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Titleist GT2, GT3 fairway woods

The Titleist GT2 fairway woods are for golfers who want more distance and a high level of stability and forgiveness. The GT3 fairway woods are for players who want left-right adjustability, lower spin rates and a lower ball flight.

Fairway woods are among the most challenging clubs to make because they need to be versatile, easy to hit and send the ball the same distance whether a player is hitting off a tee or from the turf. For that reason, when players find a fairway wood they like, they tend to stick with it.

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However, by applying the critical new feature it developed for the new GT drivers to the GT fairway woods, Titleist feels it has unlocked new levels of overall performance, blending more distance with an improved ball flight and more consistency.

Who are the Titleist GT fairway woods for?

What should you know about the Titleist GT fairway woods?

While several other manufacturers have released fairway woods that have carbon fiber crowns, Titleist has struck with stainless steel and worked to make it thinner and stronger. Now, however, with the GT fairway woods, Titleist is adding a seamless thermoform crown piece to both the GT2 and the GT3, made using the company’s proprietary matrix polymer.

The polymer weighs significantly less than the stainless steel it replaces on the top of both clubs, lowering the center of gravity (CG) location and creating discretionary weight that designers could reposition to other areas.

There is no visible seam, and in the address position, the GT2 and GT3 feature a glossy black top that looks like many previously released Titleist fairway woods.

To improve performance on low-struck shots, both Titleist GT fairway woods have a forged 465 stainless steel face in an L shape, which wraps under the leading edge and into the sole. On thin shots, this allows the hitting area to flex more efficiently.

Both the GT2 and the GT3 come with Titleist’s 16-position SureFit hosel mechanism. The two cogs in the system move independently, so players and fitters can adjust the lie angle, the loft or both to ensure a good fit and distance gapping.

Titleist GT3 fairway woods — The lower portion of the hitting area in the GT3 has been a redesigned to create a deeper, squared-off look. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Titleist has also redesigned the lower portion of the hitting area, flattening it to create a more confidence-inspiring look. At the same time, the GT2 has a lower profile than the GT3, which has a taller, deeper face that lower-handicap players often prefer.

Titleist designers aspired to make the GT2 launch higher but spin less than the TSR2 fairway woods because that should equate to more carry distance. So, using some of the weight saved by going with the polymer crown, designers repositioned more weight forward in the head, which shifted the CG more forward, resulting in higher ball speeds and lower spin rates. The sole weight behind the leading edge comes standard at 9 grams, but other weights are available to custom fitters so they can fine-tune the spin rate and launch angle for players.

While the GT2 is the larger of the two fairway woods and matches the GT2 driver in being a high-stability, high-forgiveness offering, the GT has a five-position adjustable weight track in the sole that allows players and fitters to give the club a draw or fade bias. The GT3 comes standard with a 12-gram weight in the track, but other weights are available to fitters.

What lofts are available in the Titleist GT fairway woods?

The Titlist GT2 fairway woods are available in 13.5, 15, 16.5, 18 and 21-degree versions, and the GT3 fairway woods are available in 15, 16.5 and 18-degree versions.

How much do the Titleist GT fairway woods cost?

The Titleist GT2 and GT3 fairway woods are $399 each with Project X Denali Red, Project X HZRDUS Black 5th Gen or Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue graphite shaft and Titleist Universal 360 grip.

When will the Titleist GT fairway woods be in stores?

Titleist GT2 and GT3 fairway woods are available for fitting and pre-sale now and will be in stores starting August 23.

Here are several close-up images of the new Titleist GT fairway woods:

Titleist TSR1 drivers, fairway woods, hybrids

Titleist made the TSR1 woods and hybrids lighter, more aerodynamic and more powerful to help moderate-swinging golfers gain distance.

Gear: Titleist TSR1 drivers, fairway woods, hybrids

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Who They’re For: Slower-swinging golfers who need more ball speed and height on shots to maximize distance.

The Skinny: Titleist made the TSR1 drivers, fairway woods and hybrids more aerodynamic and designed them as part of a lightweight package that can help players who have slower and moderate clubhead speed generate more distance.

The Deep Dive: As launch monitors became integral to custom fitting over the past few decades, fast-swinging golfers learned to maximize distance by combining a high launch angle with low spin. More and more pros learned to swing up into their tee shots to get the most out of their low-spin clubs and balls, but that combination does not work for everyone. According to the USGA and R&A’s Distance Insights reports, about 30 percent of golfers swing at a “moderate” speed around 75 to 90 mph, instead of 110 or more generated by most pros. These amateur golfers don’t generate enough speed to keep a low-spin shot in the air, so they can be robbed of distance.

Titleist engineers noted this and created the TSi1 drivers, fairway woods and hybrids for them two years ago. In 2023 those clubs are updated to help moderate-speed players swing faster, gain carry distance and achieve more overall distance.

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Titleist TSR2, TSR2+, TSR3 fairway woods

The Titleist TSR fairway woods combine classic looks with stability, speed and adjustability for a wide variety of golfers.

