https://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/cameron-young-wins-the-cadillac-championship-with-pro-v1x-double-dot-in-wire-to-wire-six-shot-victoryMon, 04 May 2026 15:37:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:5f86b5a1-f859-49f2-8389-3bca16342a8cZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Cadillac Championship From start to finish, Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Young (Pro V1x Double Dot) kept Doral’s Blue Monster at bay, opening with a bogey-free 8-under 64 and closing in 4-under 68 for a wire-to-wire, six-shot victory. It’s his second win in his last four starts on the PGA TOUR, following his victory in March at THE PLAYERS. Playing his Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball and 14 Titleist clubs, Young made a field-best 24 birdies, including two over his final four holes Sunday. Young continued to exhibit complete control of his golf ball, gaining over seven shots tee to green (+7.356) this week in Miami. He gained +3.797 off the tee (3rd), +0.989 (26th) on approach and +2.569 (10th) around the green. He was also second in Scrambling, getting up and down on 19 of 24 attempts. He was just as locked in with his Scotty Cameron Phantom putter, gaining a tournament-leading +7.062 shots on the greens with over 378 feet in made putts over the 72 holes. Young, who posted rounds of 64-67-70-68, is only the second wire-to-wire winner this season on the PGA TOUR and just the third ever to do it at Doral. Young led a 1-2 finish for Titleist golf ball players, with the runner-up birdieing three of his final four holes with his Pro V1 to finish solo second. The top two finishers also each gamed a set of Vokey wedges. What’s in the Bag? | Cameron Young Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot Driver: GT3 11.0° | D•1 SureFit hosel, Neutral SureFit CG | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX Fairway Metals: GT1 14.5° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX, and NEW GTS3 21.0° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 90 TX Irons: T200 4-iron | Dynamic Gold X7; T100 5-iron | Dynamic Gold X7; and 631.CY prototype 6-9 | Dynamic Gold X7 Wedges: New Vokey Design SM11 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@ 57°), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62°) | Dynamic Gold X7 (48°-57°) X100 (62°) Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R tour prototype ‘IT MAKES GOLF EASIER FOR ME’: CAMERON YOUNG EARNS 3rd WIN AFTER MOVE TO PRO V1 x DOUBLE DOT GOLF BALL Propelled by career-best approach play statistics, Cameron Young has now won three times with nine top-10's in 14 starts on the PGA TOUR since moving to the Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball that he had been collaborating on with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team. That stretch includes his momentous victory in March at THE PLAYERS Championship, highlighted by a 375-yard drive Sunday down the treacherous 18th fairway, the longest drive ever recorded on that hole in the ShotLink era. Heading into this week at Doral, Young was also one of only three players this season on the PGA TOUR ranked inside the top-20 in Strokes Gained: Approach (18), Greens in Regulation (T15) and Proximity to Hole (2), having improved dramatically in each statistic since the move to Double Dot. “I feel like the golf ball change the end of last season, I think it started then probably,” Young said after his bogey-free 8-under 64 Thursday at Doral, when asked about his approach gains. “So that's been a big factor. Then, yeah, always working on little stuff. Right now I just feel like I have pretty good control over the speed that I'm hitting the ball with and then obviously out here controlling your shapes is really important. So I feel like I’ve been doing that pretty well...” Titleist R&D is constantly soliciting feedback from the world's best players on the performance of their golf ball and their evolving performance needs. This process will often result in the development of new prototypes, some of which are designed to finely tune very specific flight, spin and feel characteristics. These Custom Performance Options (CPOs) – such as Pro V1 Left Dot and Pro V1x Left Dash – play an important role in the discovery of new technological advancements that are frequently incorporated into next generation Pro V1 and Pro V1x models. CPOs also provide key learnings in the continued development of more robust custom performance options for all golfers and their unique launch conditions. “Fitting’s tremendously important,” Young said. “I mean, at a lower level, it can make a huge difference. At our level, it makes smaller differences in a sense, but huge differences because we have so much more experience and have so much more feel than your average golfer. And that all just kind of creeps into how we play. So, little tiny changes can make a huge difference to us.” Pro V1x Double Dot began as a concept initiated by Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation , to develop prototypes that could help players like Young operating in the highest tiers of speed and spin gain more control with their irons and wedges. During a visit to the Titleist Performance Center at Manchester Lane (Acushnet, Mass.) in the fall of 2024, Young, who was previously playing Pro V1 Left Dot, spent a range session with Pitts testing early iterations of what would eventually become the ball he used to win his first PGA TOUR title. “The first time I hit it (at Manchester Lane) was kind of blind testing,” Young said. “Just immediately, the