"Isn't that some form of bifurcation?"

Lawrence Donegan caught Cameron Morfit's report on the new Titleist Pro V1 Spin and Plus Trajectory balls and in particular the manufacturer note to players:

"These products are not in response to nor designed to address new groove rules and they are not planned to be sold commercially."

Donegan asks and I do think he's correct in wondering:

Obviously these two balls have been approved under existing rules but they are something new and different; they have been designed for the pros, will be played only by the pros and they will never be sold commercially to the paying punter. Isn't that some form of bifurcation?

Of course this is only an issue because as Donegan documents, Acushnet has been against bifurcating the professional and amateur games.