We’re contemporary off a fascinating weekend that included Scottie Scheffler successful in type and Anthony Kim exhibiting indicators of life. Nevertheless, there may be extra information this Monday morning. A brand new Titleist golf membership simply hit the USGA’s conforming listing—it seems to be some form of TSR mini driver or possibly a biggie fairway wooden.
USGA pics aren’t the perfect for figuring out scale, however the photograph we now have suggests some form of REALLY “mini” variation of a TSR Collection Driver, with similarities to the Titleist TSR4 being the obvious. You may see the 2 flippable weights to offer CG change – larger flight with extra spin within the again, flatter, decrease spinning within the entrance.
The USGA lists loft at 13° solely. So once more, there’s only a sliver of perception as as to whether this will probably be a “mini” driver or a brand new fairway addition to the household.
A Little bit of Backstory
It’s honest to say this itemizing is an attention-grabber. Whereas TaylorMade at the moment has the mini market all to itself, we all know there was some curiosity inside Titleist a few shorter-shaft driver that’s simpler to hit or at the very least simpler to hit straight.
Titleist’s Director of Participant Promotions, JJ Van Wezenbeeck, isn’t afraid to experiment (he’s a little bit of a mad scientist within the membership world). Relationship again to final summer time, we’re conscious of some prototypes that had been principally TSR1 heads with a good quantity of hotmelt added to the top. These flew absurdly straight with not a complete lot of distance loss.
On the time, Titleist pondering was it didn’t make sense to sacrifice the advantages of a bigger head measurement for one thing that was going to be hit nearly completely off the tee.
That mentioned, pondering constantly evolves. Is Titleist shopping for in on the concept of a sub-400cc driver, or is that this TSR extra akin to an outsized fairway wooden – a TSR2+ on steroids? You recognize, one thing you possibly can hit reliably off a fairway.
With out something to offer scale (wouldn’t it kill the USGA so as to add a greenback invoice to its pictures), it’s onerous to decipher a lot. The inevitable in-hand pics ought to present extra element.
That mentioned, the USGA lists the marking as:
HOSEL: (membership quantity/letter)
2 is a quantity and W is a letter. Simply saying …
Sources at Titleist declined to offer any particular element apart from to say it’s a prototype.
Have Your Say
Are you interested by the mini driver class? And in that case, what are you extra excited about, a average to barely undersized driver (like the present Mini Driver), or one thing nearer to an outsized fairway wooden that’s nonetheless serviceable off the deck (like TaylorMade’s SLDR mini)?
We’d like to know.
