The rapid adoption of NEW Titleist GT drivers continued last weekend, as 31 players added a new GT2, GT3 or GT4 model to the bag at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
That includes 25 players who played with a GT driver in their first PGA TOUR start since the new models launched at the Memorial.
Titleist proved to be the most played driver at Detroit Golf Club with 62 drivers in play (39%) – and a whopping 44 of those were GT models, more than the nearest competitor’s total number of drivers (33).
When GT drivers made their DP World Tour debut, 28 players made the switch straight away.
A week earlier on the Korn Ferry Tour, 25 players put GT in play in their first week of availability.
“The whole [Titleist Golf Club R&D] team from top to bottom is just obsessed with making things as good as they can and they have such a deep understanding of us on the PGA TOUR and golfers in general,” said Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Young.
“They’ve seen everything, and there’s no little thing that you can bring to them that isn’t fixable or something they can’t experiment with. They all have such a deep knowledge of the equipment, there’s always a solution to what you’re looking for.”
Among the NEW GT drivers making their TOUR debut at Rocket Mortgage:
Tyson Alexander: GT2 9.0 driver, GT2 21.0 fairway
Anders Albertson: GT2 10.0 driver
Rafael Campos: GT2 9.0 driver, GT3 15.0 fairway
Bud Cauley: GT2 9.0 driver
Trace Crowe: GT2 10.0 driver
Tyler Duncan: GT2 9.0, GT2 15.0 fairway
Chesson Hadley: GT3 10.0 driver
Garrick Higgo: GT4 10.0 driver
Charley Hoffman: GT2 9.0 driver
Michael Kim: GT2 11.0 driver
S.H. Kim: GT2 9.0 driver
Patton Kizzire: GT3 9.0 driver
Troy Merritt: GT2 9.0 driver, GT2 15.0 fairway
C.T. Pan: GT2 9.0 driver, GT3 16.5 fairway
Raul Pereda: GT2 10.0 driver, GT3 15.0 fairway
Webb Simpson: GT3 10.0 driver
Callum Tarren: GT3 9.0 driver, GT3 15.0 fairway
Ben Taylor: GT3 10.0 driver, GT3 15.0 fairway
Tom Whitney: GT3 11.0 driver
Carson Young: GT3 10.0 driver
Jackson Koivun (a): GT3 9.0 driver
Kyle Martin (PGA Professional): GT3 10.0 driver
2021 Wyndham Championship winner: GT2 10.0 driver
2023 Sanderson Farms Championship winner: GT3 9.0 driver
2022 Valero Texas Open champion: GT2 9.0 driver
2014 Travelers Championship winner: GT3 9.0 driver, GT2 13.5 fairway
2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship winner: GT3 11.0 driver
2016 PGA Champion: GT3 8.0 driver
FedExCup No. 116: GT3 9.0 driver
FedExCup No. 117: GT3 9.0 driver
FedExCup No. 199: GT2 9.0 driver
GT Drivers on DP World Tour
GT drivers also launched on the DP World Tour at the KLM Open, with 28 players making the immediate move to a GT2, GT3 or GT4 model, including Titleist Brand Ambassador Marcus Kinhult, who put a GT3 9.0 driver in the bag before finishing T2 in a sudden-death playoff.
At the Italian Open, Titleist was the most played driver with 61 (39% of the field) in play, compared to 43 (28%) for the nearest competitor. Thirty-three of those were NEW GT drivers, with 15 more players making the move, including:
Todd Clements: GT2 9.0 driver
Grant Forrest: GT2 10.0 driver
Julien Guerrier: GT2 9.0 driver
Yuto Katsuragawa: GT2 10.0 driver
Masahiro Kawamura: GT3 10.0 driver
Francesco Laporta: GT3 9.0 driver
Zander Lombard: GT2 8.0 driver
Yannik Paul: GT3 9.0 driver
Garrick Porteous: GT3 10.0 driver
Jason Scrivener: GT3 10.0 driver
Jordan Smith: GT3 8.0 driver
Andy Sullivan: GT3 10.0 driver
