While the new TSR drivers are sure to get the largest share of initial attention, make no mistake, Titleist knew they had their work cut out for them to take the immensely popular TSi fairways and improve upon them for this release as well.
How did they do it? By focusing on what they call the “Four F’s”, Flight, Feel, Form, and Forgiveness.
Say hello to the three new TSR fairway metals.
Titleist TSR Fairways
A major focus with this release was in trying to perfect the CG within each model, what Titleist ended up with is the lowest CG they have ever built into a fairway. By achieving this, they have created a higher launching clubhead which means more playable for golfers of all types.
This CG movement was of course done by removing and replacing weight elsewhere in the heads, to do that Titleist created what they are calling their “Open Hosel Construction”. Typically, a lot of weight is located in the hosel region of a design, Titleist has removed a significant portion of that by opening the hosel and moving that weight into specific locations depending on the clubhead in the lineup.
The TSR fairway release is made up of three different clubheads, but no, they are not the same as the drivers. Here, Titleist is introducing the TSR2, TSR2+, and TSR3 fairway metals.
Titleist TSR2 Fairway
The follow up to the incredibly successful TSi2 fairways, the TSR2 builds on that same foundation of easy launch, massive forgiveness, and impressive distance. This clubhead is the lowest CG of the three TSR fairway designs, in fact, Titleist is also calling it the lowest CG ever for an all-steel design. The TSR2 is a high-launch and mid-spin club which offers the company’s SureFit adapter for additional adjustability. Worth noting, like the TSR2 driver, gone is the grey finish which the TSi2 had as now the look blends with the whole lineup.

Loft Options: 15.0, 16.5, 18.0 RH/LH, 21.0 RH Only
Titleist TSR2+ Fairway
This one is going to turn some heads.
Listening to its Tour Staff, Titleist went to the design table and came back with an answer to their clamoring for a tee-biased fairway metal which could still be used off the deck. While it won’t be for everyone, this stronger lofted design fills a need in the TS family that is sure to excite many.

The TSR2+ has a larger overall profile than the TSR2, including a taller face. What it also offers over its sibling? More forgiveness. Due to its profile, this club features the deepest CG location of any Titleist fairway, that means maximizing long and straight. In all, it is a 13-degree rocket launcher. As is the case with the whole lineup, the SureFit adapter will also allow some fine-tuning.

Loft Options: 13.0 RH/LH
Titleist TSR3 Fairway
Finally, the TSR3, the precision instrument of the new TSR fairway metals. This head not only features the SureFit adapter, but also the new five-point Adjustable CG Track System which adds to the precision aspect. A mid-high launch and low-spin design, this is the players fairway that showcases not just power but workability for the demanding golfer. With a classic and sleek shape as well as a compact look at address, the TSR3 rounds out the lineup very well.

Loft Options: 15.0 and 16.5 RH/LH, 13.5 and 18.0 RH Only
The Details
Like the drivers, the TSR fairway metals will release on 9/23/2022 and feature the same wide-ranging, no upcharge and custom shafts. As standard, the lineup will offer Project X’s HZRDUS Red CB and HZRDUS Black 4G, as well as the Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei AV Blue with Xlink and Tensei 1K Black. More than that, for a $200.00 upcharge the Graphite Design Tour AD UB, Tour AD IZ, and Tour AD DI will also be available. Yes, there is a full catalog of other full upcharge shafts, but the Graphite Design “Premium” level option is quite cool to see. The TSR fairways will be priced at $349 for the standard options, and $549 for premium.
Do the TSR fairways catch your attention? Which model(s) do you plan on giving a go? Jump in and let us know all your thoughts in the comments below or directly on the THP Community!
