What You Should Know: Titleist GTS Fairway Woods

When it comes to new metal wood launches, fairways generally take a backseat to drivers, and to be fair, that's pretty understandable from a consumer perspective. Drivers are bigger, designed to go as far as possible, and in most cases (like with the new GTS drivers) tell a pretty cool tech story.

But, just because they're smaller and not as "flashy", fairway woods deserve their moment too, and with Titleist's new GTS fairway woods, there is a lot to love for golfers of all abilities who are looking to get everything that they can from their long game.

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Titleist GTS Fairway Woods - What's New

The GTS fairway woods feature design improvements across the board, not only from a tech perspective but from a fitting one as well. This means more options and ways to find the ideal long clubs for your bag.

Wraparound Composite Crowns

Just like how weight was saved from the GTS drivers to help better locate the center of gravity and boost forgiveness and fitting tools. The same was brought to the GTS fairway woods. This helps them deliver higher launch and lower spin by removing weight from higher in the head and positioning it lower.

“Just like in GTS drivers, the first key to better performance in GTS fairways is the multi-material construction. The new crown wrap gave us about 16 grams of discretionary weight, and we needed that to hit our CG targets.”

- Stephanie Luttrell, Titleist’s Senior Director of Metalwood R&D.

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It also saved weight to create the dual sole weighting system so golfers can personalize performance based on flight and strike bias.

New Head Profiles & Sole Shape

(Image: GTS2 vs GTS3 face profile)

The general functionality of each models remains the same (more on that in a minute), but the sole shape is the big talking point here. Just like how iron sole design matters, it's quite the same on fairway woods, which is why the GTS now features a flatter sole to better interact with the ground at impact.

Tour-Inspired Polished Face

Speaking of contact, we have to talk the face.

Even though it might just seems like "oh they made the face a lighter color again", there is a function to the aesthetic, because it helps golfers see more loft at address.

“A lot of people are going to like it for the looks, but there’s a real performance benefit," Luttrell said. "JJ [Van Wezenbeeck, Senior Director of Club Promotions] brought out silver-faced prototypes on tour, and they had a real impact on how some players delivered the club. When they saw more loft, they started hitting down on the ball more and just struck it better overall.”

GTS Fairway Wood Models

Now let's talk fitting. Rather than simply say one is high and one is lower, launch (loft plays a big part there), each model has been designed for a specific player attack profile.

GTS2 - Shallower Profile

With a shallower face and overall larger profile from address, the GTS2 is a more ideal fit for those who tend to be more shallow or sweeping into the ball.

By taking direct feedback from players, the GTS2's face height was inspired by the GT1 fairway wood to help golfers feel more confident. The only model in the line with a slightly deeper face is the 13.5° 3-wood.

Lofts: 13.5, 15.0, 16.5, 18.0, 21.0

GTS3 - Deeper Face

On the other side, the deeper face of the GTS3 is a better fit for those who generally tend to be steeper and down into the ball. This leads to more face height to generate lower spin.

One thing golfers can look forward to with the GTS3 is a new 21° 7-wood (a loft that was only previously available in the GT2 and the GT1).

Lofts: 15.0, 16.5, 18.0, 21.0

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Price, Options & Availability

The Titleist GTS fairway woods are now available for custom fitting and presale at Titleist accounts and will be in retail locations starting on June 11th. They are priced at $400 with the core featured shafts and $600 with the Premium shaft options from Graphite Design.

Featured shafts:

Project X Titan Black

Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White w/ Rip Technology

Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue w/ Rip Technology

Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Red w/ Rip Technology

Premium shafts:

Graphite Design Tour AD DI

Graphite Design Tour AD VF

Graphite Design Tour AD FI