Fleetwood Sees Impressive Rise After Pro V1x Switch

The Englishman has risen 84 spaces in the OWGR since switching to the Titleist Pro V1x ball

Fleetwood Sees Impressive Rise After Pro V1 Switch
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The Englishman has won twice and risen 84 spaces in the OWGR since switching to the Titleist Pro V1x ball

Fleetwood Sees Impressive Rise After Pro V1x Switch

After Nike announced that they would no longer make golf equipment last August, Tommy Fleetwood chose to play the Titleist Pro V1x ball and has seen an incredibly impressive rise up the Official World Golf Ranking since.

The Englishman has risen to 15th in the world, having won both the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the Open de France.

Related: Tommy Fleetwood: What's in the bag?

At the end of 2016, Fleetwood returned to the #1 ball in golf and immediately found victory in both January and July of this season.

Not only has Fleetwood picked up two trophies this season, he has had a flurry of top five finishes:

1st – Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

1st – HNA Open de France

2nd – WGC Mexico Championship

2nd – Shenzhen International

T3rd – UBS Hong Kong Open

4th – U.S. Open

Tommy Fleetwood's stats - 2016 vs 2017

European Tour

Driving Accuracy %

Fleetwood in 2017: 74.3% Ranked 10th on Tour

Fleetwood in 2016: 60.8% Ranked 77th on Tour

Greens In Regulation %

Fleetwood in 2017: 83.1% Ranked 3rd on Tour

Fleetwood in 2016: 74.1% Ranked 17th on Tour

End of 2016 world ranking: 99 W/C 3rd July world ranking: 15 (84 places) Won: Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, January 2017 and HNA Open de France, July 2017

Other Pro v1 success stories

Around 90-95% of players who were out of contract at the start of the season - or who had the choice following Nike's departure from the hardware market - that chose to put a Titleist ball into play found some interesting upturns in form.

Player: Kyle Stanley End of 2016: 258 W/C 3rd July: 58 (200 places) Won: Quicken Loans National, June 2017

Player: Dylan Frittelli End of 2016: 152 W/C 3rd July: 75 (77 places) Won: Lyoness Open, June 2017

Player: Pat Perez End of 2016: 118 W/C 3rd July: 43 (75 places) Won: OHL Classic at Mayakoba, November 2016

Player: Russell Henley End of 2016: 128 W/C 3rd July: 57 (71 places) Won: Shell Houston Open

  • Fleetwood x2, Perez, Henley, Stanley and Frittelli have all won since recently switching
  • Others who’ve won since recently switching include;

Graeme Storm – BMW SA Open, January 2017

Julian Suri – D+D REAL Czech Challenge, May 2017

U.S. Open Winner, June 2017 

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV