Ah........the distance and ball debate. Lets see if we can break this down into a few different parts:
1. The average player (Adrian, Steve Lapper & Eric Bergstol's typical customers) will purchase and use a Pro V because the professionals use them.
Should they really be using that Pro V ball? Nope. Can they actually tell the difference between the older Pro V and newer- no way.
Why not use a ball tailored to their game? There are other balls on the market that are designed to maximize the average players enjoyment of the game given their ability, swing & swing speed. the golf professional in the shop is there to assisnt his customer. That ball may indeed go farther off the tee and with approach clubs than a Pro V, which would assist the player more. The downside is those balls are typically a bit harder so the feel around the greens is lost. PS: Most of these average daily fee players and struggling to make bogey and grind over the 1 meter putt for a double. A harder ball that flies further for them that a low/+ handicap player wouldn't use on the range is a godsend and they may not feel the difference when chipping/putting.
2. BK does not pretend to be the player many on this board are. In a good year, I may break 80 1-2x though I do enjoy playing and keep the ball in play. I know that my swing is in tune when I can play more than 1 round with the same ball since I'm then hitting it where I'm aiming and getting clean contact. When the swing is suspect, my misses are typically left, as I pull/hook the ball, not fade/slice. When I have an errant shot and need to look through the rough or taller grass; it amazes me to see how many Pro V lost balls I come across. In fact; on the occasion I do hit a double-cross slice, even more Pro V ammunition is easily seen.....at $60/ dozen the folks slicing Pro V's into the woods should be playing the lesser cost balls for all they lose during a round, especially on public access tracts.
3. I'm a lowly landscape architect like Tom D & Jeff B (I believe) not an engineer. I have to believe the smart designers at Titliest, Bridgestone, Calloway, etc. can design one golf ball that we all can play, so bifurcation isn't necessary - above a certain swing speed the ball will go no farther. Will some single person go beyond this design limit - yep. Sam Snead was longer than his peers as was jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, John Day & Tiger, but they were exceptions not the rule.
Just my $0.02