window it came out of was really nice. I really liked that the top of the flight looked like it just came back down. I’ve never liked to see anything floating and so that just really indicated a real consistency.” Late last summer at the Wyndham Championship, Pitts approached Young to let him know that the final Pro V1x prototype — Double Dot — was now available to play in competition. “We weren’t sure if he was going to test it [that] week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course.” Young, accompanied by Pitts, teed off Sedgefield’s first hole with both Left Dot and Double Dot. By the second hole, he was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x . “And kind of right off the bat, hit a couple wedges into 1 and 2 at Sedgefield and we were just like, ‘This makes golf easier for me,’” Young said. “So it was a really immediate just kind of thing among my dad, caddie and Fordie were all just like, ‘This makes perfect sense.’ ” Said Pitts: “He was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o'clock shots,’ where again he's taking a little something off it. He had great control there.” Further validation came on the seventh hole, a par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament. The setup on Tuesday's practice round called for a 5-iron from Young, who thought there was “no way” he could fly a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot. “He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x Double Dot] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.” After the nine-hole practice round on Tuesday, Pitts walked with Young for nine more holes on Wednesday. Following the round, Young asked the team to put Double Dot in his locker. The results were immediate. Young opened the week 63-62, making 16 birdies over the two rounds before running away with a six-shot victory, his first on the PGA TOUR. Once Pro V1x Double Dot was confirmed as the foundation of Young’s setup, the Titleist Golf Club team took the next step — dialing in his driver and the top end of his bag to ensure it matched the characteristics of Young’s new ball to maximize performance. “When Fordie is testing a golf ball with players, they’re really working from the green backwards,” said J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, Senior Director of Club Promotions. “[Cam] was looking for a golf ball that was going to enhance his wedge play and his iron game. And so as Fordie worked through the process [with Double Dot], they saw really great results. Then when we got to the top of the bag, there were some flight differences that were at a point where we were going to have to make some adjustments… “The characteristics we changed were really focused on loft and center of gravity to create easy launch for him and lift. We had a golf ball that really fit his irons and wedges, and then we were able to counteract some of that flight in the woods to give him ideal performance across the bag,” Van Wezenbeeck said. Behind the Scenes | The Game-Changing Fitting for Cameron Young www.youtube.com/watch YOUNG CONTINUES STELLAR PLAY WITH GT3 11-DEGREE DRIVER, GT1 & NEW GTS3 FAIRWAYS Cameron Young put on a clinic off the tee this week, gaining over three-and-a-half shots on his competitors (+3.797, 3rd). Since his switch to the Pro V1x Double Dot golf ball late last season, Young has worked with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist’s Senior Director of Player Promotions , to further dial in the top end of his bag. After making an initial move from his GT2 9° driver into a GT2 10° model, Young, who has also been working through some swing changes, thought there was an opportunity to further optimize his carry distance. In working with Van Wezenbeeck earlier this year at Bay Hill, they moved to the 11° GT3 head, lofted down to 10.25° in the D•1 Surefit hosel setting, resulting in higher launch without impacting spin. The new setup took his launch conditions from 9° at 2400 RPMs to 11° at 2500. Following his golf ball change, Young has also added a GT1 14.5° and NEW GTS3 21.0° fairways to the top end of his bag. The 14.5° GT1 fairway, which Young added to the bag after testing this past offseason, is a tour-inspired model designed to produce effortless launch and stability while keeping spin in a low, playable window. It is packaged in GT1’s shallow fairway profile, but a stronger loft and lower center of gravity from its multi-material construction drive down spin compared to standard GT1 fairways. Young’s gamer 3-wood also features a prototype silver face. Young also moved from his PLAYERS-winning GT1 hybrid to a NEW GTS3 7-wood at the Masters this year. He went on to finish T3 in his first start with the new addition to his metalwood setup before winning this week, two starts later. GT3 11.0° | D•1 SureFit hosel, Neutral SureFit CG | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX GT1 14.5° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX NEW GTS3 21.0° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 90 TX TITLEIST DRIVER FINDS WINNER’S CIRCLE FOR 7TH TIME IN LAST 9 WEEKS ON PGA TOUR Young's victory makes it wins for Titleist GT3 driver players in seven of the last nine weeks on the PGA TOUR: Puerto Rico Open | Ricky Castillo | GT3 9.0° THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP | Cameron Young | GT3 11.0° The Valspar Championship | GT3 9.0° Valero Texas Open | GT3 9.0° RBC Heritage | GT3 9.0° Zurich Classic of New Orleans | GT3 9.0° (Played by 2022 U.S. Open champ) Cadillac Championship | Cameron Young | GT3 11.0° YOUNG CONTINUES FORM WITH BLENDED TITLEIST IRON SET, CUSTOM BLADE IRONS For his irons, Young plays a blended set comprised of a T200 4-iron, a T100 5-iron and 631.CY prototype 6-9 irons. Young's T-Series long irons give him optimal peak heights and gapping through the top end of his iron setup. Young’s custom blades were designed with a pre-worn leading edge and a slightly wider sole to help reduce dig and improve turf interaction for Young’s delivery. Titleist R&D also moved weight lower in the head for slightly higher launch and peak height. Said Young on the development process: “It started just as basically a question. It was, ‘Hey, if your irons could do anything different what would they do?’ I said, ‘help me not dig quite as quickly into the ground at impact, and if anything, launch a little higher.’” “I think it was one year from then they came and handed me a blank iron and said, ‘here, hit this,’” Young continued. “And I hit about three shots. They said, ‘what do you think?’ I said, ‘that seems great.’ Didn't hear from him for about six more months. And then they handed me a 6-iron and I said, ‘that feels great.’ And then all of a sudden, bang, I had my own set, and I wouldn't change anything about them. They’re honestly everything I could have ever asked for.” Young, who has been working through some swing changes, also spent time with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck earlier this season at Riviera to dial in the lie angles on his short irons, moving them more upright to produce his desired start lines. Young his having a career year with his approach play. Entering this week, he ranked 2nd in Proximity (33’6”), 15th in GIR (69%) and 18th in Strokes Gained: Approach (+0.521 per round) — all considerable leaps from his numbers in 2025. This week at the Blue Monster, Young gained +7.356 shots on the field from tee to green (6th), setting himself up for a field-best 24 birdies. YOUNG WINS AGAIN WITH NEW VOKEY SM11 WEDGES Winning again with his NEW Vokey SM11’s , Young was dialed around the greens at Doral with his four-wedge setup — 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@ 57), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62). He ranked second in Scrambling, getting up-and-down for par at a 79% clip, and his wedgeplay this week saw him gain +2.569 shots around the greens on the field (10th). Over the past four years, Young has worked closely with Vokey Tour Rep Aaron Dill to dial in his wedge setup. One of the key changes was moving from a lower-bounce T Grind lob wedge into a 60K* (@ 62) gamer two years ago. He has stayed with the K* Grind ever since. The K*, one of the most popular lob wedge soles on the PGA TOUR, was originally born out of the .06K Grind. Instead of the full, smooth sole of the .06K Grind, the sole of the K* Grind features a steeper pre-wear on the leading edge to provide forgiveness from the square-faced position. K* also has heel, toe and trailing edge relief, which allows the leading edge to sit closer to the ground when the face is opened. And like all K Grind variations, K* has a wide sole that excels out of the bunker. For Young, bunker performance was the primary motivation to move to K* in May of 2024 from his T Grind: “The 62 is a 60 bent a little weak just to get the bounce right, but that's what I use mostly around the greens,” Young said. “So I've got a little bit more bounce than I used to have. Probably last time we did this, I was on a very low bounce version of it, and we went to this just to help improve bunker play... That one was a switch we made just over a year ago, PGA Championship Valhalla. I came to Aaron Dill and was having some issues and he said, ‘Hey, try this.’” “What we've learned over the years of working with the best players in the world is anytime we start to add a little bit of width to the bottom of the golf club, that creates a little bit of easy height,” said Dill. “So we talk about the K Grind being the bunker-friendly club. [K*] is a little bit of the best of both worlds because at the same time of him wanting to have all of the ease that comes out of the bunker with the height, the spin, the stopping power, he still wants the versatility that he so desperately needs in those firmer conditions... when he has to open up that face, it has to look good. It has to sit close to the ground. So that's the beauty about the K* is we've got the width for the bunkers, we've got the polishing on the bottom that helps with those green side shots when you have to open up the face.” Said Young: “I think I went 10 for 10 out of bunkers that week, and [K* has] been in ever since.” YOUNG LEADS FIELD IN PUTTING WITH PHANTOM 9.5R PUTTER Young was once again lights out on the greens this week at Doral, gaining a field-best +7.062 shots with his Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R tour prototype putter. He averaged 1.65 putts per GIR (5th) and made over 94 feet of putts per round on average (94’7”, 2nd). Young has played a Phantom putter for the entirety of his PGA TOUR career, gaming various head shapes and neck configurations since 2021. One reason he has gravitated towards the Phantom family is the stability and MOI provided by a larger mallet profile. The increased footprint also creates space for different alignment offerings, from direct features like his 9.5R gamer’s single black sightline to the more subtle angles and contours of the putter’s head shape and design. “There’s an element of forgiveness to it that just I think in my head makes sense,” Young said. “I’ve just grown to like the way that [Phantom mallets] look. I look at a blade now and I have more trouble lining