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Titleist Faces Class Action Over Alleged “Mixed Box” Golf Balls

September 5, 2025
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Titleist, the brand that has built its reputation on precision and quality, is being sued in a proposed class action alleging that boxes of its premium Pro V1x Left Dash with Enhanced Alignment (EA) golf balls didn’t actually contain what was promised.

Filed September 4, 2025, in the Eastern District of Missouri, the complaint names six golfers from across the country as plaintiffs, each claiming they purchased boxes labeled as containing a dozen Pro V1x Left Dash EA balls. Instead, the boxes allegedly contained only nine of the lower-spin Left Dash EA and three Pro V1x EA balls (a higher-spin model with different performance characteristics).

The lawsuit, Long et al. v. Acushnet Company (Case No. 4:25-cv-01332), seeks class certification on behalf of all similarly situated buyers and requests damages in excess of $5 million.

(I held my pinky to the corner of my mouth when I wrote that last sentence.)

The Allegations

According to the complaint, Titleist’s “Mixed Boxes” deceived consumers by:

Substituting three balls per dozen with a different model

Selling those boxes through major retailers including Golf Galaxy and PGA TOUR Superstore

Allowing the substitutions to persist despite tight quality control standards Titleist frequently touts

The plaintiffs claim they would not have paid full price for the product had they known it contained fewer than the advertised twelve Left Dash EA balls.

The 12 Complaints

The plaintiffs have packed the lawsuit with a variety of legal claims:

Massachusetts Unfair & Deceptive Acts – Violation of ch. 93A by misrepresenting the contents of the boxes

Fraudulent Misrepresentation/Deceit – Knowingly selling boxes with fewer Left Dash EA balls than advertised

Fraud by Omission – Failing to disclose the substitution of Pro V1x EA balls

Negligent Misrepresentation – Failing to exercise reasonable care in representing the product contents

Breach of Express Warranty – The “one dozen Left Dash EA” labeling created a warranty that was not honored

Breach of Implied Warranty—Merchantability – The goods did not conform to the label and were not of even kind and quality

Breach of Implied Warranty—Fitness for Particular Purpose – Buyers specifically sought lower-spin Left Dash EA balls; higher-spin Pro V1x EA balls don’t serve that purpose

Unjust Enrichment – Titleist allegedly profited by stretching Left Dash inventory while moving less popular Pro V1x EA stock

Missouri Merchandising Practices Act – Subclass claim for deceptive sales in Missouri

Missouri Breach of Express Warranty – State-specific warranty claim

Missouri Implied Warranty—Merchantability – Same as Count VI, under Missouri law

Missouri Implied Warranty—Fitness for Particular Purpose – Same as Count VII, under Missouri law

A “Mixed Box” containing 9 Pro V1x Left Dash and 3 Pro V1x.

Our Take

On the surface, this is a bad look for Titleist. When a brand builds its reputation on precision, consistency, and quality control, even the suggestion that it can’t reliably get the right golf balls into the right sleeves should sting. If the allegations are true, it’s a blemish on an otherwise excellent reputation.

That said, there’s an important distinction here. The case isn’t about ball quality—nobody is suggesting the Pro V1x EA or the Left Dash EA aren’t up to Titleist’s usual standards. If you overlook the conspiratorial elements of the complaint, the allegations boil down to a packaging problem.

Frankly, the notion that Acushnet (Titleist’s parent company) hatched a plot to dump unwanted inventory doesn’t pass the sniff test. The fact is, Titleist continues to produce prior-generation Pro V1 and Pro V1x balls because they still sell well. They help satisfy consumers looking for a premium product at a slightly lower price point. It’s also true that Titleist routinely keeps older versions in production for tour players who prefer the performance characteristics to those offered by the latest model. These simple facts should raise an obvious question: why would Titleist need to dump inventory of a product it still intentionally manufactures in quantity?

Accusations of a deliberate purge strike me as absurd.

More likely, Hanlon’s Razor—“never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence”—probably applies here. The simple explanation (I guess we can integrate Occam’s Razor into the discussion, as well) is that a batch of #4 Pro V1x balls got funnelled into the wrong sleeves. Call it cross-contamination. And as any golfer knows, Pro V1x and Left Dash look nearly identical, especially with the enhanced alignment sidestamp.

If I could wager on such things, I’d put my money on the idea that a big basket of Pro V1x got put where an equally big basket of Left Dash was supposed to go.

Does somebody putting a load of Pro V1x where Dash should be really qualify as malice? Does it support the notion of a conspiratorial inventory dump? Or, is it just a mistake on a massive production line?

My best guess is that we’re talking about a single batch of swapped balls. While that’s not an insignificant number, against the backdrop of Titleist’s production volume, it falls well short of anything that would provide credibility to the notion of a widespread inventory dump.

Titleist’s Ball Plant III, where Pro V1 and Pro V1x (including Left Dash) are made, produces somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000 balls every single day. Given that scale, it’s arguably remarkable that errors don’t happen more often.

The $5 Million Question

The plaintiffs seek damages exceeding $5 million. To put it bluntly, that feels comical. In a sensible world, this is the sort of issue that could probably be resolved with an email to customer service and a replacement dozen.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Feel free to keep what you already have.

I guess that says something about the increasingly litigious nature of the world in which we live. Why send an email when you can hire a lawyer to allege a widespread conspiracy that involves (checks notes) putting golf balls in the wrong sleeves? You can’t fix that with a dose of Ivermectin.

Final Thoughts

If proven, the allegations remind us that even the most trusted brands aren’t immune to mistakes. Whether those mistakes warrant a multi-million-dollar class action is another story entirely.

What do you think? Is this a black eye for Titleist, or just an overblown packaging mix-up?

Share your thoughts in the comments.

A representative from Titleist/Acushnet declined to comment for this story.

The post Titleist Faces Class Action Over Alleged “Mixed Box” Golf Balls appeared first on MyGolfSpy.



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