TITLEIST GT1 vs GT1 3Tour vs GT2 | Titleist Fairway Woods Comparison

The new Titleist GT1 3Tour fairway wood was a summer release from Titleist in 2025, featuring a larger profile similar to the Titleist GT1 fairway wood but with additional lower-spin properties as requested from Tour feedback. The result is a Titleist GT1 3Tour that features a larger footprint but is packed with technology to deliver forgiveness, high ball speeds, and lower spin.

0:00 Intro
3:12 Testing – Titleist GT1
7:59 Testing – Titleist GT1 3Tour
13:01 Testing – Titleist GT2
15:38 Testing – Titleist GT2 (B1)
17:20 Data & Conclusions

In this video, 2nd Swing’s Drew Mahowald and Kevin Kraft test and review the new Titleist GT1 3Tour fairway wood to see how it stacks up against the Titleist GT1 and Titleist GT2 fairway woods.

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Today we’ve got the latest 3-wood model from Titalist in the GT family, the GT13 Tour. We’re going to compare it to the GT1 and the GT2. And we’re going to figure out where it fits in to the whole lineup. So, I’m Drew Mahold here in the tour van. Kevin Craft is over there, club fitter, master club fitter from the Columbia store. Um, we’ve got a new 3-wood. I’ve actually got the GT1 the standard on this shaft right now. Okay. GT13 Tour and GT2 are over there. Um we’ve kind of got I don’t know this this club head is is an interesting one from Titalist where it sounds like the the origin is that a lot more players than they expected put GT1 Fairwood in the bag on tour and so they kind of then refined a little bit with some of their feedback to get a a tour model with the GT1. I guess what’s your take on this whole this idea and um you know maybe why GT1 was more successful on tour than they thought. Uh you know it it is interesting because technically GT1’s are most forgiving model right? So if you look at the trends on tour over the last bunch of years whether you’re looking at irons or drivers or anything else the trend is really going toward more forgiving stuff. So, um, my guess is tweakwise to this, they’re probably trying to get spin dialed in the way it really needs to be. You GT1 was is technically the the a little higher spinning model of the of the lineup. So, you know, you’re you’re not going to get guys that want, you know, super high spin coming off the deck, but creating the right launch characteristics, little bit bigger head, and, you know, a lot of forgiveness. So yeah. Yeah, that’s one thing with too is just the look of them. Um, with GT1 and GT2 being, you know, I would, you know, they have their I I would say the GT1 is probably the largest in terms of footprint. Yeah. Uh, but where the GT1 tourer fits in, is it closer to the the standard GT1, closer to GT2? I mean, we’ll we’ll kind of talk through that as well, but we’re going to hit them all in the standard A1 hosle setting. I’ve got my this is a 10seg 1k black 75x. What are you noticing from the GT2 and and the one GT1 tour there? So, one Tour looks like it’s got a little shallower face um than the two than the two. Size-wise, it’s definitely a little bit bigger profile. Yeah. Um, so typically when we see a, you know, a little shallower face, we see a little more on the back side, just depending on, of course, what they’re going for from a CC perspective. Um, so this looks a little on the larger side. Looks pretty easy to hit. I imagine that’s why it’s going in your bag. It might be. Yeah, it might be. You know, if I end up hitting a GT1 or GT2 just way better, maybe we make a change. Sure. So, but we’ll hit the GT1 here first. Okay, let’s go start. Yeah. What do you want out of a 3-wood? Well, it’s primarily for me going to be a T- club. uh something I can hit out there, call it in the 270 range confidently um when I need to and and yes, I want to be able to use it off the deck, but just for me in my distance, there’s such a you know, I I I’m so rarely using it off the deck. Yeah. Just with the courses I play and um the distance I do have off the tea, you know, it’s rare that I need it off the deck, but Okay, the two similar golf shots there. Yeah. So, if I don’t hit it super high, I’m not concerned because it’s primarily a T- club. Yeah. And we’ll say I like this right now. I mean, again, this is this is a GT1. Probably going to be the highest like launching of these. So, okay. actually is not as bad as I would have thought. Definitely very much missed it on the heel. Yep. You should just hit that one just like that all the time. I mean that is yeah that’s the shot I need every I mean 264 carry 284 you know even if you’re hitting this