Built using the same engineering breakthroughs of its GT driver line, Titleist’s GT2 and GT3 fairway metals offer higher flight, longer carries, optimal spin and added forgiveness off the tee or off the fairway.
The GT2 and GT3 fairway metals feature all-new construction underneath a seamless thermoform crown that provides the classic Titleist look and sound. The ultra-light crown – made with a matrix polymer that’s about five times lighter than steel – allows for the redistribution of discretionary mass, leading to optimized center-of-gravity positions in each model to generate higher flight with similar or lower spin and fast speeds in both models.
“For most golfers, fairway metals need to be highly versatile. They need to be fast and long off the tee, and they need to fly high and hold greens,” said Stephanie Luttrell, director of Titleist’s metalwood product development. “Playability and forgiveness are hugely important as well. The changes we made to GT fairways help deliver across all these performance attributes.”
The GT2’s center of gravity is pushed lower and closer to the face, producing higher launch and lower spin than its TSR2 predecessor. The GT3’s CG is moved deeper to allow for higher launch while keeping spin in a low but playable window.
“We had very ambitious CG targets for both models, and the only way we were going to get the CG where we wanted it was through the multi-material crown,” said Tom Bennett, Titleist clubs’ principal product manager. “That discretionary weight allowed us to significantly increase launch in both models, drop spin considerably in GT2 and keep spin low in GT3.”
The GT2 – with five loft options (13.5 degrees, 15.0, 16.5, 18.0 and 21.0) – has a shallow face to suit players who have a more sweeping delivery with their fairway metals.
The GT3 is differentiated by a taller face, preferred by players who like to hit down on the ball with their fairway metal. GT3’s three loft configurations (15.0, 16.5, 18.0) are augmented with a refined adjustable CG system which allows fitters to move a sliding weight track into one of five positions from heel to toe.
The forged clubface on both GT fairways is specifically designed to improve performance on strikes low on the face. A new insert wraps around the bottom of the club to preserve ball speed, eliminate excessive spin and enhance sound and feel.
The GT2 and GT3 fairways ($399 each) feature refinements to their shaping. Titleist engineers flattened the sole curvature from heel to toe on both models, which gives the head the appearance of sitting lower. Impacts on the toe and heel side also hit higher on the face now, adding forgiveness.
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