it up.” Last year, he made an early season move at the 2025 RBC Heritage from a plumbing neck (.2) to a jet neck (.5) within the 9R head shape, seeking more toe flow in his putting stroke. “He’s always wanted to feel flow in the putter,” said Scotty Cameron Tour Rep Brad Cloke. “We’ve started in face-balanced mallets for him and we’ve kind of worked our way down to a point where he’s felt comfortable enough to feel the toe flow the way he wants it and get the release of the putter that he wants.” Said Young: “I just felt like the middle of the face was more apparent to me [after the move] with a little bit more [face] rotation and a little bit more release into the ball. I felt like I just struck it more in the middle, which kind of helped my speed, made it roll a little tighter... I feel like I've putted better and better as my mechanics keep improving and as I get more familiar with it.” The switch paid off. Young delivered the best putting season of his career in 2025, finishing the year 7th in Strokes Gained: Putting (+0.642 per round), T6 in Putting Average (1.704) and 4th in One-Putt Percentage (44.57%). LPGA | Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba The world No. 1 triumphed again, making it victories in back-to-back weeks on the LPGA with her Vokey Design 60T lob wedge. She has had a Vokey lob wedge in the bag for all three of her major championship victories, as well as her Olympics victory. DP WORLD TOUR | Turkish Airlines Open Mikael Lindberg (Pro V1x) broke through for his first career DP World Tour victory, qualifying for his first-ever major championship (this month’s PGA Championship) in the process. Lindberg, the only player to reach double digits under par for the week, closed in 3-under 69 to win by two. He was in control of his Pro V1x all week long, ranking 2nd in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green (+10.68). Over six-and-a-half of those shots came from his approach play (+6.72, 5th), which saw him rank second in GIR percentage (76%). The 33-year-old Swede led a group of 13 players in the top 17 who teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball this week in Turkey. PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Regions Tradition (Greystone Golf & Country Club) Two weeks after breaking through for his first career senior major title, Stewart Cink (Pro V1) closed out his second — and his fourth Champions Tour win of 2026. In seven starts this season, Cink has five finishes of T2 or better and has yet to finish worse than T6: 1st, T2, T6, 1st, 1st, 4th, 1st. This week in Alabama, the 52-year-old American opened with matching 65’s before cruising to an 18-under total and a three-shot win. He hit 79% (T2) GIR, which helped set up a field-best 26 birdies. Cink led a group of 12 Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top 14 on the final leaderboard. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball this week at the second Champions Tour major of the season, with 74% of the field teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x model. KPGA / ASIAN TOUR | The 45th GS Caltex Maekyung Open Titleist Brand Ambassador Minhyuk Song (Pro V1x) captured his first career victory at a Korean major, closing in 1 under 70 before winning the title on the first playoff hole. Song led a 1-2-3-4-5 finish for Titleist golf ball players, while 12 of the top 13 played a Pro V1 or Pro V1x model. Song’s win also marked the second KPGA victory for the NEW GTS drivers just three events into the 2026 season. Of the players who finished T9 or better, seven gamed a Titleist driver this week. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball and most played brand in every major equipment category. What's in the Bag? | Minhyuk Song Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: NEW GTS2 9.0° Fairway Metals: GT2 18.0° & 21.0° Irons: T100 5-PW Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 50.08F, 54.10S, 60.08M KLPGA | The 1st DB Women’s Championship (Rainbow Hills CC) Hyunjo Yoo (Pro V1) claimed her first victory of the season, closing in even-par 70 to earn a one-shot victory at the difficult Rainbow Hills CC. LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR | MCB Ladies Classic Smilla Tarning Soenderby (Pro V1x) carded a Sunday 67 (5 under) to close out a one-shot win and secure her second career LET title. The Dane made an eagle and birdies on Sunday — including one on the par-5 18th to win in regulation. PGA OF AMERICA | PGA Professional Championship Jesse Droemer , a PGA Teaching Professional at Riverbend Country Club in Sugarland, Texas, carded rounds of 70-69-74-70 to post 4 under for the week at Bandon Dunes and win by one shot, leading a group of 13 Titleist golf ball players who qualified for the upcoming PGA Championship at Aronimink. Droemer, playing a Pro V1 golf ball and Titleist equipment setup that included his GT3 driver, blended set of T-Series irons and Vokey wedges, also led a group of 10 Titleist PGA Staff professionals who booked their tickets to Philly: Zach Haynes (The Club at Olde Stone, Kentucky Section) Austin Hurt (Wing Point Golf & Country Club, Pacific Northwest Section) Braden Shattuck (Rolling Green Golf Club, Philadelphia Section) Mark Geddes (Coronado Golf Course, Southern California Section) Bryce Fisher (Arrowhead Golf Club, Pacific Northwest Section) Jared Jones (Scioto Country Club, Southern Ohio Section) Francisco Bide (Capital City Club, Georgia Section), Chris Gabriele (Old Westbury Golf & Country Club, Metropolitan Section) Timothy Wiseman (Different Strokes Golf Center, Indiana Section). Titleist was the #1 ball at Bandon Dunes with a total of 178 players teeing up a Pro V1 , Pro V1x or Pro V1x Left Dash golf ball. Titleist was also the field’s top choice in every major club category, as more players also gamed Titleist drivers (45%), fairways (39%), hybrids (42%), utilities (64%), irons (44%), Vokey wedges (48%) and Scotty Cameron putters (30%) than any other brand.  