Mark your calendars, because here we go again.
For a limited time, which is probably until they sell out (so maybe 37 minutes), Titleist is offering a limited run of the Pro V1 Left Dot golf ball.
For those of you just learning about Left Dot today, I want to first be clear that Pro V1 Left Dot is different from Pro V1x Left Dash. It’s also different from the double-dot Pro V1x that Cam Young played on his way to winning the Wyndham Championship.
Left Dot is Left Dot, a lower-flying, lower-spinning CPO (custom performance option) version of the Pro V1. However, that statement isn’t without nuance.
Left Dot evolves by staying the same
Titleist last made Left Dot available to everyday golfers in September 2021. That was two generations removed from the current Pro V1. My point in sharing that is that while the general relationship between Left Dot and the stock Pro V1 still holds, golfers will likely find Left Dot a bit more similar to the retail Pro V1 than it was in 2021.
Much like golf clubs, golf balls change over time as player needs evolve and technology advances. While the 2025 Pro V1 is a bit higher spinning than the 2023 ball, over the years, Titleist has taken spin out of Pro V1 and reformulated its cores. No small part of the recent evolution of Titleist’s flagship golf ball is attributable to lessons learned through Left Dot.
According to Titleist, the original Left Dot was developed for Tour players seeking the soft feel of the Pro V1 but who wanted lower flight and spin reduction in the long game.
To achieve the desired performance, Titleist designed Left Dot with a high-gradient core. My favorite analogy to help golfers understand what that means is a chocolate lava cake. While I’m not suggesting Left Dot has a liquid chocolate center (though that would be amazing … and delicious), the core is softest in the middle and gets progressively firmer as you move towards the outside.
The benefit of a graduated core is that it steepens the spin slope, which is a technical way of saying it gives you greater spin differentiation from driver to wedges. It allows a ball that produces a lot of spin in the short game to offer significant spin reduction off the driver and long irons.
Lessons learned from Left Dot have trickled into the mainstream. The 2023 and 2025 versions of both Pro V1 and Pro V1x have featured graduated core designs.
You can thank Left Dot for that.
Still in play
With the 2023 ball, in particular, Titleist brought Pro V1 performance closer to Left Dot but there remains a contingent of players loyal to the lower flight and spin of Dot.
Tony Finau has won five times with Left Dot. Tom Hoge, Justin Rose and Jake Knapp have also won with Left Dot.
Roughly six percent of Titleist golf ball use on the PGA Tour in 2025 has been Left Dot.
A more interesting footnote for the non-Tour players among us: since the beginning of the year, three percent of Titleist’s tour-level fittings (the premium fitting experience available to everyday golfers) have landed on Left Dot.
The worthwhile detail in that is that if Titleist fits you into Pro V1 Left Dot, they will make it available to you. And while three percent isn’t a huge segment of the population, it’s significantly better than your chances of winning the lottery … and potentially nearly as lucrative.
The Left Dot market
Frankly, I’m not sure if the release of Left Dot is going to bottom the market or reinvigorate it, but it’s going to be fun to watch. While the buzz around Left Dot has died considerably since the 2021 drop, eBay prices remain high. Individual balls have sold recently for as much as $30 and while occasionally a dozen will sell for only $100, $225 for a single dozen isn’t uncommon. You can file that under “there’s a sucker born every minute.”
Bruh. Insanity.
With Left Dot returning to the market for a limited encore appearance, golfers will need to decide whether to play ’em or flip ’em.
It’s not an easy choice. Do you risk chunking a $30 golf ball into the pond on 16 or do you sell it to some other jabroni and use the proceeds to buy two sleeves of stock Pro V1s and a hot dog?
Pricing and availability
Pro V1 Left Dot will be available through Titleist.com and select online retailers (U.S. and Canada only) Sept. 23 with a limit of two dozen per customer.
Just like the first time around, don’t expect these to stick around long.
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