Titleist TSR3 Driver Review
The TSR range represents the culmination of the Titleist Speed Project which began three generations ago with the launch of TS, aiming to deliver immediate speed and distance gains to golfers, and was then taken up a notch with 2020’s TSi. In TSR, the R stands mostly for refined, certainly not revolution. This is because, in our view, it represents a minor evolution in the technology we saw in the impressive TSi2 and TSi3 drivers but that said, the take up on tour since seeding began has been rapid and the success almost immediate.
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One of the main adjustments has been trying to make it faster through the air, which Titleist claims to have achieved through a smoother sole, smaller hosel opening and a taller back section, which is more noticeable on the TSR2 driver. It certainly looks slick and almost Tesla-inspired with how the weight track and silver strip form a T-shape on the sole.
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The five-position SureFit CG track carries over from the TSi3 but it has been neatened up so the weight sits more flush in the extreme positions and it is quicker to adjust thanks to a shorter screw thread. The other big change golfers can’t see is a new Variable Thickness Face (VFT) pattern Titleist is calling Speed Ring, which is specific to TSR3 and tailored towards slightly better players that strike the ball within a more centred area on the face. The result is supposedly more consistency of ball speed.
I went through the custom fitting process for the TSR3 driver at Titleist’s European Performance Centre at Woburn Golf Club and ended up with the premium Tour AD Graphite Design UB (Up and Beyond) 6 shaft, which comes with a £170 upcharge and makes the total cost of the driver an eye-watering £699. But does the performance justify it?
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Visually, nothing significant has changed in terms of how the TSR3 driver sits at address versus the TSi3. It maintains the same traditional look and shape that so many golfers love. I first took…
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