Among the 20 PGA Championship qualifiers, Titleist led the way in golf balls (13), drivers (10), irons (10), wedges and putters (7). What’s in the Bag? | PPC PGA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS 1. Jesse Droemer: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: GT3 10.0° Fairway Metal: GT2 13.5° Hybrid: GT2 18.0° Irons: T250 4–5 and T150 6–PW Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 50.14F, 54°, WedgeWorks 60° T4 finisher: Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom Black 9.2R T4. Zach Haynes: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: GT3 9.0° Fairway Metal: TSi3 16.5° Utility Iron: T250 2 Irons: T150 4, T100 5–PW Wedges : Vokey Design SM11 50°, 56°, 60° T4. Austin Hurt: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT3 9.0° Fairway Metal: GT3 15.0° Utility Iron: U•505 2 Irons: T250 4–5, T150 6–7, and T100 8–9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46°, 52°, 56°, 60° Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom Black 7 T8. Mark Geddes: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS4 8.0° Fairway Metal: TSR3 13.5° Utility Iron: U•505 3 Irons: T250 4, T150 5, T100 6–9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM11 46°, 50°, 56°, 60° T8. Braden Shattuck: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: TSR3 8.0° Fairway Metal: NEW GTS2 13.5° Utility Irons: T250•U 2–3 Irons: T150 4–PW Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 52°, 58° Putter: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6 tour prototype T10. Derek Berg: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 T10. Bryce Fisher: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT3 9.0° Fairway Metals: GT2 15.0°, and GT3 18.0° Hybrid: GT3 21.0° Irons: T100 5–PW Wedges: Vokey Design SM11 50°, 54°, 60° T10. Jared Jones: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS4 9.0° Fairway Metal: NEW GTS2 15.0° Hybrid: GT2 21.0° Irons: T100 4–9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM11 46°, 50°, 54°, and WedgeWorks 58° Putter: Scotty Cameron Timeless Button Back tour prototype T10. Chris Gabriele: Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS2 8.0° Fairway Metal: NEW GTS2 13.5° Hybrid: GT2 18.0° Irons: T250 4–5 and T150 6–PW Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 50°, 54°, WedgeWorks 58° Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Fastback OC T10 finisher: Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1 T10. Francisco Bide Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT2 10.0° Fairway Metal: GT3 16.5° Utility Iron: U•505 3 Irons: T250 4 and T100 5–PW Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 50°, 54°, SM9 WedgeWorks 58° Putter: NEW Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 OC T10. Ryan Lenahan: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x T18. Timothy Wiseman: Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT3 9.0° Fairway Metal: TSi3 15.0° Hybrid: GT2 18.0° Irons: T100 4–PW Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 52°, 56°, 58° Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 11R OC ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/now-on-tour-gts300-mini-driverThu, 30 Apr 2026 21:01:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:554ae831-6c03-4e62-957d-a32db3e4fe87Zack R., Team Titleist StaffThe tour launch of Titleist’s GTS metalwoods family continues this week with the debut of the NEW GTS300 mini driver on the PGA TOUR. Available to all golfers this coming July, GTS300 joins the tour-proven lineup of GTS drivers and fairways that has received immediate validation from players across the worldwide professional tours. NEW GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 drivers are already in the bags of more than 50 players on the PGA TOUR since their introduction in late March at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. That list includes Jordan Spieth (GTS2 9.0°), who was among the five players that moved into GTS at last week’s Cadillac Championship. The most played driver on the PGA TOUR for the last seven seasons and counting, Titleist is constantly monitoring evolving player needs and performance demands at the game’s highest level. GTS300 represents the latest synthesis of Titleist’s metalwood technologies and continued collaboration with the game’s best players — including Cameron Young and Justin Thomas , whose feedback and testing helped influence the new model’s final design. Stay tuned to Titleist’s social channels for continued updates on GTS metals on tour .NewsTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/now-on-tour-gts300-mini-driverThu, 30 Apr 2026 21:01:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:055c1a02-949d-4297-9bac-584c595211aaZack R., Team Titleist StaffThe tour launch of Titleist’s GTS metalwoods family continues this week with the debut of the NEW GTS300 mini driver on the PGA TOUR. Available to all golfers this coming July, GTS300 joins the tour-proven lineup of GTS drivers and fairways that has received immediate validation from players across the worldwide professional tours. NEW GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 drivers are already in the bags of more than 50 players on the PGA