2024 Titleist AVX vs. 2023 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x 

Sounds like a match made in heaven. Enjoy - DD

Interesting question .... the first and most obvious thing is the price. The TM Tour Response is $42.99 per dozen, and the AVX is going to be about $50. The Tour Response has a compression around 70, while the AVX is about 80. The AVX's urethane cover is thicker, which means it feels softer than the previous AVX, even though the overall compression hasn't changed. So, with higher compression, I suspect most golfers will get a little more green side spin with an AVX than a Tour Response, but every player's experience could be a little different. - DD

On a links course, a low-spin, low-launch ball can be fantastic. - DD

It's a little tricky as both boxes are green-toned, but the 2022 AVX box has a large, purple ">" shape pointing to the right side of the box, while the 2024 AVX has no purple arrow shape. If you have a question, ask at the pro shop. - DD

The Line on the balls are different. The new 2024 AVX has the triple line on the ball. The previous gen has just 1

Thanks for the comment. Based on what you wrote, if you want to remain the Titleist stable, I would recommend getting a sleeve of the AVX and a sleeve of the Velocity. They are very different balls and have different price points too. Both will have low spin off the tee, but AVX will give you more spin around the green because it has a urethane cover, while the Velocity has an ionomer cover. That said, Velocity will probably cost about $15 less per dozen. Let me know how it goes. - DD

@@DavidDusek thank you I will try these out. Any thoughts on the Pro V1x Left Dash. Also, any other suggestions would be welcome doesn't have to be Titleist. Thanks

Tour Speed uses a different, less-expensive urethane cover than AVX, Pro V1 and Pro V1x, which is why those three balls will have more greenside spin than Tour Speed. And a higher price. - DD

Tour Speed is discontinued

If you don't mind me asking, do you mean balata from when the Titleist was a wound rubber ball or a later balata, 3 piece golf ball? I have played since 1969, I miss the "old" balata ball, especially chipping and putting, but also the feel with a full driver.

I've been playing the 1x and avx for about 2 yrs and I don't get a balata feeling from either one. I will say that I do really like the avx though, and I'm looking forward to trying the 24 version tomorrow.

@@dalewier9735 I only used balata from 93 onwards until they stopped being made, as 93 was when I started golf and my handicap was around 5 after 6 months so I started using good balls. I mean it feels a bit elastic kind of balata, like the way the Titleist Tour balata did from the mid 90s. Only Titleist balata balls I used was the Tour balata, and the one before it briefly from 93 and before, which just had "Tour 100" or "Tour 90" on it. I remember finding a couple of "Pro Traj" Titleist balata back then that I used too, I think they were from the 80s. I always found all Pro V1 balls too hard feeling, although they are fine. I miss balata too, especially around the green and on pitch shots. The AVX is definitely softer feeling than all Pro V1 versions and spins as much or more, so Ive started using it.

@@paulthrossell7999 thank you, as it sounds like we had similar games. I started playing in 1969 at 9, playing better softer spinning balls as I played tournament golf in high school and college. Ben Hogan WAS a really soft (but not over compressed) like a wound Titleist in the 70s and 80s. Today I can't spin the ProV1 like I used to and want a little softer ball unless it's above 90°.

@@dalewier9735 cool, I started playing at 14 in 93, balata balls were not really known by the average golfer then, they were not promoted, it was all about distance balls then. I couldnt believe it when stopped making balata balls around 2000 or 2001. I always found the Titleist Professional ball from late 90s awful, felt soft but didnt spin like balata, it was a wound urethane covered ball, not balata. Im Australian but got a golf scholarship to play in New Mexico at college in usa in 2000, my favourite ball then was the Maxfli Revolution, but the college gave us Titleist Professional balls to use. The Titleist AVX feels a bit like the Maxfli Revolution, soft like that. One of the softest balata balls from the 90s was the Slazenger 420 Interlok balata, but was pretty rare compared to Titleist, Rextar and Maxfli. I have a bad back these days so only swing about 70 percent effort of what I can do, so I have about 100 mph clubhead speed now, so probably need a bit of a lower compression ball. I also dont play much, I played Pebble Beach for the first time last year and had 72 using a Prov1, I didnt know about AVX then.

Jonas, I need to see your launch condition numbers to be able to definitively know why AVX is a longer ball for you than the others you mentioned. That said, low-spin balls are not just good at reducing backspin, but sidespin as well. It might be that you hit the low-spin AVX with less overall spin, including less sidespin, so your shots fly straighter, and therefore you don't lose distance to curvature. Regardless, if you have tested all those balls on the course and found the one that performs best for you ... you're ahead of most golfers. - DD

Isn't it also a low flight ball which I guess doesn't help slower swing speeds

@@paulmcgee1867 Yes, it is a lower flight ball, but with a slow swing speed I can’t see the difference compared to ProV1 or Pro V1x. But compared to TaylorMade Tour Response it is lower, despite that a longer ball.

It compares more to the Callaway ERC , which is a great option too.

Golf ball performance is amazingly subjective. What is soft to one player is not soft to another. Spin can be measured, and launch angle can be measured. Ball speed can be measured, but "soft" is in the hands and ears of the player. The 2024 AVX has the same compression as the previous model, but the cover is thicker. That's where the added greenside spin comes from. - DD

@@DavidDusekI hope you're right because I just bought 4 doz! lol

What’s the point, duffer deluxe?

The AVX uses a higher-grade urethane material in its cover and has a newer dimple pattern that should make it hold its line more effectively in the wind than the discontinued Tour Speed. - DD

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