With the PGA Tour heading to the Space City, what better place to launch a new line of drivers and get them in the hands of Tour players for the first time? At the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open, that’s exactly what Titleist did, showing off its brand new GTS lineup.

Three drivers were on display in Houston, along with a selection of fairway woods. Players were welcomed with pre-built setups to try, along with the options to get other builds made with either the GTS 2, 3, or 4 driver head. The new line sees a sleeker look compared to the older GT line. From a quick eye test, the GTS2 has an added front weight, while the GTS3 has a new rear weight. The GTS4 also sees a weighting update, with the front weight now heel-toe adjustable.

During the nonstop testing Monday to Wednesday at Memorial Park Golf Course, it was clear to see that three common areas were being picked up by players: spin, speed, and sound.

It’s definitely noticeable that the new GTS drivers’ spin consistency has been a standout focus during research and development. Players reported that across the face, spin numbers were very similar — an improvement from what they had seen in the old GT head.

“My problem with the GT line was just a little inconsistency with the spin numbers,” said PGA Tour winner Michael Brennan. “I felt like the toe balls kind of went way too far. The heel balls went too short, so that’s why I switched out of it. But I noticed with this GTS, it seems to be better again, need to go do some on-course testing, hit some shots with it, hit some more balls in the range with it. But initially, I’m hanging in the mid-3000 spin with the 3-wood, even on some kind of low face balls. Amazingly didn’t overspin, which I’m very happy about.”

Standout amateur and now big-hitting Tour pro Gordon Sargent had similar results with his testing. After struggling with the older GT line due to spin drop-off for misstrikes, especially seeing “some toe ones that were really low,” the 22-year-old had even returned to playing the previous TSR2 driver instead. With the GTS, the story is different.

“I just popped a 9-degree just like I’ve been playing and kind of hit a couple,” Sargent said. “It felt like any shot I hit was 2,600 to 2,700 spin, whether that was low or high, right to left, left to right, which for me, that’s huge, just it’s going to hang in there a little bit more. Just knowing, obviously, out of the center it’s good, but if you have a touch of forgiveness too, or if you happen to heal it or toe it a little bit and then, yeah, if I want to tee it down, hit the lower one, it doesn’t drop the spin a ton, it’s pretty consistent. So yeah, I kind of put it straight in the bag.”

With the added consistency, it was easy to see that players had more confidence to swing harder, even on the course, along with range testing. There seemed to be added comfort knowing spin wouldn’t disappear if a center strike didn’t occur.

From the first pro to test it on-site in Houston, Jeffery Kang, who saw ball speeds jump from 175 with his older GT to up to 180 with GTS, to Sargent, who ranks 12th on the tour in club head speed, there was a speed increase across the board. Sargent was seeing at least an extra 1.5 mph with the GTS and carry numbers over 320 yards, citing more comfort to swing faster knowing that his misshits were still playable.

“Yeah, I think so,” Sargent said when asked if he had more confidence to swing faster with the GTS line. “I feel like I’m swinging my best when I am swinging a little left and just knowing me just swinging is going to produce a little fade. I don’t feel like I’m trying to fade in a sense. So having that proper amount of spin, knowing where it’s going to fade versus I had a few issues with the GT of, I felt like I almost had to try and fade it and then I could get some really spinny ones and then I could hit a slight toe and it’d be less than 2000. So I’d say yeah, it naturally just fit my shot shape of a little flat cut, but then it wasn’t over-spinning at all, so I didn’t feel like I had to manipulate it, which was nice.”

It is appropriate to note that under tournament play, this may be another story, but the early signs are promising.

The final standout from three days of testing is the difference in sound that the GTS has. Plain and simple, and in the words of Brennan, the GTS is “more of a solid thud.” It’s certainly a lower pitch than the GT line.

For more on the GTS driver lineup, head to the forums to see all the heads going in play at the Houston Open and watch Inside the Ropes on the GolfWRX YouTube page.