TOUR since their introduction in late March at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. That list includes Jordan Spieth (GTS2 9.0°), who was among the five players that moved into GTS at last week’s Cadillac Championship. The most played driver on the PGA TOUR for the last seven seasons and counting, Titleist is constantly monitoring evolving player needs and performance demands at the game’s highest level. GTS300 represents the latest synthesis of Titleist’s metalwood technologies and continued collaboration with the game’s best players — including Cameron Young and Justin Thomas , whose feedback and testing helped influence the new model’s final design. Stay tuned to Titleist’s social channels for continued updates on GTS metals on tour .CANewsTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/team-fitzpatrick-trusts-pro-v1x-to-win-the-zurich-classic-of-new-orleansMon, 27 Apr 2026 14:27:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:9bafefbb-9fbd-466f-bb1f-f949e4222912Zack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Zurich Classic of New Orleans Brothers and fellow Pro V1x players Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick birdied the 72nd hole Sunday to win the PGA TOUR’s two-man team event, leading a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 finish for teams playing Titleist golf balls. From the bunker, 35 yards to the hole on TPC Louisiana’s par-5 18th, Matt Fitzpatrick’s Pro V1x took two hops, spun and stopped 14 inches from the cup, setting up the tap-in birdie that earned the Fitzpatricks a one-shot victory. It’s Matt Fitzpatrick’s second consecutive title, following last week’s playoff win at the RBC Heritage, and third victory in his last four starts on the PGA TOUR, pushing him to No. 1 on the FedExCup Points List. His first win of 2026 at the Valspar Championship came the week after his runner-up finish at THE PLAYERS. The victory also granted Alex Fitzpatrick, who last month captured his first title on the DP World Tour, immediate full-time status on the PGA TOUR through the 2028 season. TOP-9 SWEEP FOR TEAMS PLAYING TITLEIST GOLF BALLS Led by the Fitzpatrick brothers, all 18 players who made up the nine teams at the top of the leaderboard played a Titleist golf ball in New Orleans. In total, 76% of the field (112 players) teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x model this week at TPC Louisiana, more than 10 times the nearest competitor (11 players). 1. Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) / Alex Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) T2. Kristoffer Reitan (Pro V1) / Kris Ventura (Pro V1x Double Dot) T2. Alex Smalley (Pro V1x) / Hayden Springer (Pro V1) T4. Rasmus Neergaard ‑Petersen (Pro V1) / Jacob Skov Olesen (Pro V1) T4. Ben Martin (Pro V1x Left Dash) / Trace Crowe (Pro V1) T6. Doug Ghim (Pro V1x) / Jeffrey Kang (Pro V1x) T6. Davis Thompson (Pro V1) / Austin Eckroat (Pro V1x) T6. Billy Horschel (Pro V1x+) / Tom Hoge (Pro V1 Left Dot) T6 . Eric Cole (Pro V1x) / Hank Lebioda (Pro V1x) MATT FITZPATRICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 x “There’s obviously so many different variables with a golf ball. I’ve always been kind of a lower flight player but I am kind of high spin, so that’s where I feel like my game is at with the golf ball. To be able to rely on the golf ball and know that it’s going to do what I want it to do – have a consistent flight, consistent spin with every shot that I hit – that’s so important. Having that ability to know what your ball is going to do rather than second guessing makes a hell of a difference and obviously makes you more comfortable. And from there you’re going to hit better golf shots. I love the golf ball that I’m in, it just works perfectly for my game.” “The reason [Pro V1x] is so good for me is feel. I like the harder feel off the club face. I just feel like the spin’s consistent, the flight’s consistent, and that’s what you need in a golf ball. You don’t need it kind of in different windows. It’s nice to have that consistency to have the confidence in the golf ball to know how far it’s going to go every time, and to be within a really tight deviation is obviously so important. This is a game of inches after all, the margins are so fine you want it to be as tight as possible. So that’s why I play Pro V1x because it’s exactly that, you know what you’re going to get every shot and you don’t get any strange effects from shots.” “You just know, hitting other golf balls, that as soon as you’ve hit it, it doesn’t have the same effect. I’ve messed around with balls on the range when they’ve been mixed into the Pro V1x bag that I always go to grab, and they just get funky flights. I don’t know how you can play golf with that, to be honest, and not knowing what you’re going to get from shot to shot.” “I feel like, for me, the firmer the ball is, the more I can control the spin. That’s always nice for me (with Pro V1x), knowing that I can increase spin, and take spin off it. That’s been the big thing. I know for a fact I can flight the ball easy, much easier, up and down, with the ball that I use.” “I’ve been Pro V1x ever since I was probably about 15. It was always the best ball. There was never anything else for me growing up, to be honest. That’s all I’ve ever known.” DP WORLD TOUR / CHINA TOUR | Volvo China Open Gaming his Titleist Pro V1 golf ball and NEW GTS driver and fairways, Bernd Wiesberger carded a bogey-free 67 on Sunday to win by three in China. It was the first start for Wiesberger with his NEW GTS metals, which he moved to immediately after testing the