{"id":717670,"date":"2026-06-05T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717670\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:05:12","slug":"titleists-gts-driver-just-earned-its-hottest-convert-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717670\/","title":{"rendered":"Titleist’s GTS driver just earned its hottest convert yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Fully Equipped\u2019s\u00a0weekly Tour equipment report. Every Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants),\u00a0GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh<\/a>\u00a0runs you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.<\/p>\n

DUBLIN, Ohio \u2014 Cameron Young has made his move to golf\u2019s hottest new driver.<\/p>\n

Young became the latest player to switch to one of Titleist\u2019s new GTS drivers, opting for a 10-degree GTS3<\/a>, moving from the 11-degree GT3 he switched to earlier this year before winning the Players and Cadillac Championships.<\/p>\n

Young is the first player ranked inside the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking to add the new driver. Previously, the highest-ranked player was No. 16 Justin Thomas. The add makes Young the 65th player currently gaming a GTS driver, while over 70 players have played one.<\/p>\n

Young has had a unique driver build since his switch at Bay Hill, where he went back to his Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60TX shaft and changed to the 11-degree GT3, lofted down in the D1 setting, to help get more launch to match his prototype Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball.<\/p>\n

While that switch put his spin in a great window, around 2,500 with an extra two degrees of launch at 11 degrees, his spin started creeping up as the season went on. Titleist rep J.J. Van Wezenbeeck told GOLF he was climbing into the upper 2,000s.<\/p>\n

Big change for Cameron Young this week as he’s made the move to the Titleist GTS3 driver.<\/p>\n

Down in loft to 10\u02da from the 11.0 GT3 he was playing since Bay Hill.<\/p>\n

Also went back to his Diamana PD 60TX shaft.<\/p>\n

One of the PGA Tour’s hottest players is now playing one of golf’s\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/G0ZzkBZspT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack Hirsh (@JR_HIRSHey) June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHis spins have been kind of creeping up a little bit. So the spins have been getting a little bit closer to 28, 29,\u201d he said. \u201cAt times when he\u2019s swinging really fast, the 11-degree head is bordering on a little too high, and a 10 is bordering a little bit on the too low.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is where the GTS\u2019s dual weighting system really came in handy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to utilize the dual weighting just lets us kind of get into a really nice in-between spot in terms of launch and spin for him,\u201d Van Wezenbeeck said.<\/p>\n

Because the GTS has both an adjustable front track weight and an adjustable rear flat weight, Titleist was able to put an extra two grams in the rear of Young\u2019s new GTS3, which was just enough to give him the extra launch he needed, while staying at the 10-degree loft.<\/p>\n

Young has been testing GTS3 since the prototype stage back in December, so he already knew the GTS3 was potentially going to be the right fit for him. Once he finally had some time off between this week\u2019s Memorial and last month\u2019s PGA Championship, he made the switch at home.<\/p>\n

The new driver brings Young\u2019s spin window into the 2,600 to 2,700 range and keeps it there thanks to the GTS platform\u2019s improved spin consistency. While that\u2019s a bit higher than it was at the beginning of the year, that extra spin helps Young manage his mishits and keeps them from falling out of the sky.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe kind of knew the spin stability that he gets with this driver,\u201d Van Wezenbeeck said. \u201cSo that was kind of a big one, it\u2019s really how well it manages his mishits. And so that was kind of a big one to have in play for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cameron Young\u2019s GTS3 specs
Titleist GTS3 10.0
SureFit Hosel Setting: A1
SureFit CG Setting: 10g N track, 7g rear
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX<\/p>\n

Young also made a tweak to his iron set, soft-stepping his Dynamic Gold X7 shafts to give him back the ability to hit off-speed shots more effectively.<\/p>\n

Similar to his driver setup, soft-stepping the X7 as opposed to going back to the X100s gave him a nice middle ground of control and feel, Van Wezenbeeck said.<\/p>\n

Rose goes raw<\/p>\n

Justin Rose<\/a> has been making little tweaks here and there to his McLaren Golf Series 1 irons<\/a> as he works to fully dial them in after making the switch to the supercar maker\u2019s first venture into golf equipment.<\/a><\/p>\n

This week, Rose made the most notable move yet, switching to a completely raw set of Series 1s. <\/p>\n

But don\u2019t get too excited. McLaren doesn\u2019t have any immediate plans to offer their new irons unfinished. Instead, the absence of the plating and polishing serves a functional purpose, McLaren Golf Senior Design Manager for Irons and Wedges JP Herrington told GOLF, as Rose works to tweak his new clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now we want to be able to move fast and get everything dialed in,\u201d Herrington said. \u201cIt allows that flexibility to make some of those adjustments versus having to send them out and get them plated and then get them back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The change Rose and Herrington made at the Memorial this week? Moving toward less offset in the mid-irons.<\/p>\n

