New Titleist Pro V1 & Pro V1x balls seeded in Dubai

Tour players - including Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter - recieved their 'white boxes' contaning Titleist's new Pro V1 and Pro V1x prototype golf balls ahead of the European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai

Luke Donald

There was added excitement for Titleist golf ball loyalists before the start of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, with the official seeding of the new Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x prototype golf balls taking place.

The new balls were utilised by Pro V1x loyalist Luke Donald and Titleist Ambassador Adam Scott in their respective victories a fortnight ago, and 'white boxes' containing the prototype balls were seeded in players' lockers at Jumeirah Golf Estates last week.

World number two Luke Donald - coming straight off victory in Japan - was one of the first to offer feedback on the Titleist Pro V1x prototype to Jonathan Loosemore, Titleist's Director of Leadership.

His victory at the Dunlop Phoenix Open made him the first player across all the worldwide professional tours to win with the new Titleist Pro V1x prototype golf ball.

Before the start of the DP World Tour Championship - comprised of the top 60 in the Race to Dubai standings - Ian Poulter, Louis Oosthuizen and Michael Hoey were among other Titleist golf ball loyalists to receive 'white box' samples.

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Nick Bonfield
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Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x