Equipment
Titleist launches Pro V1 Left Dot in latest limited-run CPO offering
Launching today on Titleist.com, Titleist’s Pro V1 Left Dot is the Fairhaven-based company’s latest instance of a Custom Performance Option (CPO) coming to retail — albeit in an extremely limited fashion.
While Titleist acknowledges the hype surrounding a “tour only” product coming to retail means a lightning-quick sellout, moving golf balls isn’t really the objective here.
With the launch, Titleist is both testing the market and looking for customer input. Based on fitter feedback, tour staff, and elite amateur perspectives, the company knows there’s a market for Left Dot. They just don’t know how big it is or if a full-fledged “turn a Custom Performance Option into a standard performance option” move is warranted (ala Pro V1x Left Dash).

And while the company believes, for roughly 80 percent of golfers, Pro V1 or Pro V1x is the appropriate ball, it wants to have a Pro V1 product at retail for 100 percent of golfers.
As a refresher: CPO “models are designed to fit players with very distinct needs and preferences,” according to Jeremy Stone, Vice President, Titleist Golf Ball Marketing.
“They might launch in a slightly different window to fit a player’s eye, offer slightly more or less spin, or feel softer or firmer. CPO’s give us more tools in the toolbox to optimize and personalize performance for a small percentage of the hundreds of players we work with weekly on tour.”

Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot: The details
Left Dot has a small group of professional devotees, including Tony Finau, Daniel Berger, Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, and Keith Mitchell. Of the CPO Pro V1 products on tour (Left Dash, Left Dot, Star), Left Dot is the most widely played, with somewhere in the range of six to 12 players putting it in play at every PGA Tour event.
So, who is Left Dot for? According to Titleist, for the better golfer who generates plenty of clubhead speed, spin, and high initial launch but is looking to kill spin and flight the ball lower — and a player who is looking for more spin into and around the green than s/he gets with AVX but less than Pro V1.
- Spin will be most similar off the tee as the current Pro V1
- Most noticeably different (less spin) with full short irons.
- It is the lowest flying Titleist Pro V1 golf ball.
- Compared to the Titleist AVX, the Pro V1 Left Dot has similarly low spin and flight off the tee
- More spin with irons and wedges than AVX

Layer-by-layer view of the 2021 Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
Titleist indicates The Pro V1 Left Dot is the fifth most played golf ball on the PGA Tour this season (behind the 2021 Pro V1 and Pro V1x and 2019 Pro V1 and Pro V1x).
Left Dot is available today, September 1, and like Pro V1 and Pro V1x, retails for $49.99.

Equipment
Tour Edge unveils all-new Exotics mini driver
Tour Edge Golf has today introduced the all-new Exotics mini driver, engineered to deliver a powerful combination of speed, control, and versatility in the long game.
The Exotics Mini combines a titanium face with a stainless-steel body in design to balance ball speed with stability and control, creating a versatile option at the top end of the bag.

At the core of the design is Tour Edge’s proprietary Combo Brazing technology, a high-precision thermal bonding process that seamlessly fuses a titanium cup face to a stainless-steel body into a single, continuous structure. By eliminating energy loss found in traditional multi-piece constructions, Combo Brazing is designed to deliver faster face response, more efficient energy transfer, and a uniquely powerful yet controlled feel.

The multi-material construction also allows mass to be positioned lower and deeper in the head in a bid to increase stability, while the thin titanium face is engineered to maintain ball speed across a wider impact area.

“While the initial goal was to enhance control and versatility in the long game, Combo Brazing ultimately drove measurable gains in ball speed and distance within the mini driver category. In robot testing, we’ve documented higher ball speeds, higher launch, reduced spin, and increased carry and total distance compared to leading models.” – Vice President of R&D Matt Neeley

In addition to distance performance, the Exotics mini emphasizes forgiveness through a heavier stainless-steel body that shifts mass toward the perimeter. This configuration increases MOI relative to traditional all-titanium mini drivers, helping preserve ball speed and directional stability on off-center strikes. Paired with Pyramid Face Technology from the Exotics metalwood line, the design is intended to support consistent speed across the face.

