Titleist Pro V1X Vs. Titleist Tour Soft Golf Balls Comparison Overview

For some people (ourselves included) a real deal breaker when it comes to golf balls is cover material. We personally favor balls with urethane covers 9 times out of 10.

There are some composite materials that come close but in our humble opinion, there’s no mistaking the feel of pure urethane.

Urethane is super-thin, soft and responsive. But we are always open to having our minds changed. That’s why we went out and tested a tour-grade urethane ball next to a premium grade composite cover material.

Titleist Pro V1X Golf Balls Overview

The Titleist Pro V1X sport a thin urethane cover and have become darlings on the PGA Tour for good reason.

Mainly because they perform from tee to pin. It should be noted that you will need a fast swing speed from the tee as these balls have a compression rating in the high 90’s.

But when you pure these balls, there is no mistaking the soft feedback you get from the urethane cover.

While the cover material may not make much difference on the tee; it makes a world of difference off the deck and on the green.

We really like how well these balls respond to your most subtle swing nuances whether you’re attacking an approach from 150 yards out or chipping it in.

The long-game spin rates of these balls is also incredibly low while you get moderate spin around the green.

Titleist Tour Soft Golf Balls Overview

The Tour Soft balls combine an exceptionally large core with a soft cover material that almost plays as well as urethane.

We gotta hand it to Titleist for these balls. The composite ionomer cover mimics the feel and responsiveness of urethane very well.

From the tee, these balls have a soft feel and will work better for slower swing speed players with their compression rating of 65.

We were noticing a decent amount of spin whether we wanted it or not off the deck though. The side spin was really hard to check with these balls so distance was a bit compromised with our irons and hybrids.

The Tour Soft balls also performed comparably to the Titleist Pro V1X’s on the green; perhaps even better in fact. Still, the control you get on long and short shots from the fairway with the Titleist Pro V1X’s cannot be denied. The Tour Soft balls come close; but don’t quite get there.