At Rose\u2019s request, the initial Series 1s had a unique progressive offset package with jumps between the short and mid-irons and the mid- to the long irons. With this new raw set Rose saw for the first time at Muirfield Village, the offset on the mid-irons was reduced by half a millimeter. That\u2019s enough to make a difference to someone like Rose, who Herrington said has one of the most discerning eyes on Tour.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHaving something that really feels comfortable looking down at it \u2014 and we\u2019re talking those little minute changes, whether it\u2019s a half or a quarter of a millimeter \u2014 make a difference, especially to someone like Justin,\u201d Herrington said. \u201cA lot of it, he talks about just that visual at address, how it meets his eye, and then that translates to confidence into the golf swing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Herrington wasn\u2019t sure Rose would end up gaming the raw set this week, but it looked like from watching Rose\u2019s first testing session on Tuesday that a lightbulb went off on the first swing. He immediately noted that he was reaching apex heights of more than 130 feet with the raw irons, something he said he hadn\u2019t seen in a long time.<\/p>\n

The ball also seemed to be holding his line better, Herrington said.<\/p>\n

That probably had more to do with visual comfort than any performance difference with the clubs. <\/p>\n

The raw finished irons could remain in the bag, but Herrington said it\u2019s unlikely. Rose even asked if the specific set he had could eventually be polished and plated.<\/p>\n

After a rough start with the new irons at the Cadillac Championship, Rose seemed to find a groove at the PGA Championship with a T10 finish. This week, he opened with a 69 on Thursday and led the field with 15 greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

Maybe he continues with the raw irons if he keeps hitting the ball like that.<\/p>\n

Fleetwood sees \u2018shadows\u2019<\/p>\n

Tommy Fleetwood is looking for a \u201cshadow\u201d on the greens this week and it might have finally jump-started his putting slump to begin the season.<\/p>\n

The reigning FedEx Cup champion made his fourth putter switch this season and perhaps the most significant one yet. After playing with TaylorMade\u2019s larger Spider Tour since moving to the mallet platform at the RBC Heritage last year, Fleetwood is gaming a new, smaller Spider Tour X this week at the Memorial.<\/p>\n

Tommy Fleetwood is testing a new Spider Tour X Black putter this week. <\/p>\n

He’s had this putter for a few months now and it has the same pilot’s eye alignment that he switched to on his Spider Tour in March.<\/p>\n

Losing strokes on the greens this season despite five top-10s so looking\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/A84VkyN7AR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack Hirsh (@JR_HIRSHey) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite earning five top-10s already this season, Fleetwood has struggled on the greens, losing .064 strokes a round and ranking 93rd on the PGA Tour. Last season he gained more than four-tenths of a stroke and ranked 20th.<\/p>\n

At the Valero Texas Open, Fleetwood changed his alignment aid<\/a> on the Spider Tour Black from the custom Sharpie lines hand-drawn on the top by TaylorMade putter rep James Holley to a \u201cpilot\u2019s eye\u201d aid. He then used a similar model in the new 2026 Torched finish at the RBC Heritage before returning to the black finish for his next start at the Cadillac Championship. <\/p>\n

But this week, he\u2019s gone to a different head entirely with the Spider Tour Black X<\/a> with the same \u201cpilot\u2019s eye\u201d alignment aid and short slant hosel.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorMade<\/p>\n

TaylorMade 2025 Spider Tour X Black Custom Putter<\/p>\n

BLACK PVD FINISH The durable PVD coating creates a beautiful high-quality finish with sole plate, back badge and copper accents.
\nTRUE PATH\u2122 ALIGNMENT The patented alignment system provides visual clarity and helps golfers better envision the line to the hole.
\nWHITE TPU PURE ROLL\u2122 INSERTMade from a combination of Surlyn and aluminum, the white TPU Pure Roll\u2122 insert creates a softer feel. Grooves are angled at 45\u00b0 to encourage optimal forward roll as well as better sound, feel and overall roll characteristics. The white insert also creates better symmetry with the white True Path alignment.
\nTHIN WALL UNDERCUT CONSTRUCTION We\u2019ve engineered a super stable structure by removing excess weight to create high MOI and legendary Spider performance.
\nHYBRAR ECHO\u00aeDAMPENER HYBRAR is behind the face to dampen unwanted vibrations, delivering premium sound and feel on every putt with the best possible sensation.
\nTSS WEIGHTING TSS weights provide balanced weighting and help optimize performance for all various putter lengths.
\nSTEEL WIREFRAME Allows engineers to better control weight distribution and CG location.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe main reason Tommy switched to the X was the slightly more forward CG and the alignment benefits of the true path,\u201d Holley told GOLF. \u201cHe started lining up the Clear Path on his TP5 pix more often and although the TruePath is blacked out, the \u2018shadow\u2019 of the true path matched up nicely to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Fleetwood\u2019s new Spider Tour X is still all black with no TruePath aid like his previous putters, the Spider Tour X has the outline of the True Path built into the top, while a Spider Tour without TruePath is smooth. <\/p>\n

