Prov1 (2023) vs Left Dot

[Tsecor]

Has anyone compared the two balls on course or in a booth or on a monitor?

The reason i ask is this; Titleist has claimed the new Prov1 has "incorporated technology from the left dot" into the new Prov1 which has led to some pros switching to the new prov1 away from the left dot. 

I played both this weekend and to me, the balls are very different for my game.

Similarities - the prov1 name

Differences - Paint color, dimple pattern (including depth and # of dimples), feel, launch and trajectory (visual), distance, short game feel and performance. 

I am trying to understand why the left dot is not added to the lineup given the differences in performance. It fits perfectly in the lineup between the V1 and the V1x. 

 

Regardless of the TECHNOLOGY put into the V1, my on course analysis is these balls play very differently from each other.  I love the left dot and previous to playing this i was a V1 user for years.....

really hoping the Left Dot has another release and eventually comes to retail. 

[Doodlebug]

Not positive, but I thought it was the left dash (not dot) performance characteristics that were incorporated into the 2023 ProV1

[GregGarner]

On 7/18/2023 at 8:50 AM, Tsecor said:

I am trying to understand why the left dot is not added to the lineup given the differences in performance. It fits perfectly in the lineup between the V1 and the V1x.

The original goal of the Left Dot was to lower both launch and spin from the standard ProV1 and feel a couple points firmer. In theory, this would put it between ProV1 and AVX for performance characteristics and between ProV1 and ProV1x for feel. More ball speed + lower spin at Tour-level swings = bombs. Could explain why Finau liked it so much. (He played the new ProV1 for a bit to start the year, but has since switched back to Left Dot.)