and I know there aren’t going to be that many opportunities for you to hit this into par five greens but you know 40°ree landing angle on a on a fairway wood that we’re using primarily as a T-ot club that’s not bad. Yeah, from a fitter standpoint, if I can get 40 degrees for somebody with a club that they’re primarily intending to hit off the tea and occasionally when it when the situation arises, you know, play it off the deck, that’s pretty awesome, right? Yeah, that that right there is is about as good as it gets, you know, in terms of what I’m going to need out of this club. That’s exactly it right there. That stays right. Yep. Another one. That’s So that one, you know, fairly significantly out of the heel. Spin came up a little bit, but 270 off the tea for you there. Fairway. Great. Yeah. Great. I’m finding fairways with the exception of one so far. Let’s hit hit one more here. Low heel again. Okay. I mean that’s okay fairway, right? Yes, it is fairway. You lost a little bit extra distance on that one coming out, you know, coming out low and in the heel. Um but six out of those seven are in our fairway. Yeah. Uh that’s actually very very good. Yeah. Let’s see if we have any like averages to look at. But I mean it nothing felt outrageously difficult there. I just had a couple that were really I just had a couple that were really bad mish hits that as you can see on the map there. Soak, you know, club head speed was very consistent. Ball speed stayed pretty good. You had this one. This was the one that was that was really the big miss. Really a big miss there. You know, taking that one out of the mix where under 3500 RPM, which is fine. 255 275 great. Yeah. Um, you know, trajectory wise, we’re at 95 feet in the air. That’s awesome. Doesn’t have to be that high, but that’s great. Um, yeah. Yeah. I mean, from a where did this ball end up standpoint. Here we are. Yeah. So, you we had the one that you had clicked off that was just in the left rough there, but way short because of the mishit. Yep. And then we’ve got these that are I hit a bunch of fairways. I mean, this is not like the widest fairway either. So, No, it’s not. Especially right about where it’s at right there. It’s actually pretty close to the narrowest spot on this fairway we’ve got here. So, so the fact I was able to hit, you know, almost all these just in my spot. Couple shots were a little shorter because of the mis hits, but I I hit it where I needed to hit it. This is This is what we want from this club for you is let’s let’s keep it in the fairway. So, I curious now. Let’s should we go to GT2 or do you want to do the GT1 tour first? Uh, I’ll let you pick. Let’s go. Let’s go to the one tour first. Okay. And then we’ll uh go from there. This is now the GT1 Tour. And actually, this is definitely a little smaller footprint-wise than the standard GT1. Okay. Um, a little more kind of traditional looking for, you know, what what some players might consider a traditional 3-wood shape. This is definitely closer to that than the GT1. And then it is, I believe, a a touch stronger on the loft. Like a half a degree. Yeah. Uh in standard. So this is we’re still in the standard uh A1 setting here. Yeah, it hit it hard. Okay, that was hit pretty good. Yeah, that’s pretty good. That’s the shot. If I can hit that every time I need it to, that’s the one. 151 smash there. That’s uh pretty good. I’ll take that. It’s another really good one. Crunchy. Yep, that’ll work every time. All right. I’m curious about this one cuz that was hard what it felt like off the toe. Okay. Okay. It’s still actually got some distance out of it. It’s obviously a little bit right and it’s going to inflate that dispersion oval. I’m actually impressed with how far that went cuz it really felt it was one of those that like you feel the club twist. Well, so toe strike typically we’re going to see spin drop it did. So there’s your there’s your extra yardage. Yeah, I suppose. Um, and to its credit, as Titleus seems to now, pretty much full time almost no matter where you hit on this face, you get good ball speeds, that was 147 smash factor. Now, I know you’re you’re used to living in the 150s and 151s, but this was really I’m not used to that, but yeah, I just like how I still got some distance out of that. Okay, a little fade to it. It felt like there was a fade to it, but Personally, I’m happier to see you hit a little hanger with this than anything. Yeah. I mean, that’s still plenty far. Oh, yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Just just in the right rough there. Yeah. Yeah. That was that was smoked. That was roasted. Okay. 