Gear: Titleist TSR2, TSR2+, TSR3 fairway woods
Price: $349 each with Project X HZRDUS Red CB, Project X HZRDUS Black 4G, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue or Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grip.
Available: September 23

Who it’s for: Golfers who want classic-looking, tour-inspired fairway woods that come in models designed to deliver more ball speed and stability.

The Skinny: The three TSR fairway woods look similar in the playing position, but the TSR2 is designed to maximize stability and deliver more height, the TSR2+ is intended as a driver alternative for better players and the TSR3 has been built to offer shot shapers adjustability.

The Deep Dive: When was the last time you heard a golfer who is in the market for a new 3-wood or 5-wood say that he or she wants to hit lower shots? Never. From tour pros to weekend golfers, everyone wants to hit their fairway woods higher, so that was a significant directive given to Titleist’s designers before they developed the newest clubs, the TSR2, TSR2+ and the TSR3. Make clubs that look great, that provide players and fitters with the ability to create the launch angle and spin rates needed to fill distance gaps, and for the first time, offer golfers a club specifically designed for performance off the tee.

Titleist TSR2 fairway woods are shaped to handle a variety of lies and turf conditions. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

All three fairway woods have a new open-hosel construction, so the stainless steel piece inside the head of the TSi fairway woods that helped to affix the adjustable Sure-Fit hosel mechanism is gone, which removes mass from the top of the club and creates discretionary weight.

Also gone is the Active Recoil Channel (ARC) featured in Titleist fairway woods for several seasons. The sole slot helped lower spin and improved performance on low-struck shots, but it also added mass internally in the toe.

Using that saved weight, and repositioning the sole weight more forward, increases ball speed. However, with the weight being lower in the TSR fairway woods than in the TSi models, the moment of inertia (MOI) stays high for stability.

The TSR2 is available in 15, 16.5, 18 and 21-degree models for right-handed players and 15, 16.5 and 18-degree versions for lefties (21-degrees is available through custom order). This model will be the easiest to hit high because of its low center of gravity (CG) location, and with the heel and toe areas pealed upward, it can effectively from a variety of lies. The standard sole weight is 9 grams, but fitters will have access to six other weights to allow them to increase or decrease the swing weight.

Titleist TSR2+ fairway wood — The TSR2+ fairway wood is an alternative off the tee. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The TSR2+ is available only as a 13-degree model (right and left-hand models) and came to life after Titleist engineers heard from PGA Tour reps that many elite rarely needed a 3-wood from the fairway to reach a par 5 in two shots. They did, however, use their 3-wood off the tee, so why not make a 3-wood designed to be optimized for performance off the tee but that could be used from the fairway. The TSR2+ has the largest head size (190-cc) and is the largest front to back. The stainless steel face also has a low profile, and the CG location is extremely far back in the head. The sole is very smooth, so it can glide over the turf when used from the fairway.

Titleist TSR3 fairway woods have a five-position adjustable weight. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Finally, the TSR3 is available in 13.5, 15, 16.5 and 18-degree versions (15 and 16.5 degrees left-handed, with 13.5 and 18-degree models available through custom order) and is designed to look like one of the most popular fairway woods Titleist has ever made, the 906F2. It has a compact, pear-shaped head with a relatively-short blade length, but what sets it apart is a five-position moveable weight in the sole (The TSi3 fairway wood had three positions). The weight comes standard at 13 grams, but other weights are available to fitters to change the swing weight. There are two draw settings, two fade settings and a neutral setting for players who like to work the ball both left and right. Compared to the TSR2, it produces a lower, more-piercing ball flight because its CG location is more forward.

Titleist brings new TSR drivers and fairway woods to PGA Tour

Titleist brought the TSR driver and fairway woods to the PGA Tour for the first time on Monday. Take a close-up look

CROMWELL, Conn. – About 12 hours after Matthew Fitzpatrick used a Titleist TSi3 driver to win the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club outside Boston, Titleist introduced its new TSR line – the yet-to-be-released successors to the TSi driver and fairway wood families – to PGA Tour players.

There are three new Titleist drivers – the TSR2, TSR3 and TSR4 – at TPC River Highlands, the site of this week’s Travelers Championship. There also are three new fairway woods: the TSR2, TSR2+ and the TSR3.

While the company is mum on the details, I had a chance to examine them closely and collect the photos you can see below. The company has not revealed when the clubs might be made available at retail.

Titleist TSi1 woods, TSi4 drivers

Titleist’s TSi1 drivers, fairways and hybrids are designed for moderate-speed golfers, while the TSi4 is an ultra-low-spin driver.

Several Titleist staff players quickly changed into the company’s new TSi2 and TSi3 drivers when they became available last fall. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith and J.T. Poston all switched because they liked the blend of distance and forgiveness the clubs delivered.

While Titleist believes custom fitters can help most golfers achieve their goals using those two clubs, there are outliers. Some are moderate-speed players who need a club designed to boost spin, carry distance and forgiveness. Others are hard-swinging golfers who need an ultra-low spinning driver to keep the ball from ballooning to maximize distance.

For those players, Titleist is offering the TSi1 woods and the TSi4 driver to complement the TSi2 and TSi3.