Got my 7W out to the range. Love the way the club looks at address, and it hits as good as it looks. Very tempted bur the 16.5 to push the Hywood into backup status, especially since the price drop. The Hywood performs really well but I’m a sucker for a good looking club.
the TSR2 7-wood (21*) i added this spring immediately became a favorite club in my bag. i paired it with a stock option Tensei Blue stiff shaft.
so easy to hit, dead strait, and consistent distance at ~210-220yds for me.
there’s something about how the 7w loads for me during the swing that’s also helped me find the right feel a better swing path for my TSR2 3w (16.5*) as well, and i’ve stopped hitting cuts with that club and now hit strait shots. that club’s still money off the deck for ~225-230 and off the tee offers a great option when a lower flight ball is needed compared to driver.
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I find the TSR2+ has a weird sound/feel. Not typical Titleist which is usually very clean and thwacky. The TSR2 Driver is perfection as i expected
But hitting the 3wood outside i was surprised to hear what it sounded like
It performs great and this isn’t a major thing for me, i just found the sound odd
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I hadn’t really noticed that, but then I’m not usually super sensitive to sound so you certainly may be right. One thing it sounds like we can agree on is the performance though!
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2+ inbound. Boom.
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Man wish I had seen this a week ago, lol. Did you go with the 14.5?
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Man wish I had seen this a week ago, lol. Did you go with the 14.5?
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Yes, love it. I have a 13.5 in a TSi as well. Love them.
So as much as I love hitting the TSR2+, in practice I’m just not using it that much. There just aren’t that many instances to hit just a little less than driver – I’m finding that the 4W is just where I’m reaching in that case. And the other reality is that the 4W only goes 5-10 shorter than the TSR2+ – and it gets even closer when we’re talking about off the deck.
Adding to that, I’m finding more and more cases when I need more than 4i but less than 4W. That 215-220 yard shot comes up a lot more often than the “well I need to go 250-260 but no further”. So I set up a fitting for Monday 8/5 to try to figure out what to do. I’m not sure if I’ll end up in a shorter fairway wood like a 7W, or a 3 hybrid or iron/utility, but I’m looking forward to crunching those numbers.
Semi related note, I got some internal justification for this type of setup when I saw that our PGA/Open champion Xander Schauffele goes driver/16.5* fairway/3 hybrid or iron/4 iron. If even (arguably) the best golfer in the world right now doesn’t need a fairway longer than a 3W, I probably don’t either!
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So as much as I love hitting the TSR2+, in practice I’m just not using it that much. There just aren’t that many instances to hit just a little less than driver – I’m finding that the 4W is just where I’m reaching in that case. And the other reality is that the 4W only goes 5-10 shorter than the TSR2+ – and it gets even closer when we’re talking about off the deck.
Adding to that, I’m finding more and more cases when I need more than 4i but less than 4W. That 215-220 yard shot comes up a lot more often than the “well I need to go 250-260 but no further”. So I set up a fitting for Monday 8/5 to try to figure out what to do. I’m not sure if I’ll end up in a shorter fairway wood like a 7W, or a 3 hybrid or iron/utility, but I’m looking forward to crunching those numbers.
Semi related note, I got some internal justification for this type of setup when I saw that our PGA/Open champion Xander Schauffele goes driver/16.5* fairway/3 hybrid or iron/4 iron. If even (arguably) the best golfer in the world right now doesn’t need a fairway longer than a 3W, I probably don’t either!
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Interesting comment as the adding of a fairway wood looms for my bag. A 3w does not find more fairways for me, so gapping to my longest iron makes more sense.
Your 4w is a great club and has plenty of distance and gets into the air well. Having your longest turf club as a confidence shot is huge.
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Interesting comment as the adding of a fairway wood looms for my bag. A 3w does not find more fairways for me, so gapping to my longest iron makes more sense.
Your 4w is a great club and has plenty of distance and gets into the air well. Having your longest turf club as a confidence shot is huge.
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Yep that’s exactly the issue for me. My stats clearly tell me a fairway wood – or even a long iron – don’t really hit more fairways than driver. So the only reason to hit a fairway or iron off the tee is based on distance – usually meaning distance to trouble. I also consider that as if I miss the fairway left or right, what distance keeps me safe vs in trouble? I did bad math on that with #14 on Saturday, for example – if I had hit a long iron or even fairway wood, that level of pull might have stayed in play by virtue of just staying shorter.
