Kris F

Hi, everyone at team titleist and my question this time is does everyone play the same ball for winter as all year round.

Here in the UK (Where i live) we have a lot of 'winter' days also i'm 14 and shoot in the 70's and currently getting my hcp cut forget what i have said on the other posts friends altering it for a joke however more to the point now and i play a pro v1x and in the winter rounds i normally play the same ball because i don't lose them it isn't a massive issue however last year i got given a free sleeve of dt solo's in winter time and played them and played fairly well, i did try them not so long ago in february (When the greens had got firmer) hoping that they would work to save cash but they didn't not noticeable in winter but straight away now i know that the pro v1x fits my game, my question to you is that do you play the same ball all year round or in winter do you switch maybe for a lower compression or something different sorry for make a story out of it here.

Thanks everyone for being a team titleist player and looking forward to reading your responses :-)

Back in the golden days of Golf, there were 3 types of Titleist balls  - 100 compression (black letters and numbers), 90 compression (black letters and red numbers) and 80 compression (red letters and numbers).  These were the ones with wound cores.  I caddied at the St C Country Club in 1972 (how ironic - I was 14 at the time) and noticed some of the men would switch to the 80 compression balls in winter.   

Hi Kris,

Our R&D team provided us with some insight on this topic a while back. Here is what they had to say on the effect temperature has on golf ball performance:

“Will temperature effect either of these golf balls in different ways?”

R&D: If you are playing with cold golf balls you’ll see distance loss. We recommend playing with room temperature golf balls. However, the other factors that typically accompany cold-weather golf (i.e. wearing more layers, frozen ground, wind, etc.) might have a bigger impact on a golfer’s overall performance.

Check out this link to see all of the other topics they covered: http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2011/03/29/titleist-golf-ball-r-amp-d-team-answers-your-questions.aspx

Hopefully this helps answer your question.

Cheers,
Mike 

Ok thanks lou and mike for that info and i will maybe play a yellow nxt tour s in winter now proberly from my birthday onwards (late november) because i always play 9 holes everyday after school to prepare for saturday and sundays compatition which i will use nxt tour s white and give up playing my pro v1x's until winter goes for the next month or 2 i will stick to my pro v1x's which have been great and wait until the new models come out as i still have 4 dozen of them left but will trade 2 dozen for the nxt tour s yellow and white 1 final question will you be realsising a new model of the pro v1 and pro v1x's in 2013 and when can i expect them to arrive in the uk.

Thanks once again for the help.

Kris   

Mike D., Team Titleist Manager

Hi Kris,

Our R&D team provided us with some insight on this topic a while back. Here is what they had to say on the effect temperature has on golf ball performance:

“Will temperature effect either of these golf balls in different ways?”

R&D: If you are playing with cold golf balls you’ll see distance loss. We recommend playing with room temperature golf balls. However, the other factors that typically accompany cold-weather golf (i.e. wearing more layers, frozen ground, wind, etc.) might have a bigger impact on a golfer’s overall performance.

Check out this link to see all of the other topics they covered: http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2011/03/29/titleist-golf-ball-r-amp-d-team-answers-your-questions.aspx

Hopefully this helps answer your question.

Cheers,
Mike 

In San Diego, one can play golf all year around but the temperature during the night dips down into the 30s (0* C) - there is one course where people can play with a little bit of frost and I play 1 club stronger until it warms up and I use my lob wedge more because the greens are hard.

Thanks for the link Kris.  I was on here looking for an answer to the same question, but the answer from the R&D team did not help me (with all due respect).

Recently Titleist has focused on educating players about the fact that compression should not really be a (major) consideration when choosing a ball.  I understand and agree with the logic to an extent, but hopefully you (or they) can clarify something for me:

My driver SS is right around 100mph.  I may get a little above that, but I doubt I ever exceed 105mph. I still get noticably more driver distance from the ProV1x than I do from the ProV1 (which supports Titleists claim).  Where I'm confused is with this cold weather question/response.  If it's cold outside, all else being equal, I would expect to see driver distance loss with both balls (noted above), but shouldn't I still hit the ProV1x farther than the ProV1?  A related question is why would it be better to use room temperature balls?  My guess is because they will compress better when struck with the club, and help to minimize distance loss.  If that is the case, then I would think that compression is an important factor in cold weather golf ball selection, and perhaps it would be a good idea to switch to the ProV1 when it gets colder out if I want to minimize distance loss on my drives/full shots.

That being said, I know that it's more important to focus on short game performance when selecting a ball, but I'm playing in a championship match on Saturday at my club, and it's not supposed to get above 60* for the first time this season.  I'm concerned about the impact of the weather (temperature) on the balls performance.

In colder weather I usally play one club longer to make up for lower swing speed due to more clothing. I also try to keep the ball warm by holding it in my fist as much as I can and keeping the spare in a pocket against my body to keep it warm.

I have also found heating pads for golf balls (like the type of pads you put in gloves and boots) that you shake and squeeze to activate to keep a golf ball warm for better flight and control.