Equipment

SPOTTED: Titleist’s new TSR1 prototype driver (with initial thoughts from Zac Blair)

Published

4 years ago

Nov 10, 2022

Back in early September, Titleist officially launched its new lineup of TSR drivers – including the TSR2, TSR3 and TSR4 models – to the public.

‘What happened to the TSR1?’ you may have been thinking.

Just because Titleist didn’t include a TSR1 as part of the initial launch doesn’t necessarily mean that one is never coming to market. If you remember, we’ve seen the delayed release before.

Last generation, Titleist launched its TSi2 and TSi3 drivers in October 2020, but the company didn’t officially come out with the TSi1 and TSi4 drivers until February of 2021. As a reminder, the TSi1 was a lighter weight design – about 40 grams lighter overall – that was built for “moderate speed” golfers who swing the driver less than 90 mph.

This time around, Titleist launched the TSR2, TSR3, and TSR4 drivers all at once in September, but the family was glaringly missing a TSR1. Was Titleist discontinuing the “1” model, or just going with a staggered release?

Well, LPGA Tour player Nelly Korda began using an unreleased TSR1 prototype driver in October 2022, and now, GolfWRX has spotted a TSR1 prototype driver on the PGA Tour, too.

Zac Blair showed up on Tuesday at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open with a Titleist TSR1 9-degree driver to test.

On Wednesday, I caught up with Blair to get his thoughts on the unreleased TSR1. Here’s what he had to say:

“I just got it yesterday, so I haven’t had a lot of time to mess around with it, but the numbers seemed pretty good and it sounds good,” Blair said. “It has a little different look than the TSi1, but it seems pretty sweet. The head shape is a little different than the TSi1, but other than that, it seems really nice.”

Last year, I took the photo on the left of the Titleist TSi1 driver for golf.com, and this year, GolfWRX photographer Greg Moore took the photo on the right of Blair’s new TSR1 (he’s unlikely to play the driver this week, as he needs more time for testing and dialing the driver in).

While the photos aren’t taken from the exact same angle, what differences do you see in the shaping from address?

To see what GolfWRX Forum members are saying, click here.

We don’t have any more information from Titleist regarding the TSR1 driver just yet, unfortunately, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens for now.

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Andrew Tursky

He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Titleist Vokey Proto Wedges 54M, 60T

Published

2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @Putt4Dough is selling some prototype wedges from Vokey Wedgeworks. These include a 54 degree wedge with the M grind and a 60 degree wedge with a T grind.

From the listing:

(1) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 54M with a Tour Issue DGS400 shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet (logo down). Standard length, lie, and loft. BB&F ferrule. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

(2) Titleist Vokey Proto Wedge 60T with a KBS Tour 130X shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet. Standard length, lie, and loft. Raw wedge in good condition. No initials. Price is $200 shipped. Buy both wedges for $380 shipped.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

Whats in the Bag

Ryan Palmer WITB 2026 (June)

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2 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Will Schube

Driver: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 70 6.5

5-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX

Irons: Srixon ZXiU (23 degrees), Srixon Z785 MB (5-PW)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 100 6.5 (4), KBS Tour 130 X

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (50-08F, 54-10S, 58-04T @59)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Check out more in-hand photos of Ryan Palmer’s clubs here.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

22 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

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.