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Hi, Steven Franchi here I have been playing the great game of golf for over 42 years now and my handicap is 4.

Reading a very interesting article about golf balls the other day in a magazine called Bunkered, it got me wondering how many golfers are using the correct ball to suit them. 
The article is on pages (142-146) and titled Ball Fitting, “It’s all about common sense”. My view on this golf ball is that there are far far to many golfers out there in the mid to high h/c bracket using the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball and as this is also the most expensive golf ball on the market today and they maybe wasting a lot of money.
This golf ball was designed for very low h/c golfers and pro’s to help enhance their natural abilities to play this great game.

 Most golfers will not be aware that you need at least a club head speed of 105 mph at impact to compress this type of golf ball to get the optimum advantages of the Pro V1 golf ball.
The same goes for all three-piece, four-piece and five-piece golf balls on the market today.
It is well worth going to somewhere like American golf, Navada Bob’s or your local pro and getting them to tell you what club head speed you as a player generates at impact of the golf ball.

If you are one of the players I mentioned above and you are using the Titleist Pro V1 not only will you be losing many yards from the tee with your new expensive driver but you will also be losing distance with all of your irons too.
As this article states its well worth spending half an hour with a pro and finding out what club head speed you as an individual play produces, it could save you a fortune in golf balls.
Its like a minefield out there with the amout of different golf balls on the market today, but with a littel help from your pro it won’t take long to find the correct golf ball for your own game.

One last thing ,there are many two piece distance golf balls on the market today that will give you the extra distance you are looking for but will also give you the soft feel of the Titleist Pro V1 on and around the greens at a fraction of the cost. 
Please feel free to add you comments back to me about this article and let me know how you get on with using a different golf ball if you decide to change.