That outline of the TruePath turned out to really help Fleetwood with his alignment on the greens. Fleetwood has actually had the putter for a few months leading up to the change.<\/p>\n

In Round 1 at Jack\u2019s place, that paid off as Fleetwood was third in the field in SG: Putting, picking up nearly two and a half shots as he fired a 67 to co-lead going into Friday.<\/p>\n

Fleetwood also got two new replica putters this week to celebrate his FedEx Cup victory last year. Holley had the original Sharpie lines scanned and then laser-etched them into the toplines of the putter. The replicas also came with custom Winston Collection headcovers with the same design embroidered on top.<\/p>\n

TaylorMade gave Tommy Fleetwood a replica of the Spider Tour Black putter he used to win the FedEx Cup with last summer. <\/p>\n

Instead of rep James Holley drawing the sharpie lines on the top alignment aid, this version has been lasered on to exactly mimic the imperfections of the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/WzhbSWKCbo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack Hirsh (@JR_HIRSHey) June 1, 2026<\/a>
\nRory makes a change to the big stick<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy leads the PGA Tour in SG: Off-the-Tee this season, but he\u2019s still finding the fairway just 55 percent of the time.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is switching this week to the Fujikura Ventus Black 7-X shaft, up in weight from the 6-X he has played for the past several years. McIlroy also added weight to the head of his TaylorMade Qi4D driver, going up to two 13g weights in the rear instead of the 11s he had to begin the year.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy is making a slight tweak to his driver setup, going to a heavier Fujikura Ventus Black OG 7-X shaft, up from the 6-X he’s used this year. <\/p>\n

Caddie Harry Diamond told me he was seeing a bit extra stability out of the heavier build. <\/p>\n

Also looks like he’s gone heavier\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/thQ5dkoVPL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack Hirsh (@JR_HIRSHey) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The 7-X is nothing new to McIlroy, as he played the heavier version of Ventus Black at times in his career.<\/p>\n

Caddie Harry Diamond told GOLF that McIlroy saw more stability with the heavier build in testing, leading to the switch.<\/p>\n

Check this out<\/p>\n

This section is dedicated to cool photos we\u2019ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven\u2019t had a reason to share yet. This week, check out Hideki Matusyama\u2019s prototype Srixon 5-wood <\/a>he added to the bag last week in Fort Worth to replace his longtime Cobra RadSpeed Tour 5-wood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n The prototype also has a silver face.<\/p>\n

Jack Hirsh\/GOLF<\/p>\n

Odds and Ends<\/p>\n

Some other gear changes and notes we\u2019re tracking this week.<\/p>\n

Lucas Glover (Spider Tour Torched Long) and Jhonny Vegas (Spider Tour X Torched) switched into TaylorMade putters this week, giving the brand the win in the putter count with 20 in play, 19 being Spider models. \u2026 Sepp Straka gamed the Qi4D LS driver and Qi4D fairway woods he first added in Austria last month. \u2026 Corey Conners was the first player to test Mitsubishi\u2019s new Tensei 1K Pro Orange wood shaft with Rip+ technology<\/a> in his Ping G440 LST, although it didn\u2019t quite crack the bag, yet. \u2026 Justin Thomas was testing Titleist\u2019s unreleased GTS 3-wood prototype<\/a>, although he stuck with his GTS300 Mini Driver.<\/a> \u2026 Keegan Bradley and Sepp Straka added TaylorMade\u2019s Qi4D LS driver while Brandt Snedeker and Daniel Berger<\/a> added the core model Qi4D. \u2026 Berger (4-wood), Brian Harman (3-wood) and J.T. Poston (7-wood) all added Qi4D woods.<\/p>\n

3 things you should read\/watch<\/p>\n

A selection of GOLF content from the past week that may interest you.<\/p>\n

Wyndham Clark was \u2018dating\u2019 putters. Now he\u2019s finally found the one<\/a> \u2013 Wyndham Clark has seen a dramatic improvement in his putting since switching to a Ping Scottsdale TEC Ally Blue Onset. <\/p>\n

Explaining Project X\u2019s Titan Yellow wood shaft<\/a> \u2013 Clark earned his win the week he switched to Project X\u2019s new counterbalanced Titan yellow wood shaft. Jake Morrow explains how the new shaft works.<\/p>\n

Russell Henley took advantage of Titleist GTS\u2019 newest club option<\/a> \u2013 Russell Henley won last week in Fort Worth using a Titleist GTS3 7-wood, the first 7-wood option the company has ever offered in the \u201c3\u201d head.<\/p>\n

The author welcomes your comments at\u00a0Jack.Hirsh@golf.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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