Playing his NEW 2025 Pro V1x golf ball, Justin Rose made an extraordinary Sunday charge at Augusta National, closing in 6-under 66 and forcing a playoff at the 89th Masters Tournament after starting the day seven shots back of the lead. Rose made 10 birdies during his final round, including six over his final eight holes. That included a birdie-birdie-birdie trip around Amen Corner, as well as a final birdie on the 72nd hole to reach 11 under for the week. 

Rose was one of 65 players this week at Augusta National gaming a Pro V1 or Pro V1x (68%), more than five times the nearest competitor. Seventy percent of all golf balls played this year on the PGA TOUR have been the #1 ball in golf. 

The Masters marked Justin Rose’s fourth start teeing up the NEW 2025 Pro V1x golf ball, having made the move to the new model after early-week testing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 

During a session on the range at Bay Hill, Rose, who had been playing a higher-spinning Pro V1x+ prototype, found more optimal spin numbers throughout the bag with ‘25 Pro V1x. He then brought it to the golf course, where he saw improved distance control and even better performance in the wind. 

This week at Augusta National, Rose led the field with 24 birdies, while finishing second in GIR (55 of 72, 76%). He hit 31 greens (86%) on the weekend, including 15 on Sunday. He led the final round in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (+4.59), while finishing fourth overall for the week (+2.35 per round), according to Data Golf. 

Rose has been playing a Titleist golf ball since switching from a competitive brand at the Open Championship in 2021.  

“I have massively high demands of myself, and actually the way I try to operate with my swing at the moment is that I'm very, very, very precise with how I'm dealing with my baseline and my swing,” Rose said. “We're kind of dealing with zeros if I'm more than one degree out with my swing path, we're making adjustments to that. So obviously if I'm dealing with a degree of tolerance, I want to make sure that there's something on the other end of that swing that has zero tolerance as well. The ball is your ultimate teacher. What you do to it is what it does. It doesn't have a mind of its own. It does what we tell it to do. That's all you want from your golf ball. When you put the correct move on it, it does exactly what you want.” 

• Titleist has been the most played driver on the PGA TOUR for six seasons and counting. The story was no different this week at Augusta, as 37 players (39%) gamed a Titleist driver this week. The nearest competitor had 26 in play (27%). 
  

• Titleist irons have been the top choice of PGA TOUR players for 11 straight seasons. Thirty-one players (32%) this week played a set of Titleist irons, compared to the nearest competitor with 19 (20%). 
  

• Vokey Design wedges have been the most played gap, sand and lob wedge on the PGA TOUR since 2004. This week at the Masters, they accounted for more wedges than all other brands combined (139, 51%). 
  

Each of those categories were represented in the bag of this year's runner-up: 

WITB | 89th Masters Runner-Up 

NEW 2025 Titleist Pro V1x golf ball 

TSR3 9.0 driver | Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 TX  

620 CB 4-6 irons | KBS C-Taper 125 S+  

Vokey Design SM10 52.08F, SM10 56.10S | True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 Onyx  

Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 tour prototype putter 

The finish marks back-to-back runner-up finishes in major championships for the former world No. 1, who also finished T2 at the 152nd Open Championship with a Titleist Pro V1x model, Titleist driver and irons, Vokey wedges and a Scotty Cameron putter. 

On Sunday, the 44-year-old was completed dialed in, leading the field in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green (+4.59) according to Data Golf. He also picked up +1.49 shots on the field with the flatstick, rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to post the clubhouse lead at 11 under. 

The Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 tour prototype putter he used this week was the same model he used at the Open Championship last July, which marked his first full 72-hole start with the putter. 

On 18, in regulation and in the playoff, he striped both tee shots with his TSR3 driver down the middle of the fairway, setting up two key approaches.  

Perrine Delacour (NEW 2025 Pro V1x golf ball) earned her second career Ladies European Tour victory, making birdie on two of her final four holes to win by two. The 31-year-old Frenchwoman shot rounds of 65-69-70-70 to post 14 under for the week. She also led a 1-2-3-4 finish for Titleist golf ball players. 

Titleist Brand Ambassador Minju Kim earned a come-from-behind victory to claim her first career KLPGA title. Kim, gaming her NEW 2025 Pro V1 golf ball, GT3 driver, GT1 fairway, GT2 hybrids, T100•S irons and Vokey SM10 wedges, carded back-to-back 5-under par 67’s over the weekend to win by three. 

WITB | Minju Kim: NEW 2025 Pro V1 golf ball; GT3 10.0 driver; NEW GT1 15.0 fairway; NEW GT2 18.0, 24.0 hybrids; T100•S 5-P irons; Vokey Design SM10 48.10F, 52.08F, 58.08M wedges