290. All right. So, that was seven shots and we’ve already thrown out the one. Yes. Comparatively point4 miles an hour faster club head speed, 2.1 faster ball speed. Efficiency went from 148 to 150. Very nice on the strike. We did have a slight lower launch on a slight lower loft. Golf club’s doing exactly what we’d expect it to do. We did see a little less spin, actually about 500 RPM, which is good for a club that we’re going to be hitting off the tee. So carry yardage up five yards. Total yardage up 11 yards. Landing angle got a little bit shallower. Yeah, club path about the same. Face angle just a little more open. You did have a couple that hung out to the right there. Um, a little lower trajectory. Again, I don’t mind seeing that at all for a club that we’re going to hit off the tee primarily. What was your take? How about feel? Yeah, I was obviously a little more sporadic on the dispersion, but I I it felt faster. It numerically was faster. So, it’s I like that it’s, you know, instead of going up like this, it’s kind of a little flatter. Yes. which I actually like a lot too because in the scenario where I’m hitting a T-shot in a on a windy day, I’d prefer to be able to already have a naturally lower trajectory with it, but also be able to work it and flight it down to easier if I want to. Sure. So, u I like the lower ball flight. Again, this is for a club I’m primarily using off the tea. Um and in that sense, I don’t I’m not worried about the height being 10 feet or 11 feet. Yeah, lower landing angle being shallow. I’m not that worried about that. So again, dispersion, I had these two out to the right and had one left. So I’m a little w more wild in terms of direction here. Whereas the GT1, I was hitting fairway after fairway. Yeah. So there’s a couple things to think about there. Couple things to think about. But, you know, there’s also ways to tweak these with titalists adapter that, you know, if you end up liking the one better, but want a little lower trajectory, we can take threequarters of a degree off of it. And so, yeah, that’s a good point. I do pre I do like the extra speed that I can get with the GT1 tour, you know, if I because again, I mean, there’s there’s finding fairways, but there’s also making sure it’s up there to give you a short club in and there’s a couple couple pieces to that pie there. Yeah. All right. Should we uh do the GT2? Yeah. Let’s see what the two can do. I don’t know the exact volume size for these woods. The GT2 appears to be very close to the GT12. They look to be very similar in total size. Yeah. And as you said, you you said this is actually it appears to be a little deeper. Yes. Okay. Okay. So, in that case, I would imagine the GT2 is a little bigger maybe in total size, but maybe not. So, probably very similar in total size, just the way they’re the way, right? The way it’s allocated. Exactly. Yeah. I did the same thing with the other club. Yep. Yep. That’s pretty awesome. 64 feet of height, 2700 RPM of spin. That’s a windy day ball right there. That’s a fairy finder. Yes, it is. So, I’ll take that over the something that goes 110 ft in the air and Yeah. and kind of flutters up there in any wind that would come up. Yep. Slight mis hit there. It’s going to work. Yeah, that’ll that’ll work. A little high in the face. I have a missed tendency here. Those are on the next county over. I just did the exact same thing that you just removed. H golf is hard, man. Sure is. And especially when you’re swinging, you know, almost 110 miles an hour. With great power comes great responsibility. Yeah, same thing. No, it’s better that time. All right, let me see this thing real quick. I want I want to make a change to this head. You feel pretty good about this. So, we’re wipe those shots. Basically, we’re just going to ignore. Now, despite what I do to this golf club, the laws of physics still apply. So, I can’t do everything to make telling me to swing better. Well, yes, but I’m now at least trying to set you up for a positive experience here. Let me let me throw a little tiny change in here. Okay. Well, you’ve made a change. Wow. Look, it didn’t open it up that much. Uh yeah, I know. There. That’ll be a little better. A little high in the face, but that’s all I wanted was was that that There we go. Hey, I hit one. Good. Good deal. Uhhuh. So, you move you moved it to B1 for the GT2. What is what does that actually do to it? B1 is a little flat and neutral in loft. So, it doesn’t change the loft. Just open the face. Change the loft. Another one high in the face a little bit, but I think it’s going to work. Okay. In a