{"id":581781,"date":"2026-04-04T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581781\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:33:11","slug":"robert-macintyre-makes-significant-equipment-change-at-valero-texas-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581781\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert MacIntyre Makes Significant Equipment Change At Valero Texas Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert MacIntyre doesn’t often change golf equipment but, prior to the Valero Texas Open, he has made a significant move to a brand new driver.<\/p>\n

Previously using the Titleist TSR2<\/a>, which was released back in 2022, MacIntyre has a new Titleist model in-play at TPC San Antonio, specifically a GTS2, which made its way on to the professional circuits last week.<\/a><\/p>\n

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MacIntyre uses the GTS2 (left) at the Valero Texas Open and the TSR2 (right) at The Players Championship<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Many Titleist staffers have put the driver in-play, or at least used it in competition, with one of those being MacIntyre, who explained the move on Friday, following his second round.<\/p>\n

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Sitting top of the Valero Texas Open leaderboard by four strokes at the halfway stage, the Scot stated: “I put the new Titleist GTS in the bag. It’s very similar to my old driver but just a newer model, technology I suppose.<\/p>\n

“(The) Spin’s been very good, been able to shape it. To me a big thing’s to be able to shape the golf ball especially when it’s windy. Two rounds in with it, so far, so good.”<\/p>\n

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The Titleist GTS drivers were launched on Tour at the end of March<\/p>\n

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Through two rounds, MacIntyre <\/a>ranks eighth in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, gaining two shots on the field. In fact, he’s tied sixth for Driving Accuracy, hitting 67.86% of fairways, and averaging 312.5 yards off the tee.<\/p>\n

Overall, MacIntyre is 11th for SG: Off the Tee, but this week he has seen a near 10-yard increase of distance over his PGA Tour season average of 303.1 yards, which puts him 85th in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Certainly, it’s not just the driving that’s been the catalyst for success in Texas. Ranking first in SG: Approach to Green, his irons and wedges have been scintillating, something the two-time PGA Tour winner acknowledges himself.<\/p>\n

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MacIntyre is searching for a third PGA Tour win and first since July 2024<\/p>\n

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“I mean, I’ve been driving the ball nice. Got a new Titleist driver in the bag. Iron play today was exceptional I would say. Hit a pure wedge shot on 17, I thought it was absolutely dynamite there.<\/p>\n

“Approach play, hitting the number, hitting the targets. Got to finish off with good putting. Overall, just really solid.”<\/p>\n

Leading Ludvig Aberg by four shots through two rounds, MacIntyre is 14-under going into Moving Day at the Valero Texas Open, where he’s looking to claim a first title since the Genesis Scottish Open in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert MacIntyre doesn’t often change golf equipment but, prior to the Valero Texas Open, he has made a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-581781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}