All that said though, I agree, the 4W is a confidence club for me. The one thing I need to practice is keeping the left side out of play off the tee with it, as that miss has gotten me in trouble at times.
I’ve got the TSR2 16.5 and 21. With the 16.5 off the deck I sometimes hit solid shots that launch well for good height and distance. But not consistently enough. The 21 is less of a problem in this area.
Remembering some of the most successful FWs I’ve ever had, I bought a like-new Rocketballz 3HL. That club definitely gets the ball off the ground and in the air off the deck. But it might be too spinny. Thinking it’s time for some shaft experiments in the TSR2s. Presently have Evenflow Riptide R flex in them. May give the stock HZRDUS Red another try.
Thoughts?
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I’ve got the TSR2 16.5 and 21. With the 16.5 off the deck I sometimes hit solid shots that launch well for good height and distance. But not consistently enough. The 21 is less of a problem in this area.
Remembering some of the most successful FWs I’ve ever had, I bought a like-new Rocketballz 3HL. That club definitely gets the ball off the ground and in the air off the deck. But it might be too spinny. Thinking it’s time for some shaft experiments in the TSR2s. Presently have Evenflow Riptide R flex in them. May give the stock HZRDUS Red another try.
Thoughts?
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What shaft was in the RBZ 3HL? The other thing is I think the RBZ standard line was fairly high handicapper oriented, whereas the TSR2 is more targeted across multiple handicaps. I wonder if the RBZ had a deeper CG and spun more.
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What shaft was in the RBZ 3HL? The other thing is I think the RBZ standard line was fairly high handicapper oriented, whereas the TSR2 is more targeted across multiple handicaps. I wonder if the RBZ had a deeper CG and spun more.
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The RBZ shaft is stock Ozik.
i don’t think the logic of that comparison holds up. i’m not saying, i’m just saying…
my 7w (21*) TSR2 has been an absolute revelation.
my good-shot distance averages 221 yds.
and off the tee i’m 67% FIR, with an even 14% left and 14% right dispersion.
(by comparison my driver is 40% FIR)
if i’m facing an absolute must-hit target tee shot, i’ll give up the 40yds of distance and pull 7w.
off the deck? it’s just so. freaking. easy. to get the ball up in the air fast.
I know that somebody else’s bag setup really shouldn’t be related to mine at all, but it’s just a reassurance that it works I guess and that somebody at the pro level is coming to the same conclusion that a traditional 3W isn’t necessary.
I apparently suck at hitting fairways in general, because I don’t hit 67% of fairways until I go down to like 6 or 7 iron :ROFLMAO: For me, I’m just as likely to miss the fairway with 4W or 4i as with driver. So unless the extra distance brings extra trouble into play, I’m just hitting driver anyways.
I tried the TSR 16.5? fairway. Liked it. Bought it. Put the old Ping 17.5? G425 back in the bag and added a 14.5? G425.
The TSR just wasn’t as good off crap lies.
I tried hzrdus silver, red rdx, in 5.5 and black gen 4 and black rdx 6.0 in the TSRs. All of them were successful, but I’m not sure which one is the best. I’m doing another fitting soon to figure out a shaft. Those will all be for sale soon haha. Maybe even the heads too haha.
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I know that somebody else’s bag setup really shouldn’t be related to mine at all,
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you’re right on about the part that we should be noticing, which is that there’s no reason to believe we “must” have certain clubs in our bag. i’m more just chuckling about the idea of comparing ourselves (amateurs) to male professionals who are not playing anywhere near the same game as us. maybe, maybe, to an LPGA player as the swing speed is more similar so similar gapping decisions.
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I apparently suck at hitting fairways in general, because I don’t hit 67% of fairways until I go down to like 6 or 7 iron :ROFLMAO: For me, I’m just as likely to miss the fairway with 4W or 4i as with driver. So unless the extra distance brings extra trouble into play, I’m just hitting driver anyways.
