the most scientific, but it proves that it’s pretty difficult to tell them apart!
The differences really came from the numbers on the GCQuad rather than really seeing anything out on the course, but the launch monitor data was all positive. It’s nice to see that it was able to back up some of the claims that Titleist have made this year.
Titleist Pro V1 2025 Golf Ball Verdict
Titleist are claiming that, 25 years down the line, they’re still making improvements to their number one ball. From my testing I did see that this was true, so you have to applaud them for that.
The price has increased from £50 to £52 and when you go into a Pro Shop you don’t get a choice over which year’s ball you get to play – you just have to accept the price increase.
I found that the feel of the ball is very similar to in previous years, but the Foresight data showed that performance had improved. There was a bit more carry at the top end of the bag and the spin had also improved too.
Price increases are never much fun, but at least Titleist can justify it with better performance. When it comes to premium golf balls, they’re still right at the top of the pile.
Would I Use It?
On performance yes, however I like the alignment and pattern of the Pix balls so I am going to keep using those for the time being!
