Titleist has introduced the TSR2 and TSR3 hybrids.
Reimagined shaping and decrease/deeper CG
MAP $299 every
Pre-sale begins Feb. 2 with full retail availability on Feb. 23.
As a result of we mentioned the Titleist TSR2 and TSR3 fairway woods a number of months in the past, you might need assumed that Titleist launched TSR2 and TSR3 hybrids concurrently.
If that’s the case, I forgive you.
And given the cacophony of apparatus releases this month, it might be straightforward for Titleist’s up to date TSR2 and TSR3 hybrid launch to return and go comparatively unnoticed.
However I’m working to alter all of that. In spite of everything, ain’t no social gathering like a hybrid launch social gathering.
Let’s focus on.
Shared Tech
The Titleist TSR2 and TSR3 hybrids proceed the trade pattern of delicate refinements in pursuit of an objectively improved design. As a part of the sport plan, Titleist maintains two fashions with comparable DNA however concentrating on a barely totally different shopper demographic.
This time round, Titleist shifted the CG barely decrease to marginally enhance launch and reduce spin whereas bettering MOI/forgiveness. The online consequence, in response to Titleist participant testing, is a step or two extra carry distance. Additionally, Titleist added sole reduction pockets that scale back the quantity of the only that’s more likely to come into contact with the turf. The goal of the only modification is to enhance efficiency from the tough and different lies.
As well as, the inventory lie angle is 0.5° flatter than the earlier TSi hybrids which was a request from each PGA TOUR staffers and Titleist’s community of fitters. Coupled with the Titleist SureFit adjustable hosel, Titleist asserts that this could enable for a extra exact becoming expertise for extra golfers.
Titleist TSR2 Hybrid
As with the TSR2 driver and fairway wooden, the TSR2 hybrid is a traditional form with a barely increased trajectory than the TSR3. Titleist states that it’s engineered for “pace and efficiency” and is healthier suited to golfers with a shallow angle of assault. You will have been informed sooner or later to “hit your hybrid like a 5-iron.” And like loads of golfers, you continue to attempt to sweep it off the turf like a fairway wooden.
If that’s the case, the prolonged blade size of the TSR2 hybrid may show helpful. By shifting the CG additional away from the heel, it higher aligns CG with typical influence areas and permits the 455 carpenter metal face to flex marginally extra. The online result’s a ten p.c enhance in MOI/forgiveness and a pair extra tenths of mph ball pace.
Titleist TSR3 Hybrid
Of the 2 hybrids, the TSR3 is extra “exact and workable,” in response to Titleist. That additionally means it’s higher for golfers with a steeper angle of assault or these on the lookout for a extra iron-like hybrid. In comparison with the TSR2 hybrid, the TSR3 additionally sounds extra like an iron. By that, I’m suggesting the TSR3 feels extra dense and heavy at influence. Comparatively, the TSR2 is marginally extra metallic, very similar to you’d anticipate from a fairway wooden.
Relative to the TSi3 hybrid, the TSR3 hybrid has a bit much less offset and 5 p.c extra MOI/forgiveness. By way of adjustability, Titleist is giving golfers extra choices with a five-position SureFit Adjustable CG Monitor System. This replaces the three-position system on the TSi3.
If in case you have fond recollections of the Titleist 816/818 H2 hybrids, then the TSR3 ought to look fairly acquainted. Earlier than Titleist launched its TS (Titleist Velocity) venture in 2018, the 816/818 H2 hybrids served as a brilliant spot in an in any other case mediocre metalwood line.
Last Ideas
I examined the TSR2 and TSR3 hybrids on the Titleist Efficiency Institute in Oceanside, Calif. For me, the TSR3 proved to be the higher possibility for 3 causes. First, my hybrid wrestle is actual. I struggle a hook and as soon as I see that “left going left-er” ball flight, the bond of belief is irretrievably damaged. However with the TSR3, we shifted the only weight towards the toe and flatted the lie angle by 0.75 levels. Downside solved.
A hybrid (or higher-loft fairway wooden) is like an odd-shaped puzzle piece for a lot of golfers. The prospect of discovering an ideal match will increase relying on the variety of knobs and levers a clubfitter can pull. With that, minor alterations on paper can develop into the final little twist or shift a golfer wants to search out precisely the proper match.
Titleist has had the most-used hybrids on the PGA TOUR over the past 9 years. Typically, it’s smart to take Tour counts with a wholesome serving of salt. However on this case the stat has advantage. Many touring professionals have 11- and 12-club contracts which leaves room for 2 to a few non-contract golf equipment. Usually, it’s a fairway wooden, hybrid or the occasional putter that slides into an accessible slot.
Pricing and Availability
Inventory shafts for the Titleist TSR2 and TSR3 hybrids:
HZDRUS Crimson 60g HY – Mid-high launch/mid spin
Tensei AV Blue 65g HY – Mid launch/mid spin
HZRDUS Black 4G 80/90g HY – Low-mid launch/low spin
Tensei 1K Black 85/95g HY – Low launch/low spin
Pre-sale for the Titleist TSR2 and TSR3 hybrids begins Feb. 2. Full retail availability begins on Feb. 23.
MAP is $299.
For extra data, go to Titleist.com.
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