TITLEIST TOUR SPEED

‘THE TOUR SPEED PROMISES SPEED, DISTANCE AND PRECISE SHORTGAME CONTROL – FOR US THOUGH, IT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING’

After watching others move into the space, Titleist entered the arena with the Tour Speed in 2021. Titleist insist it delivers category-leading speed, distance and precise short-game control. Unlike the competition, the Tour Speed has a thermoplastic urethane cover, which isn’t the same as the Pro V1. Expect a penetrating ball flight in the long game, along with a soft feel across the bag.

TG SAYS… It’s really important not to see the Tour Speed as a cheaper Pro V1, as the pair don’t have urethane covers (unlike a lot of the competition). If it’s a softer feeling Pro V1 you’re after (the Pro V1 has a compression around 90, and the AVX and Tour Speed is 15-20 points softer) then you really should be looking at the AVX, but remember this ball gives a lower, more penetrating ball flight, which is not optimal for lots of club golfers. Titleist say the Tour Speed is for golfers who put an emphasis on speed and distance, yet it wasn’t our fastest or longest with a driver (20 yards back from our longest) or 7-iron (five yards back from our longest). As nice as the Tour Speed felt with a wedge, there’s no covering up how our data supports exactly what Titleist say, which is that you can expect high wedge spin from the Pro V1 but just mid spin from the Tour Speed. For us that meant 625rpm less stopping power than a Pro V1 and 16% less than our top spinning model, the Wilson Triad. For us at least, that means the Tour Speed was a tad disappointing.