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oh definitely, if i can hit driver i am doing so almost every time. the extra 25% FIR exaggerates the impact a bit since on most courses the rough isn’t really all that rough due to pace of play considerations. but there’s 4 holes on my home course where i can’t hit driver off the white tees because of trouble long. i prefer the longer blue tees at least in part for that reason, but all of our leagues and matches play from the whites.
i loved the T350 4-iron when it behaved, but ultimately it was too inconsistent for me. the 7w really matches my swing better and the ball gets up so nicely for me off almost any lie. i do have too much of a gap between my good 5-iron (190yds) and 7w (221yds) shots, so the occasional 200yd par-3 gives me fits. and i never hit my 3w off the tee since it doesn’t offer enough distinction from my driver, so it’s a once per round club at most on par 5s where i’m just advancing the ball. for next year i might consider dropping the 3w (16.5*) and 7w (21*) from the bag and testing an 18* and 23* combination to address that gap. and of course, a few extra options would be nice for pulling in and out of the bag for certain courses. i wonder if Titleist has anything interesting like that for me to buy? :unsure:
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you’re right on about the part that we should be noticing, which is that there’s no reason to believe we “must” have certain clubs in our bag. i’m more just chuckling about the idea of comparing ourselves (amateurs) to male professionals who are not playing anywhere near the same game as us. maybe, maybe, to an LPGA player as the swing speed is more similar so similar gapping decisions.
oh definitely, if i can hit driver i am doing so almost every time. the extra 25% FIR exaggerates the impact a bit since on most courses the rough isn’t really all that rough due to pace of play considerations. but there’s 4 holes on my home course where i can’t hit driver off the white tees because of trouble long. i prefer the longer blue tees at least in part for that reason, but all of our leagues and matches play from the whites.
i loved the T350 4-iron when it behaved, but ultimately it was too inconsistent for me. the 7w really matches my swing better and the ball gets up so nicely for me off almost any lie. i do have too much of a gap between my good 5-iron (190yds) and 7w (221yds) shots, so the occasional 200yd par-3 gives me fits. and i never hit my 3w off the tee since it doesn’t offer enough distinction from my driver, so it’s a once per round club at most on par 5s where i’m just advancing the ball. for next year i might consider dropping the 3w (16.5*) and 7w (21*) from the bag and testing an 18* and 23* combination to address that gap. and of course, a few extra options would be nice for pulling in and out of the bag for certain courses. i wonder if Titleist has anything interesting like that for me to buy? :unsure:
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100% fair. Xander has 50 yards on me :ROFLMAO: But it was still cool to see a similar setup to mine by club choice at that level. I did notice, to talk LPGA, that Atthaya Thitikul alsoonly has one fairway wood, then goes to a hybrid then 4i. The “one fairway wood setup” appears to be pretty common even at the highest levels.
I’m definitely SUPER curious about the idea of a 7W (or possibly 3h or 3i). I love the T200 4i, it’s exactly the club I pull on those 200-210 approaches, but then when I’m more than that but less than maybe 235-240 I feel like I just don’t have the option. I’ve tried choking up on the TSR2 16.5* but that typically ends very poorly :ROFLMAO: Something that will carry right around 220-225 would perfectly slot right in there. I also contemplated adding another wedge, but I’ve got all the gaps covered. The only thing to add would be a low bounce lob wedge for those odd really tight lies where I need to spin it, but that is really not a common ask for me.
Since there’s no TSR hybrid thread… The fitting I had Monday resulted in a reshafting of my 4i with graphite to hit my 205-210 gap, as well as a TSR2 21* hybrid with 1K Black 85 for 220-225. Very much looks and feels like a shrunken down TSR2 fairway to me, which I like as I also hit a GT2 7W. Felt great but the slightly shorter shaft and more penetrating flight of the hybrid vs the fairway fit me much better and gave me pretty awesome consistency in the fitting. Just got a shipping notification for it yesterday, can’t wait to get it in and get it on course!!
