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Spotted: Titleist 915 Fairway Woods and Hybrids

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Jul 28, 2014

Titleist’s new 915 fairway woods and hybrids were spotted today at the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone CC, just one month after the Titleist 915D drivers were spotted on tour at the Quicken Loans National.

Titleist is mum on the details of the new clubs, but we can tell from the photos that there will be two new fairway woods: a 915F and a lower-spinning 915F.d. There will also be two new hybrids: a 915H and a lower-spinning 915H.d.

On the tech side, the entire 915 line of drivers, fairway woods and hybrids have adjustable hosels and slots on the front of their soles that likely increase ball speed and forgiveness, particularly on shots hit off-center.

915F Fairway Woods

915F.d Fairway Woods

915H Hybrids

915 H.d Hybrids

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Chris

Sep 17, 2014 at 4:32 pm

The release date of the 915 driver and fairway woods will be November 14th.

http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/team-titleist/f/6/t/26709.aspx

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John

Aug 14, 2014 at 11:54 pm

You guys need to stop worrying about the equipment and try to actually hit the stuff yall got.

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Mike

Aug 2, 2014 at 10:47 am

I heard the cool new headcover comes with a free birdie! lol

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Shayne

Jul 31, 2014 at 10:30 pm

What kind of shaft is in the FD?

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- Dylan
  
  Aug 28, 2014 at 3:37 pm
  
  I just hit both the F as well as the FD last week, It’s stock shaft is an Aldila Rogue in FD and Diamana S+ in the F version.
  
  Cheers
  
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  - Shayne
    
    Sep 6, 2014 at 9:47 pm
    
    Thank You!
    
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Neil Harvey

Jul 30, 2014 at 6:43 pm

Are the sure fit adaptors the same as the 913’s????

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- Mike
  
  Aug 2, 2014 at 10:44 am
  
  yes they are
  
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Bigo

Jul 30, 2014 at 1:08 pm

I would love to get my hands on the 915HD rescue wood with an 85xstiff shaft…. the 913HD already goes 280 here in Colorado

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Nathan

Jul 30, 2014 at 12:10 pm

The clubs look to be technologically advanced over previous Titleist models, but the paint-fill looks like it was done by an inexperienced counterfeiter. Hopefully the production model looks much more refined.

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Tom Johnson

Jul 30, 2014 at 11:24 am

These clubs looks cheap and dorky. I hope they perform better than they look. Not impressed.

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- Bryan
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 2:17 pm
  
  +1
  
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Joe

Jul 30, 2014 at 11:07 am

Don’t just a book by it’s cover. I have hit the full line of 915 metals. I gained 17 yards of carry over my 913 D2 and I dropped my spin rate by 700 RPM’s. The 915F and 915H were easer to hit and launched higher off of the deck with less spin. I hit all of 915’s with the same shafts and I have in my 913.

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Mctrees02

Jul 30, 2014 at 10:56 am

So they pretty much took the Adams XTD sole design and gave it a much improved paint job…great!

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Bert Macklin

Jul 30, 2014 at 10:48 am

The new alignment marker is GARBAGE. Hot, broiled garbage.

I do not understand the move away from the standard mark. It looks like a rough draft sketch, or a knockoff. Everything else about these things looks sleek and refined, and then you’ve got a spooge mark on top of the club. Ridiculous.

That said, I can’t wait to hit them.

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Mike

Jul 30, 2014 at 8:54 am

Interesting that they’re going back to club numbers while still including the loft on the hosel.

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Golfraven

Jul 30, 2014 at 8:28 am

The 915 hybrid 2/3 goes in the bag. Looking forward to test.

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NG

Jul 29, 2014 at 10:53 pm

Titleist RBZ Stage 2

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Craig

Jul 29, 2014 at 9:23 pm

Are yall really comparing Taylormade to Titleist???? At least Titleist doesn’t come out with new clubs every six months. Taylormade has to buy players Titleist doesn’t, players come to them. Taylormade is a joke in my opinion. Top Pro golfs leave Titleist bc they go for the money. Titleist knows players will come to them so they dont have to worry.

