Equipment
Spotted: Titleist’s new 917F2 and 917F3 fairway woods
We first caught a glimpse of Titleist’s 917 fairway woods when Jimmy Walker posted this video on Instagram. Now, we have in-hand photos of the clubs that were onsite at the 2016 John Deere Classic on Monday.
Titleist has yet to officially comment on the new equipment, but there are a few things we can safely assume from our photos.
- The 917 fairway woods will use Titleist’s new SureFit CG weighting system, which appears similar to the system used in Titleist’s new 917 drivers. They will be the first adjustable-CG fairway woods in Titleist history, and likely offer golfers the ability to control draw and fade bias of the clubs.
- Like the 915 fairway woods, 917 models use an “Active Recoil Channel,” which appears to have been redesigned. The channel helps improve ball speed and forgiveness, while increasing launch angle and lowering spin rate.
- The 917 fairway woods use a new model naming system. Instead of the familiar F and Fd models, 917 fairway woods will be released in F2 and F3 models.
Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks, but for now, enjoy our exclusive photos of the products.
Titleist 917F2
Titleist 917F3
Related: See more photos, and what GolfWRX Members are saying about the new 917 woods in our forum.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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Tyler
Sep 2, 2016 at 4:22 pm
Those clubs look great, I’m in the market for a new driver….I’m glad I found this article. Thanks
KK
Aug 25, 2016 at 8:34 pm
Hoping the 919 goes back to black.
Spider
Aug 13, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Nothing they make will ever compel me to take my 1 iron out of my bag. But if I did game a fwy wood this one would be it. Or maybe a tour edge exotics.
KK
Aug 25, 2016 at 8:29 pm
My alignment sticks get more course time than your 1 iron.
AlDoc
Aug 9, 2016 at 11:30 am
You sound like a snob
Matty
Aug 9, 2016 at 11:24 am
This fairway wood makes me wonder why Titleist didn’t move the Active Recoil Channel more forward on the 917 driver, which is basically is a 915 driver with Surefit CG.
golfraven
Aug 9, 2016 at 1:05 am
I am glad they managed to cover the recoil grove since it has been a pain to clean it in the 915 models. Not sure what I should think of the screw but soon you forget about it when you take it out of the bag. Also wondering about the grey ish finish – prefare the darker tone of previous lines (910-915). Hope they come up with smaller head shape in the hybrid line though – the 916 still is too big.
ta
Aug 10, 2016 at 11:29 am
You mean 816. Which is why the 917 are also grey
Uncle Buck
Aug 9, 2016 at 12:50 am
The sole reminds me of an exercise logo from the Jack LaLane European Health Spa days!! I know I know, everybody under the age of 49 is clueless……..Jack who??
COGolfer
Aug 8, 2016 at 10:37 pm
The 915F was enticing enough to consider moving from the 913F. I’m not sure this one has the same draw.
Tanner V.
Aug 8, 2016 at 9:43 pm
Maybe you should get your eyes checked
TMNT
Aug 8, 2016 at 8:00 pm
It’s a TaylorNikeleist.
TWShoot67
Aug 8, 2016 at 5:38 pm
I like the deeper face more rounded sole kind of like my TM R7 HFS. Still playing the R7 HFS, maybe time to upgrade to one of these. Maybe have to give these a good demo.
Adam
Aug 8, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Oh my. That looks like a star of David for the CG adjustment screw..
Boy, the media is going to have a field day with this.
Couldn’t resist..
Mat
Aug 8, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Interesting hot-melt port…
Sam
Aug 8, 2016 at 3:50 pm
These look almost Callaway-ish in the shape, more of a rounded look.
Jwowzer
Aug 8, 2016 at 3:33 pm
Go on…
Forsbrand
Aug 8, 2016 at 3:55 pm
Yes, go on, enlighten us….
Daniel Han
Aug 8, 2016 at 7:47 pm
Too poor to afford PXG?
Menstrual Smizzle
Aug 9, 2016 at 7:29 am
Me too
IHateGolfIsAwesome
Aug 10, 2016 at 8:48 am
What’s an EBT card?
Tiger Woodz
Aug 8, 2016 at 1:47 pm
I like them golf clubs. I like to play that golf from time to time.
Concerned Troll
Aug 8, 2016 at 1:38 pm
It’s actually an old model naming system. I had a 909F3. The D was always confusing. Surprised it hung around as long as it did.
Blake
Aug 8, 2016 at 4:58 pm
The d name is still around for drivers. This is replacing f/fd name system
Simon
Aug 8, 2016 at 9:07 pm
I think what Concerned Troll is referring to are the F and Fd woods in the past. D in the driver line has always stood for “Driver”. However, d in the fairway wood line refers to a deeper face. I agree having the f2 and f3 makes it easier to understand and more consistent with the 917 driver line.
Tommy Lejund
Aug 8, 2016 at 1:23 pm
Love the grey paint job and the adjustable CG option.
G.W
Aug 8, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Very nice,looks like they addressed the issue of cleaning the recoil channel that some had complained about.
Dazza
Aug 8, 2016 at 12:11 pm
They look like they would be hard to keep clean. There is lots of holes and crevices for mud and grass to clog????
dr. abo
Aug 8, 2016 at 12:04 pm
Looks nice. I would bag it