Your golf ball is the only piece of equipment you hit on every shot, but how much do you think about with model you are putting in play?
It can be very easy to end up playing a product simply because it is the one you have always gamed, but perhaps there is another model that would more optimally suit your game. I put three of Titleist’s less-used models head to head to see what performance benefits they provide.
Titleist Velocity vs TruFeel vs AVX: NCG Verdict
This trio has a lot of options when it comes to switching up the look of your golf ball. The Titleist AVX is available in white and yellow and has the classic arrowed logo for alignment.
The Titleist TruFeel has its signature red numbering and writing, as well as a block surrounding the logo to help with alignment.
My favourite side stamp came from the Velocity. The thicker black logo felt like I already had a sharpie line drawn on my ball. This was great for alignment when putting.
The Titleist Velocity is also throwing some new interesting matte colours at us this year: orange, green and blue which is fun and different. So if you like a brightly coloured golf ball, this could be right up your street.
The Titleist AVX feels the softest at impact. This is closely followed by the TruFeel and then finally the Velocity.
The Titleist AVX and the Titleist TruFeel have similar softness, which is excellent for control around the greens. Contrastingly, the Titleist Velocity golf balls feel much harder at impact but have great spring off the face, which is great for gaining distance but not so great for short game shots.
I saw the most distance gains when using the Titleist Velocity. On average, it carried 17 yards further than the AVX and 3 yards further than the TruFeel. My longest shots carried 227 yards, 15 yards longer than I got out of the TruFeel and 23 yards longer than my longest shot with the AVX.