To further enhance MOI, a lightweight carbon fiber crown frees additional mass that is strategically repositioned low and deep in the head in design to improve stability and promote optimal launch with controlled spin.

“We designed the Mini to be about five millimeters shallower than other mini drivers on the market. That change improves playability off the deck. From a clean fairway lie, it can function as a strong 3-wood alternative while still providing control off the tee.” – Tour Edge CEO David Glod
An adjustable hosel system allows for loft and lie tuning to dial in trajectory and shot shape, while a fixed 13-gram rear weight helps stabilize the head through impact to improve dispersion consistency. The Exotics Mini Driver is available in 11.5 and 13.5-degree lofts in right-handed models.

Pricing & Availability
The Exotics Mini Driver is available for pre-order beginning today for $399.99 USD at touredge.com, and will be available for purchase at retail outlets worldwide on May 22, 2026.
Equipment
Srixon ZXi combo or TaylorMade P7CB/770 combo? – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been pitting a Srixon ZXi combo against a TaylorMade P7CB/770 combo. WRXer ‘edutch22’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons and kicks off the thread saying:
“Looking at picking up a new set of irons and think I’ve narrowed it down to Srixon ZXi combo or Taylormade P7CB/770 combo. I am currently a 5 cap and allbeit I feel irons are my weakness. My miss is a little to the toe side. I am decently steep at 4-5 down. Always thought I am high spin but recently on trackman my 7 was spinning at 5800 roughly.
My question or looking for thoughts on which one would benefit me more from a forgiveness standpoint? Or is there another iron is should be looking at entirely? I only get to play about once or twice a week, if I am not playing a 2-3 day event. Thanks in advance.”
And our members have been sharing their thoughts and suggestions in response.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- manima1: “You just can’t go wrong with Srixon ZXi7.”
- MattM97: “You have to hit them to know, the V-Sole on the Srixon can be make or break for many.”
- dmeeksDC: “P7CB is more forgiving for me than ZXi7 because my main miss is low middle and the P7CB still flies and spins great on that miss. These are both really nice irons but I like the P7CB more than the Zxi7 and the P770 (or P790) more than the Zxi5. The Srixons are larger so if that gives you confidence that is the way to go. I don’t feel like I get any benefit from the V-sole and the P7CBs live up to their high Maltby forgiveness rating so the TaylorMades have been great for me.”
Entire Thread: “Srixon ZXi combo or TaylorMade P7CB/770 combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
Equipment
From the GolfWRX Classifieds: 2024 Wilson Staff CB/Blade combo
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @pianoman0123 has a 2024 Wilson Staff CB/Blade combo up for grabs.

From the listing: “2024 Wilson Staff CB/Blade Combo. 4-8 irons are CB’s and the 9,PW are Blades. 5-PW have Project X 6.0 Shafts and the 4 Iron has a Steelfiber CW110 Stiff Shaft. Standard Length, Lie and Lofts. These are in very good condition the shafts just don’t work for me. Like new Lamkin Grips on the 5-PW and a stock Golf Pride on the 4 Iron. $525 OBO.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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William Miller
Sep 30, 2021 at 11:12 pm
I think the left dash and left dot is a genius marketing tool. They are expanding a brand name as Chip said, is a juggernaut. Now you have 4 versions of ProV1’s to choose from.
ProjectX
Sep 2, 2021 at 4:25 pm
You’d think the marketing department could come up with a better naming convention than dots and dashes.
chip75
Sep 2, 2021 at 9:56 pm
I think they’re kept simple as they generally don’t have to make too many of them and they’re around the same ballpark as the Pro V1, so Left Dash, Right Star and Dot suffices as names. If they turned into something like an AVX they’d get a more marketable name. Although Pro V1 as a brand is a juggernaut.