So this TSR2 21* hybrid is KILLER. High flight but not ballooning by any means, and this setup doesn’t suffer with the same tendency to hook that literally every other hybrid I’ve owned recently has. It plays in practice exactly like a TSR2 fairway that got hit with a shrink ray – and that is a very good thing because I LOVE my 16.5* TSR2. I’ve gotten on several par 5’s in two and long par 3’s with this thing that I would have had no chance at with a different club.
In fact, it’s so good that it has me thinking about picking up the 24* as well. The T200 4i has been a great club for me but it’s still a 4i, and with how easy this hybrid is to hit and how it avoids that dreaded left pull, replacing the 4i is a very tempting option.
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So this TSR2 21* hybrid is KILLER. High flight but not ballooning by any means, and this setup doesn’t suffer with the same tendency to hook that literally every other hybrid I’ve owned recently has. It plays in practice exactly like a TSR2 fairway that got hit with a shrink ray – and that is a very good thing because I LOVE my 16.5* TSR2. I’ve gotten on several par 5’s in two and long par 3’s with this thing that I would have had no chance at with a different club.
In fact, it’s so good that it has me thinking about picking up the 24* as well. The T200 4i has been a great club for me but it’s still a 4i, and with how easy this hybrid is to hit and how it avoids that dreaded left pull, replacing the 4i is a very tempting option.
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i’ll have to give this a look and test a few out.
i moved away from hybrids due to my tendency to pull them, but it’s left some awkward gapping at the top of my bag between 5i and 7w.
That makes sense to me, because I was looking at either 7W or the 21* hybrid I got to cover my 220 ish number, while 5i for me is around a 190-195 club. I have the 4i in there now for 200-210 range, but I’m finding it’s not as reliable hitting that number as I would like it to be. I put a graphite shaft in there and made a utility build to get a little more speed, and when I clip it good I get that number, but the difference in weight to the rest of the irons is jacking me up. I think I need to add a little lead tape to increase swing weight which should help unify the feel and make it easier, but I can’t help thinking that the 24* TSR2 or TSR3 hybrid would just be nearly idiot proof in that slot.
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That makes sense to me, because I was looking at either 7W or the 21* hybrid I got to cover my 220 ish number, while 5i for me is around a 190-195 club. I have the 4i in there now for 200-210 range, but I’m finding it’s not as reliable hitting that number as I would like it to be. I put a graphite shaft in there and made a utility build to get a little more speed, and when I clip it good I get that number, but the difference in weight to the rest of the irons is jacking me up. I think I need to add a little lead tape to increase swing weight which should help unify the feel and make it easier, but I can’t help thinking that the 24* TSR2 or TSR3 hybrid would just be nearly idiot proof in that slot.
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I had the T300 4-iron but was inconsistent with it. Smoking when I got it right, but I chunked it too often. I pulled it out when I added a 4th wedge.
On good shots my 5i is 190yds and 7w is 215yds so we have a similar gap in that range. I’d like to test a few hybrids and a 9w for that gap. My 7w is turned up to 22.5* so I could bring it back down to add a few yards to work the gapping better and then maybe even drop the 3w from the bag as I’m only hitting it like 1x/round and it’s not that much longer than my 7w anyway.
Had a long game fitting with Titleist the other day to look at Diamana shafts for the experience and also wanted to look at the 4i / alternatives and see what I got out of a GT2 or GT3 16.5* to replace the TSR2 16.5*. I hit two balls with the TSR2 and the fitter says “why the hell do you want to f*** with that???” :ROFLMAO:
Yeah, this thing still holds up. I was averaging around 240 carry in the shots I hit in the fitting with the TSR2, which is just outstanding. I did pick up about 3-4 yards on the GT2 in the same setup, but it’s a small sample size and I also wasn’t quite as precise. So there really isn’t a compelling reason to change right now. The TSR2 is still a very good option if you can find on the secondary!
Practices today tested out the Cobra DS 3Hf against tsr3 16.5*
Was surprised to see the Cobra launched lower and spun less.
It also wanted to draw more.
Tsr3 was plenty forgiving off the deck. And deep face enough to be used off the tee.
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