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TECH TALK: Titleist’s new TS2 and TS3 fairway woods

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6 years ago

Sep 6, 2018

In addition to the new TS2 and TS3 drivers, Titleist also launched its new TS2 and TS3 fairway woods on Thursday. Recently, GolfWRX’s Editor Andrew Tursky and Director of Original Content Johnny Wunder sat down with Josh Talge, the Vice President of Marketing at Titleist, and Stephanie Luttrell, the Director of Metalwood Development, to learn everything about Titleist’s new fairway woods. Check out the full conversation below.

See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the TS2 and TS3 fairways here.

TECH TALK: Titleist TS2 and TS3 fairways

Tech Summary

The “Titleist Speed” fairway woods, each measuring 175cc, are made for faster ball speeds with higher launch, lower spin rates and increased MOI (moment of inertia, a measure of forgiveness), according to Titleist.

To achieve those results, Titleist designed the crowns of the new fairways to be 27 percent thinner than the previous 917 fairways, thus allowing engineers to move weight lower and deeper in the club heads. Also, a new variable thickness face helped to save weight from the face, and helps to deliver faster ball speeds across the face. With the weight savings from the crown and face, Titleist says MOI is up 11 percent compared to its 917 predecessors.

While Titleist took the Active Recoil Channel out of the driver, the company put a new Active Recoil Channel in the TS2 and TS3 fairways, made to launch the ball higher; Titleist says since fairways need to hit the ball off the turf, and thus, lower on the face, the Active Recoil Channel remains a “crucial technology.” The new channel in the fairways is designed to be “higher” for more face flexibility to increase ball speeds.

The TS2 fairway woods have a fixed CG (center of gravity) location, are made for “high launch, mid spin” and are available in 13.5, 15, 16.5, 18 and 21 degrees (right-handed only).

The TS3 fairways, on the other hand, have SureFit CG adjustability, have a “mid launch, low spin” profile, and are available in 13.5, 15, 16.5 and 18 degree lofts (15 and 16.5 degrees for lefties).

Stock shafts include Mitsubishi Kuro Kage Black Dual Core 55, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Series Blue 65, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 and Project X Even Flow T1100 White 75. Titleist’s TS fairways will be available on September 28th for $299 each. Click here to find a fitting event near you.

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8 Comments

Coach

Sep 11, 2018 at 11:10 pm

What is the “smoke” shaft like? any comparisons or expectations?

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golfraven

Sep 9, 2018 at 4:08 pm

I fould it interesting that Andrew took the lead here and asked the awkward questions. Good interview overall.

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Tom

Sep 6, 2018 at 7:13 pm

WOW! so different, will probably add 20, 30, maybe 50 yards to carry distance!!!

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- Elliot Smith
  
  Sep 7, 2018 at 12:45 am
  
  They are awesome! I have ts2 driver and 3 wood. I can hit the 3 wood about 285 some holes I’ll hit them both just to see and a few times they go the same distance…
  
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Chuck Barkles

Sep 6, 2018 at 5:13 pm

My Cobra F8, loaded with an ATMOS tour spec shaft is resting comfortably, and will remain so in my bag. The merry-go-round of equipment stops here. I wonder how long the manufacturers would last if we all wore the finish off the face of our clubs as the
pros do?

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ron

Sep 6, 2018 at 3:45 pm

Yes… these fairways will solve all the duffer’s problems… and no need for another new and improved concoction.

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- JP
  
  Sep 6, 2018 at 4:27 pm
  
  The next 3 versions are already in production. Just need to wait for slumping sales to reveal the new flavor of the month!
  
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  - the truth
    
    Sep 7, 2018 at 8:39 am
    
    and that’s what been going on for the last 100 years……why break the precedent..its all about marketing….. (and gullible golfers with more money than sense)……
    
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Callaway launches Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max driver

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2 hours ago

May 21, 2024

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Give me a Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond driver but make it Max. Callaway engineers have taken the tour staple triple diamond head and boosted its size from 450 to 460cc’s. “By doing that we’ve created a more forgiving head while still keeping the same great shape that’s beloved on tour,” said Callaway’s advanced R&D manager Nick Yontz. The driver offers more spin than Triple Diamond standard — and thus more workability and forgiveness.

In contrast to the standard Triple Diamond, which features 14 and two-gram weights. The Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max is equipped with 10-gram and four-gram interchangeable weights, which contributes to greater overall stability. According to Callaway, the driver plays more neutral than the neutral-to-fade-bias Triple Diamond.

Comparison of the Triple Diamond and Triple Diamond Max faces.

Discussing testing on tour, Nick Yontz, advanced R&D manager, said:

“We first brought this head out for Tour testing in November last year. Players would step up and we had it matched up to their gamer driver specs. They would swing, and we saw consistently good ball flights – very stable. It was the word ‘stable’ that continued to be used by players.”

“They would continue to split the fairway and what that caused them to do was to start swinging faster. They had this excitement that, ‘This thing doesn’t go offline. I can keep swinging harder and harder and it maintains that straight flight’”

“We were seeing players. that would have small gains in ball speed from just the driver head alone, but then the swing speed would increase the more and more swings they made. By the end of it, they really saw meaningful gains in ball speed and distance.”

As a refresher on the Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke driver family — which now includes Paradym Ai Smoke Max, Paradym Ai Smoke Max D, Paradym Smoke Max Fast, Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond, and Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max — check out our launch piece.

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max: Pricing, specs, availability

Price: $599.99

Loft options: 9, 10.5 degrees

Stock shaft: Project X Denali Blue

At retail: June 7

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Photos from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge

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GolfWRX is live this week at Colonial Country Club for the Charles Schwab Challenge.

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Check out links to our photos below, which we’ll continue to update throughout the week.

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/21/24): New Ping i210 4-UW irons

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5 hours ago

May 21, 2024

Gianni Magliocco

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

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Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of New Ping I210 4-UW irons.

From the seller: (@jblough99): “New Ping I210 4-UW with AWT 2.0 stiff shafts. Standard length, standard loft, black dot lie. Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips standard size. All matching serial numbers. There is a rub in the finish on the back of the 6 iron and a few spots in the hydropearl finish on the other iron faces (see pics) unfortunately the shop I got them from didn’t wrap each head individually for shipping. These clubs are new unhit, most still have the protective stickers on the numbers on the soles. $1025 OBRO full clubs. $975 OBRO heads only.”

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