WATCH: How to increase swing speed with your driver
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BK’s Breakdowns: Russell Henley’s winning WITB from the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
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Titleist GTS driver fitting: 10 handicap vs. +4 handicap
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Spaun’s surprise putter switch + the best wedge stamping on tour? | Inside the Ropes: Charles Schwab Challenge
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Tour Edge Exotics mini driver review + TaylorMade Spider ZT Max first look – Club Junkie
This week’s Impact Show will give you ways to help improve your club head speed in the golf swing, helping you to hit your drives longer.
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.
Videos
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!
Dirk Digger
Nov 27, 2017 at 7:46 pm
Regurgitating all that knowledge, I bet your driver clubhead speed is 73 MPH!
rga
Nov 27, 2017 at 10:24 pm
That’s not nice to say that about the boys in the video.
SK
Nov 27, 2017 at 5:37 pm
To increase your clubhead speed by ~10%, going from say 90 mph to 99 mph, you must increase the kinetic energy or energy of motion of the clubhead.
Now we know that KE = 1/2 Mass x Velocity squared, so KE is directly proportional to the square of the velocity.
So how much extra KE would you need to generate for a 10% velocity increase?
Simply take the ratio of 99^squared to 90^squared and that’s the percentage KE increase needed to get the higher speed.
Thus 99 x 99 divided by 90 x 90 equals 9801/8100 or 1.21. So you would need to increase the KE of your body and club by 21% to achieve a 10% increase in clubhead speed…. and that’s why golf teachers and pros are impressed with getting even a 5% increase in clubhead speed, or finding an extra ~10% KE.
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I very much doubt you can translate higher gadget speed to a permanent golf club speed because most of the KE is generated from the ground up to the shoulders and then the arms and club are whipped around the core… and if you don’t have the core strength you will not be able to transmit the KE from your hips and legs to your shoulders via your core… not from your gadget or club… plain and simple.
Dirk Digger
Nov 27, 2017 at 7:47 pm
Regurgitating all that knowledge, I bet your driver clubhead speed is 73 MPH!
ken
Nov 27, 2017 at 10:22 pm
… and I bet your IQ is 73 ….
brucee
Nov 28, 2017 at 11:13 pm
Don’t give me all that science stuff and just tell me what to do to speed up my swing. Which driver is the best for power? That’s all I want.