Why Was it Great: Titleist PT fairway wood
This video series brings to light why certain clubs maintain such a cult following and what makes them classics.
This is about the Titleist PT fairway wood, which was made endlessly popular by Tiger Woods and others during the beginning of the metal-wood era.
From the classic pear profile at address to the sound it makes on a solid strike, equipment expert Ryan Barath breaks down the many design attributes that still make the PT fairway wood such a fun club to hit.
Driver: LA Golf 12-11 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: LA Golf A Series Mid 60 Stiff
Mini Driver: PXG Secret Weapon (13 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VR-7s
7-Wood: Cobra OPTM X (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kai Li Darkwaves 60s
Irons: PXG 0311 T Gen8
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold 120 S300
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 50-08
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110s
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 56-12
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110s
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 60-06
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Spinner Wedge
Putter: Machine Hog CSX Milled
Shaft: Machine HOG
Ball: TaylorMade TP5
Driver: Titleist GTS3 (9 degrees)
- SureFirt hosel set A1
- SureFit weight set neutral
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana BF 60 TX
- 2016 release
- Mid launch, mid/low spin
- Firmer handle, medium tip
- 72g, 3.8* torque
3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees)
- SureFit hosel set A1
- 2018 release
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7x
- Firm handle, medium mid, firm+ tip
- High launch, mid/low spin
- 74g, 3.1* torque
7-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D (21 degrees)
- Core model
- Blend of distance, launch, spin
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-8x
- 2017 release
- 83g, 2.9* torque
Iron: Titleist 150 (4)
- Larger, stronger loft, more height
- Used to add height going into greens
Irons: Titleist T100 (5-9)
- Compact, blade-like players CB
- Internal tungsten for stability
- Great spin consistency out of rough
Shafts: Project X 6.5
- Stout profile
- Med launch, low spin
- 125g
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10
- 46-10F (@46.5)
- 50-08F
- F Grind adds stability to full shots
- Reduced digging
- 56-10S (@55)
- S Grind features trailing edge grind
- Can open the face while keeping leading edge down
- Releases from the turf quickier
- WedgeWorks (60-L)
- Lower bounce (4 degrees) version of V Grind
- Allows JT to manipulate the face for different shots
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Mid/low launch and spin
- 132g
- Softer feel for partial shots
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X Torched
- L Neck
- TPU Pure Roll insert
- Stock True Path alignment
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT
- A smaller overall profile
- pistol-style with a more arc under the top hand
- Still features No Taper Technology
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
- Traditional Tour Velvet rubber and texture
- Brushed cotton cord
- Great grip in wet or humid conditions
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
- New 2026
- Lower long game spin
- Firmer feel
- Mid launch, slightly lower than ProV1x
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William Wu
Feb 6, 2020 at 12:28 pm
Young isn’t an advantage to write something about the history golf gears. Actually it’s really difficult.
You surely know Adams came out to market by”accident”, well as you know Jesse Ortiz family created TRIMETAL FW, what to say which is best? How to compare?
Ask golfers , yes, fun, lots of fun!
JR19
Feb 6, 2020 at 12:56 am
Please do a review with actual trackman numbers against something modern to do understand the leaps gained in tech……. Thanks again!
Ryan Johnston
Feb 5, 2020 at 8:59 pm
Would love to see an Eppie on my fav fairway of all time the Titleist Starship!! 🙂
James
Feb 5, 2020 at 8:17 pm
Because Tiger Woods and no other reason. It wasn’t great.
Brian
Feb 5, 2020 at 7:26 pm
I have zero complaints about the information presented, Why on gods earth didn’t we see pros hitting it, showing the shot shapes etc.?
We all know it’s unforgiving as H-E-double hockey stick, show us how the pros used it and why they loved it!
Shallowface
Feb 5, 2020 at 4:15 pm
I never liked the way the “Titleist” script looked on the crown of the PT. Always looked crooked to me. Never had that problem with anything else, unless it was a refinished persimmon on which someone messed up the new decal.
That Powerbilt persimmon is one of the greatest woods of all time. It still performs quite well, even with a modern ball.
Shallowface
Feb 5, 2020 at 3:50 pm
I never liked the way the “Titleist” script looked on the crown of the PT. Always looked crooked to me. Never had that problem with anything else, unless it was a refinished persimmon on which someone messed up the new decal.
That Powerbilt persimmon is one of the greatest woods of all time. It still performs quite well, even with a modern ball.
Tourgrinder
Feb 5, 2020 at 1:02 pm
Mr. Barath is enjoyable to hear at times speaking about most subjects, but he’s also too young to recall metalwood history accurately. The Titleist PT metalwoods were nothing much more than good-quality copycat metals after seeing TaylorMade intro the first Pittsburgh Persimmon metalwoods in 1979 and and then the Tour Preferred versions a few years later. As far as my memory serves, the Titleist PT metalwoods were first introduced in 1992, long after the ‘trend’ had taken hold. I owned many TaylorMade metalwoods from that era and also a few Titleist PT metalwoods. There was nothing about the Titleist versions that were “more pro preferred” than the TaylorMade breakthroughs. As Mr. Barath explained, Tiger Woods just happened to carry the 15-degree 3-metal version. Other than that, it was the TaylorMade clubs and company that broke the barriers and still maintained the “pro preferred” aspects. Obviously, Titleist is picking up something here, but until their first contract with Tiger Woods, Titleist clubs were considered by many pros and better amateurs as rather mediocre and poorly crafted. It was only after the Woods’ contract in 1996 that Titleist decided to get truly serious about quality clubs. Just MHO.
Stfudonnie
Feb 5, 2020 at 8:21 pm
I remember it that way, too. Wasn’t Tiger’s bag mostly non-Titleist clubs at time of going pro and winning first major? King Cobra driver, Mizuno blades, Cleveland wedges, I think.
Bob Pegram
Feb 5, 2020 at 9:25 pm
The very first Titleist clubs were very good because they were Golfcraft with new stampings/decals. However, that was way back before 1970.
Mr. Memory
Feb 6, 2020 at 3:10 am
Truly, you should be writing articles here. You nailed it. I remember having 2 staff bags full of the Titleist PT and PT Midsize woods after a net down because they wouldn’t sell. The wood looked much better than the Taylor Made but was not nearly as widely accepted. I remember the Wilson Ultra fairway woods with Firestick 2.8 stiff and 3.5 regular flexes being the next most wanted fairway wood prior to Big Bertha coming out.