sense. Still a little bit out to the right. That’s a good ball. Yeah, that’s a really good ball. It’s the furthest one of the day in terms of total distance. Okay. All right. All right. Got some stuff. So, um, let’s go take a little look at the numbers. And, so from a club head speed standpoint, we were right about where we’ve been living. Yeah. Uh, ball speeds right about where we’ve been living, though the GT1 Tour was a little bit faster. Your smash factor was 149, just like it was with the GT2 with the GT both those versions of the GT2. uh 148 with the GT1, which was actually your most consistent uh of the group. Yeah. So, that’s where Yeah. Obviously, the GT2 and its standard settings for me, I just it wasn’t clicking. I was I was pull hooking. I just don’t want to see that left creep in. Yeah. So, that’s where you made the adjustment to the top there. Yep. Still with that, the GT1 Tour 3-wood was the fastest and farthest for me. Yes. Um on in terms of the total averages, swung it just a touch faster, but the ball speed was the only one to average in the 160s 150 smash. Um now looking at dispersion, there’s one club that kind of removes the big misses, which is the standard GT1. Yes. So, there’s some uh it’s kind of whatever I And again, my GT1 Tour misses weren’t that wide either. I mean, they they were off the fairway, but it wasn’t Yeah, the GT2s that are way over here are completely livable, right? And then the other three were really long and in the fairway. Yeah. Um I didn’t like these guys over here, so we made that adjustment. Then we got these three guys over here. So, I think maybe the two is not maybe for you. Yeah, I think you can you can just get rid of the GT2 here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, it’s either going to be a GT1 or GT13 Tour. Yeah. Uh but it’s fascinating to me how for me, I don’t know, just the GT2 didn’t line up with my brain very well. Yeah. And that didn’t swing it good. Sometimes that happens. I I kind of felt like, you know, it it could very well have been a really good performer for you, but for whatever reason, you know, that ball going left is is disastrous. Yeah. You’re better off with the ball going right. I mean, if you’re, you know, if you’re going to miss fairway, hit the other fairway. So, that’s good. But I’m more in more excited by by this. Yeah. you know, the original GT1, which you were very, very straight with, or potentially the Tour, which had a couple slight misses to the right. Uh, one little miss to the left, you know, not off the planet, and three really good strikes up the middle. Yeah. So, I think this this kind of validates for me what I mean, I I without a true fitting, I was going to throw the GT1 Tour in the bag. Um, because, you know, I I needed a T- club. my my old 3-wood G425 LST has such a shallow face. Um where this one’s actually a little bit deeper in that my misses that are maybe high on the face when I tee it up can be a little bit better performer. Um so, but now I maybe need to do a little bit of tweaking andor trying a couple things out with these two GT1 models to figure out exactly which one’s going to go in. Yeah. Um but I appreciated the test today. I appreciated your insight because Oh, sure. No, I mean from a good from a fitter standpoint, we’ve we’ve eliminated Yeah, we’ve eliminated one for sure. Yeah. So, but I think it it also kind of puts to me it puts in it puts GT12 right in between GT1 and GT2. Yeah. In how they perform, right? GT1 is going to be a little higher launch, a little bit more spin. Uh maybe give you a little bit more height on it. And then GT2 is faster, little lower spin, and then I think the Tour of the GT1 kind of fits right in between. I think we saw that in the testing. Yeah, I think from a strokes gained benefit, you’re probably going to see a little bit of gain, more gain in that tour head just because of the added distance of it. Because of the added distance. Yeah. That’s where um because your misses weren’t so bad that it’s going to bring disaster into play, right? Like those two on the right are, you know, a five yards, 10 yards off the fairway where I’m probably still in point. Yep. Um, so, okay, we got some answers today. And if the GT1 Fairway, the GT3 Tour, if you’re interested in that, and it’s kind of a, again, it’s a bit of an odd release, I think, from Titalist. There’s a little bit of a different backstory, but it’s got some juice. It’s got the Titus GT tech within it, and it’s really fast as we saw today. So, go get a fitting. Uh, Kevin, thank you for joining and and helping me out a little bit today. Sure. [Music]