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- Regis
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 11:30 am
  
  Phil Michelson used to be with Titleist. Now He’s with Callaway. Last year in a tournament he was gaming a TM SLDR driver (well documented) that was painted over so as not to be identified. If he wanted to “step out” on his brand why didn’t he use the Titleist?
  
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- BcavWecllh
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 11:34 am
  
  Do you really believe that players “come” to titlest? They are paying guys just like every mfg. You really think a player turns down dollars to play their equipment?? Doesn’t happen.
  
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- NG
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 5:52 pm
  
  Absolutely brainwashed comment. The Phil comment says it all!
  
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thariq amanillah

Jul 29, 2014 at 4:21 pm

Oh my Dear Lord. 913 f or 913h has better look than 915f or 915h. They also follow what taylormade do. Front c.g and I can’t see the defreny between the f.d with f or h with h.d. that can make customers confused. Haha but will see wich one is good. But because the looks. Nooo

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Brodie Hock

Jul 29, 2014 at 12:56 pm

Sleek…

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stetsonaw

Jul 29, 2014 at 12:46 pm

Titleist doing the low/forward CG with a slot? Looks like my TaylorMades just got validated. Loft Up+

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- MHendon
  
  Jul 29, 2014 at 5:12 pm
  
  Not sure where your getting the low/forward CG from, there’s no mention of that in the article but Titleist has always offered two models one with the CG farther back and one with it more forward. Plus the slot innovation or channel what ever you want to call it was being done by Nike and Adams before Taylormade. So no real credit to Taylormade on either one of those.
  
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MHendon

Jul 29, 2014 at 11:30 am

I think what these clubs show us along with everything else on the market is how worthless a patent is.

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paul

Jul 29, 2014 at 8:18 am

Pretty. Slot make ball go farther is a good thing. Even if its copying everyone else.

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Mark

Jul 29, 2014 at 2:46 am

Love the hybrid, jury out on FWs.

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tim

Jul 28, 2014 at 10:39 pm

I liked this club when it was called compression channel and it was made by nike three years ago.

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- Steve
  
  Jul 28, 2014 at 11:43 pm
  
  Adams created the compression channel. Nike and innovation don’t even belong in the same sentence when it comes to golf equipment.
  
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  - Robert G
    
    Jul 29, 2014 at 9:48 am
    
    Nike don’t belong? Please, Nike Covert and Covert 2.0 are some of the best woods made the last few years. Run the numbers against all the others, they beat out just about everyone.
    
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    - RogerinNZ
      
      Jul 29, 2014 at 3:41 pm
      
      Robert, he said Nike AND Innovation,
      Meaning they don;t invent, just refine.
      I was at a TV sales presentation in 1989.
      The speaker kept saying we were First with this
      and that etc.All we wanted was the V2 or V3,like software !
      Covert 2 are Great not Covert 1!
      Smart move by Titleist to adopt whats newer and WORKS!
      I liked my VR Tour !
      
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  - BcavWecllh
    
    Jul 30, 2014 at 11:35 am
    
    Actually Wilson had this technology in their Reflex irons decades ago! Google it.
    
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    - MHendon
      
      Jul 30, 2014 at 11:25 pm
      
      Lol you just killed the credibility of all these club experts on here who weren’t even born yet when those clubs where introduced. Good work BcavWecllh I was pretty sure I’d seen some really old clubs with slots but didn’t have concrete prof.
      
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    - Jeff Daschel
      
      Jul 31, 2014 at 9:27 pm
      
      I have a set of 1979 Ben Hogan apex Director Irons& woods and the woods have a “speed slot” whittled into the sides and bottom
      http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/-W0AAOSwh6xTs1EX/$_57.JPG
      
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      - MHendon
        
        Jul 31, 2014 at 11:29 pm
        
        As the saying goes, what’s old is new again.
        
