Why Was it Great: Titleist PT fairway wood
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Titleist GTS driver fitting: 10 handicap vs. +4 handicap
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This video series brings to light why certain clubs maintain such a cult following and what makes them classics.
This is about the Titleist PT fairway wood, which was made endlessly popular by Tiger Woods and others during the beginning of the metal-wood era.
From the classic pear profile at address to the sound it makes on a solid strike, equipment expert Ryan Barath breaks down the many design attributes that still make the PT fairway wood such a fun club to hit.
Russell made a massive charge on the last 3 holes of the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge this weekend to force a playoff with Eric Cole. Henley drained another putt on the first playoff hole to win his 6th PGA Tour event! While he is a Titleist staff member, his WITB is far from a simple blend of the latest gear. He mixes brand new with some very old clubs in order to play his best.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 80 TX
Irons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6)
True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11
48-10F @47
True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
50-08F @51
54-10S @55
60-04T
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 Tour Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
What happens when a 10 handicap and a +4 handicap go through a full driver fitting at one of the most advanced golf performance centers in the world? Brian Knudson and Andrew Von Lossow headed to the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California, to find out.
Both players go through a complete Titleist GTS driver fitting with the Titleist fitting team to see how swing speed, launch conditions, strike location, shaft profile, and head setup can completely change performance off the tee. Even though the golfers have very different games, the fitting process reveals just how important proper equipment can be for maximizing distance, tightening dispersion, and improving consistency.
You will see how Titleist fitters analyze every part of the driver setup including loft, weighting, shaft selection, and head model to build a driver specifically for each player’s swing. While the skill levels, club head speeds, and desired outcomes are different both players show how deep and versatile the new Titleist GTS driver lineup is.
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Spaun’s surprise putter switch + the best wedge stamping on tour? | Inside the Ropes: Charles Schwab Challenge
Alistair Cameron takes you inside the action at the Charles Schwab Challenge in this week’s episode. Recent winner Brandt Snedeker breaks down his WITB, Neal Shipley discusses his iconic wedge stampings, the reigning U.S. Open champion, J.J. Spaun, discusses a surprise putter switch. Also featured is a look at Project X’s new Titan shafts, which debuted on tour with a bang. All this, and more!
William Wu
Feb 6, 2020 at 12:28 pm
Young isn’t an advantage to write something about the history golf gears. Actually it’s really difficult.
You surely know Adams came out to market by”accident”, well as you know Jesse Ortiz family created TRIMETAL FW, what to say which is best? How to compare?
Ask golfers , yes, fun, lots of fun!
JR19
Feb 6, 2020 at 12:56 am
Please do a review with actual trackman numbers against something modern to do understand the leaps gained in tech……. Thanks again!
Ryan Johnston
Feb 5, 2020 at 8:59 pm
Would love to see an Eppie on my fav fairway of all time the Titleist Starship!! 🙂
James
Feb 5, 2020 at 8:17 pm
Because Tiger Woods and no other reason. It wasn’t great.
Brian
Feb 5, 2020 at 7:26 pm
I have zero complaints about the information presented, Why on gods earth didn’t we see pros hitting it, showing the shot shapes etc.?
We all know it’s unforgiving as H-E-double hockey stick, show us how the pros used it and why they loved it!
Shallowface
Feb 5, 2020 at 4:15 pm
I never liked the way the “Titleist” script looked on the crown of the PT. Always looked crooked to me. Never had that problem with anything else, unless it was a refinished persimmon on which someone messed up the new decal.
That Powerbilt persimmon is one of the greatest woods of all time. It still performs quite well, even with a modern ball.
Shallowface
Feb 5, 2020 at 3:50 pm
I never liked the way the “Titleist” script looked on the crown of the PT. Always looked crooked to me. Never had that problem with anything else, unless it was a refinished persimmon on which someone messed up the new decal.
That Powerbilt persimmon is one of the greatest woods of all time. It still performs quite well, even with a modern ball.
Tourgrinder
Feb 5, 2020 at 1:02 pm
Mr. Barath is enjoyable to hear at times speaking about most subjects, but he’s also too young to recall metalwood history accurately. The Titleist PT metalwoods were nothing much more than good-quality copycat metals after seeing TaylorMade intro the first Pittsburgh Persimmon metalwoods in 1979 and and then the Tour Preferred versions a few years later. As far as my memory serves, the Titleist PT metalwoods were first introduced in 1992, long after the ‘trend’ had taken hold. I owned many TaylorMade metalwoods from that era and also a few Titleist PT metalwoods. There was nothing about the Titleist versions that were “more pro preferred” than the TaylorMade breakthroughs. As Mr. Barath explained, Tiger Woods just happened to carry the 15-degree 3-metal version. Other than that, it was the TaylorMade clubs and company that broke the barriers and still maintained the “pro preferred” aspects. Obviously, Titleist is picking up something here, but until their first contract with Tiger Woods, Titleist clubs were considered by many pros and better amateurs as rather mediocre and poorly crafted. It was only after the Woods’ contract in 1996 that Titleist decided to get truly serious about quality clubs. Just MHO.
Stfudonnie
Feb 5, 2020 at 8:21 pm
I remember it that way, too. Wasn’t Tiger’s bag mostly non-Titleist clubs at time of going pro and winning first major? King Cobra driver, Mizuno blades, Cleveland wedges, I think.
Bob Pegram
Feb 5, 2020 at 9:25 pm
The very first Titleist clubs were very good because they were Golfcraft with new stampings/decals. However, that was way back before 1970.
Mr. Memory
Feb 6, 2020 at 3:10 am
Truly, you should be writing articles here. You nailed it. I remember having 2 staff bags full of the Titleist PT and PT Midsize woods after a net down because they wouldn’t sell. The wood looked much better than the Taylor Made but was not nearly as widely accepted. I remember the Wilson Ultra fairway woods with Firestick 2.8 stiff and 3.5 regular flexes being the next most wanted fairway wood prior to Big Bertha coming out.