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After a winter of dedication, the gains were evident. My max swing speed climbed much higher, and my cruising speed had me hitting it further without even feeling like I was straining. Heading into the 2026 season, my confidence was sky high.<\/p>\n
But there was one problem I didn\u2019t take into account. With more speed in the bag, my old equipment \u2014 particularly my driver \u2014 was not optimized. Even though I could swing harder than ever before, I was still leaving plenty of distance (and accuracy) on the table.<\/p>\n
You see, when I was fitted for my old driver (a Titleist GT1), my swing speed was in the mid-90s. This lack of speed \u2014 combined with some other swing characteristics \u2014 meant I needed a driver that gave me more spin to give me more carry distance. But as I added speed and dialed in my swing, that tendency for spin started to hurt me.<\/p>\n
During my speed training sessions, I noticed that my spin numbers were way too high. Although I was swinging faster, my efficiency suffered. Even when I was hitting record highs with my swing speed (topping out at 109 mph), my spin was so high that I wasn\u2019t getting the most out of that speed. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s when I knew it was time for a new driver.<\/p>\n
My new driver<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve long been a believer in the idiom \u201cit\u2019s not the arrow, it\u2019s the Indian.\u201d However, as I\u2019ve played more and more golf (and technology has advanced), I\u2019ve come to realize that the saying doesn\u2019t cover all circumstances.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s true that a great golfer can make just about any equipment work for them, when you use equipment that isn\u2019t optimized for your swing, you leave easy gains on the table. Case in point: using a driver that is too spinny for your swing. After I saw how much the excess spin from my old driver was hurting my distance, I scheduled a fitting with Titleist for their new GTS line.<\/p>\n
When I arrived for my fitting, I explained to my fitter the issues I was having with the old line and what I was hoping to get out of my new driver. Essentially, it all boiled down to getting less spin while still launching the ball out of my preferred window. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m not much of a gear nerd, so I won\u2019t even attempt to break down the different GTS heads<\/a> and what they are best for (our gear team does a much better job of that<\/a>). But what I will say is that the difference each head provided to me was noticeable. Some soared through the air with a beautiful shape, while others dived to the ground like wounded ducks. I simply kept swinging my swing and let my fitter do the work configuring a build that would satisfy my needs.<\/p>\n After about 45 minutes of testing different combinations, we settled on the GTS4 \u2014 which came as a bit of a shock. I figured I\u2019d be in a GTS2 considering my previous fit of a GT1, but at the end of the day, the GTS4 produced the best numbers for me, keeping my spin down while also launching in a window that maximized my distance.<\/p>\n Now when I hit in the sim, my spin numbers rarely get out of whack and cost me distance. Even my mishits stay in my window of tolerance, and I\u2019m maximizing my distance because of it.<\/p>\n In my previous driver, when I swung hard at it, I knew I needed to catch the ball perfectly to keep my spin numbers down and maximize. But now, I can swing hard and know that even if I don\u2019t hit it perfectly, it won\u2019t spin off the planet. <\/p>\n It may be a joke to suggest to your buddy that he needs a new driver to fix his game \u2014 but there are certain scenarios in which that isn\u2019t so far fetched. I can attest to that. <\/p>\n Want to find the best driver for your game in 2026?\u00a0Find a club-fitting location near you at True Spec Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n View Product<\/a><\/p>\n ALSO AVAILABLE AT: PGA TOUR Superstore<\/a>, Titleist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s an easy question to ask as a recreational golfer when you\u2019re searching for a quick golf-game fix:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-774988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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