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CW

Jul 28, 2014 at 8:36 pm

Perfect

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Roberto

Jul 28, 2014 at 8:34 pm

Disappointing from titleist, nothing new or special. Hopefully performance speaks for itself. Anyone know when titleist will release 915 line?

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- JJ Man
  
  Jul 29, 2014 at 11:46 am
  
  Played with a clup pro who is playing in the PGA, so Titleist sent him the 915 – said he picked up 20 yards with it with same shaft
  
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  - mhendon
    
    Jul 29, 2014 at 6:50 pm
    
    If he picked up 20 yards then his old driver was either persimmon or had a crack in the face. I don’t buy that for a second.
    
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    - Regis
      
      Jul 30, 2014 at 11:33 am
      
      He lost me with the “I have a friend” intro only to be followed by a club pro playing “in the PGA”
      
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    - BcavWecllh
      
      Jul 30, 2014 at 11:36 am
      
      Agreed. Do people realize how hard it is to pick up 20 yards?
      
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      - DK
        
        Jul 30, 2014 at 12:38 pm
        
        Not that hard if you’re playing an old Titleist driver. If these new metals are significantly less spinning it’s possible…
        
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    - MHendon
      
      Jul 30, 2014 at 5:32 pm
      
      That was kind of my point DK, but he’s a club pro so I doubt he was gaming anything much more than a year old.
      
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Mateo

Jul 28, 2014 at 7:17 pm

Yes please. 910’s were amazing. Still using them.
913’s weren’t very good.
Can’t wait to try these.

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WarrenPeace

Jul 28, 2014 at 7:06 pm

Titleist hybrid.d with a slot- too much horsepower!! Glad they kept the cool black finish- when can I hit these?? Give us a release date Titleist!!

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- Billy
  
  Jul 29, 2014 at 1:27 am
  
  Feb 2015
  
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  - Rich
    
    Jul 29, 2014 at 5:40 am
    
    More likely Nov 2014
    
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jericho

Jul 28, 2014 at 6:49 pm

Great head shape..will bag these to go with my new 714 ap2s an sm5’s ..plus they have the Scotty Crown on the soul. .how could ya go wrong

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Joe

Jul 28, 2014 at 6:44 pm

Beautiful

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hebron1427

Jul 28, 2014 at 6:44 pm

soooooo….basically a black taylormade?

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- Clemson Sucks
  
  Jul 28, 2014 at 7:59 pm
  
  ?
  
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- Shweg
  
  Jul 28, 2014 at 8:10 pm
  
  I would actually compare to a nike vr compression channel
  
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- Jim
  
  Jul 28, 2014 at 9:10 pm
  
  Adams was first i believe which is why taylormade bought adams and then threw up on the brand. But anyway who cares i think they look slick im a ping guy but will definitely sample the kool aid . High five ! how much ?
  
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  - Steve
    
    Jul 28, 2014 at 11:45 pm
    
    Funny, Ping is who it looks to me like they are trying awfully hard to mimic. i series fairways/hybrids look suspiciously similar.
    
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    - mhendon
      
      Jul 29, 2014 at 6:54 pm
      
      Actually they look suspiciously like the 913’s which looked suspiciously like the 910’s which where on the market before the Ping I series of woods you’re comparing them to.
      
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mhendon

Jul 28, 2014 at 6:35 pm

Here’s hoping Titleist goes back to more traditional none adjustable woods and hybrids.

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- ng
  
  Jul 29, 2014 at 12:38 pm
  
  The cycle will come around. A new line of clubs every 2 years means it may be back sooner than you think.
  
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- Red
  
  Jul 29, 2014 at 2:11 pm
  
  I dont know if it will happen the adjustable heads just make it too easy to fit more golfers
  
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- John
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 2:18 pm
  
  better hope for a sleeve of balata balls and a chance encounter with Doc Brown, in that case.
  
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  - MHendon
    
    Jul 30, 2014 at 11:29 pm
    
    I’ll pass on the balata’s, I’m some what of a traditionalist but I’m not crazy. lol
    
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