new models last week at the Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn. Wiesberger, who led a group of six Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top seven positions on the final leaderboard, was dialed from tee to green, gaining over 15 shots on the field (+15.04, 2nd). Over eight-and-a-half of those shots came from his approach play (+8.6, 2nd) and a field-leading +6.08 came from his play around the greens. He hit 82% GIR over four rounds (T2) and led the field in Scrambling, getting up-and-down for par at an 85% clip (11/13). What’s in the Bag? | Bernd Wiesberger Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS3 9.0° Fairway Metals: NEW GTS2 15.0° and NEW GTS3 18.0° Irons: T100 3-iron, 620 CB 4-6, and 620 MB 7-9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 52.12F (@ 53), WedgeWorks 60A+ (@ 59) LPGA | The Chevron Championship (Memorial Park Golf Course) The winner of the LPGA’s first major championship of the year triumphed again with her Vokey Design 60T lob wedge. She has had a Vokey lob wedge in the bag for all three of her major championship victories, as well as her Olympics victory. JGTO | Maezawa Cup (MZ Golf Club) Titleist Brand Ambassador Ren Yonezawa (Pro V1x) made birdie on the first playoff hole to capture his third career JGTO title. The 26-year-old recorded four rounds of 67 or better (66-66-66-67), matching the 72-hole total (265) of Young Han Song (Pro V1). What’s in the Bag? | Ren Yonezawa Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT1 9.0° Utility Iron: U•505 3 Irons: T200 4 and T100 5-9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 52.08F, 58.04T Putter: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.2 tour prototype PGA TOUR AMERICAS | 94 Abierto del Centro Zurich Patrick Flavin (Pro V1x) birdied three of his last five holes Sunday to win by two and secure his first career PGA TOUR Americas title. The 30-year-old American’s week was highlighted by four sub-70 rounds (68-66-66-67) which featured 21 birdies (3rd). He also ranked second in bogey avoidance (4). Flavin led a group of four Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top five positions on the final leaderboard. LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR | Investec SA Women's Open (Royal Cape Golf Club) Esme Hamilton (Pro V1) made three back-nine birdies to break through for her first career Ladies European Tour title with a two-shot win in Cape Town. The 26-year-old Englishwoman’s week was highlighted by an opening-round 7-under 66 that featured eight birdies. On Sunday, she was steady down the stretch through rainy and windy conditions, hitting each of the final six greens in regulation and splitting the fairway on Nos. 16–18. AMATEUR | SEC Men's Golf Championship — Stroke Play Jackson Koivun (Pro V1) became the first player since 1967 to win three consecutive individual SEC Championship titles. The 20-year-old carded rounds of 64-64-63 to win by seven at Sea Island Golf Club and claim his sixth victory in eight starts so far in 2026. His three-round total of 191 also broke the SEC Championship’s 54-hole scoring record. He is also Auburn’s winningest player in program history, having earned 10 individual victories in just under three full seasons. What’s in the Bag? | Jackson Koivun Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: GT2 8.0° Irons: T250 3, T100 4, and 620 MB 5-9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.08M, WedgeWorks 60V Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 10.2 tour prototype ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/team-fitzpatrick-trusts-pro-v1x-to-win-the-zurich-classic-of-new-orleansMon, 27 Apr 2026 14:27:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:229de297-d72d-49e3-8634-9e2679b65d4dZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Zurich Classic of New Orleans Brothers and fellow Pro V1x players Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick birdied the 72nd hole Sunday to win the PGA TOUR’s two-man team event, leading a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 finish for teams playing Titleist golf balls. From the bunker, 35 yards to the hole on TPC Louisiana’s par-5 18th, Matt Fitzpatrick’s Pro V1x took two hops, spun and stopped 14 inches from the cup, setting up the tap-in birdie that earned the Fitzpatricks a one-shot victory. It’s Matt Fitzpatrick’s second consecutive title, following last week’s playoff win at the RBC Heritage, and third victory in his last four starts on the PGA TOUR, pushing him to No. 1 on the FedExCup Points List. His first win of 2026 at the Valspar Championship came the week after his runner-up finish at THE PLAYERS. The victory also granted Alex Fitzpatrick, who last month captured his first title on the DP World Tour, immediate full-time status on the PGA TOUR through the 2028 season. TOP-9 SWEEP FOR TEAMS PLAYING TITLEIST GOLF BALLS Led by the Fitzpatrick brothers, all 18 players who made up the nine teams at the top of the leaderboard played a Titleist golf ball in New Orleans. In total, 76% of the field (112 players) teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x model this week at TPC Louisiana, more than 10 times the nearest competitor (11 players). 1. Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) / Alex Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) T2. Kristoffer Reitan (Pro V1) / Kris Ventura (Pro V1x Double Dot) T2. Alex Smalley (Pro V1x) / Hayden Springer (Pro V1) T4. Rasmus Neergaard ‑Petersen (Pro V1) / Jacob Skov Olesen (Pro V1) T4. Ben Martin (Pro V1x Left Dash) / Trace Crowe (Pro V1) T6. Doug Ghim (Pro V1x) / Jeffrey Kang (Pro V1x) T6. Davis Thompson (Pro V1) / Austin Eckroat (Pro V1x) T6. Billy Horschel (Pro V1x+) / Tom Hoge (Pro V1 Left Dot) T6 . Eric Cole (Pro V1x) / Hank Lebioda (Pro V1x) MATT FITZPATRICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 x “There’s obviously so many different variables with a golf ball. I’ve always been kind of a lower flight player but I am kind of high spin, so that’s where I feel like my game is at with the golf ball. To be able to rely on the golf ball and know that it’s going to do what I want it to do – have a consistent flight, consistent spin with every shot that I hit – that’s so important. Having that ability to know what your ball is going to do rather than second guessing makes a hell of a difference and obviously makes you more comfortable. And from there you’re going to hit better golf shots. I love the golf ball that I’m in, it just works perfectly for my game.” “The reason [Pro V1x] is so good for me is feel. I like the harder feel off the club face. I just feel like the spin’s consistent, the flight’s consistent, and that’s what you need in a golf ball. You don’t need it kind of in different windows. It’s nice to have that consistency to have the confidence in the golf ball to know how far it’s going to go every time, and to be within a really tight deviation is obviously so important. This is a game of inches after all, the margins are so fine you want it to be as tight as possible. So that’s why I play Pro V1x because it’s exactly that, you know what you’re going to get every shot and you don’t get any strange effects from shots.” “You just know, hitting other golf balls, that as soon as you’ve hit it, it doesn’t have the same effect. I’ve messed around with balls on the range when they’ve been mixed into the Pro V1x bag that I always go to grab, and they just get funky flights. I don’t know how you can play golf with that, to be honest, and not knowing what you’re going to get from shot to shot.” “I feel like, for me, the firmer the ball is, the more I can control the spin. That’s always nice for me (with Pro V1x), knowing that I can increase spin, and take spin off it. That’s been the big thing. I know for a fact I can flight the ball easy, much easier, up and down, with the ball that I use.” “I’ve been Pro V1x ever since I was probably about 15. It was always the best ball. There was never anything else for me growing up, to be honest. That’s all I’ve ever known.” DP WORLD TOUR / CHINA TOUR | Volvo China Open Gaming his Titleist Pro V1 golf ball and NEW GTS driver and fairways, Bernd Wiesberger carded a bogey-free 67 on Sunday to win by three in China. It was the first start for Wiesberger with his NEW GTS metals, which he moved to immediately after testing the new models last week at the Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn. Wiesberger, who led a group of six Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top seven positions on the final leaderboard, was dialed from tee to green, gaining over 15 shots on the field (+15.04, 2nd). Over eight-and-a-half of those shots came from his approach play (+8.6, 2nd) and a field-leading +6.08 came from his play around the greens. He hit 82% GIR over four rounds (T2) and led the field in Scrambling, getting up-and-down for par at an 85% clip (11/13). What’s in the Bag? | Bernd Wiesberger Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS3 9.0° Fairway Metals: NEW GTS2 15.0° and NEW GTS3 18.0° Irons: T100 3-iron, 620 CB 4-6, and 620 MB 7-9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 52.12F (@ 53), WedgeWorks 60A+ (@ 59) LPGA | The Chevron Championship (Memorial Park Golf Course) The winner of the LPGA’s first major championship of the year triumphed again with her Vokey Design 60T lob wedge. She has had a Vokey lob wedge in the bag for all three of her major championship victories, as well as her Olympics victory. JGTO | Maezawa Cup (MZ Golf Club) Titleist Brand Ambassador Ren Yonezawa (Pro V1x) made birdie on the first playoff hole to capture his third career JGTO title. The 26-year-old recorded four rounds of 67 or better (66-66-66-67), matching the 72-hole total (265) of Young Han Song (Pro V1). What’s in the Bag? | Ren Yonezawa Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT1 9.0° Utility Iron: U•505 3 Irons: T200 4 and T100 5-9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 52.08F, 58.04T Putter: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.2 tour prototype PGA TOUR AMERICAS | 94 Abierto del Centro Zurich Patrick Flavin (Pro V1x) birdied three of his last five holes Sunday to win by two and secure his first career PGA TOUR Americas title. The 30-year-old American’s week was highlighted by four sub-70 rounds (68-66-66-67) which featured 21 birdies (3rd). He also ranked second in bogey avoidance (4). Flavin led a group of four Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top five positions on the final leaderboard. LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR | Investec SA Women's Open (Royal Cape Golf Club) Esme Hamilton (Pro V1) made three back-nine birdies to break through for her first career Ladies European Tour title with a two-shot win in Cape Town. The 26-year-old Englishwoman’s week was highlighted by an opening-round 7-under 66 that featured eight birdies. On Sunday, she was steady down the stretch through rainy and windy conditions, hitting each of the final six greens in regulation and splitting the fairway on Nos. 16–18. AMATEUR | SEC Men's Golf Championship — Stroke Play Jackson Koivun (Pro V1) became the first player since 1967 to win three consecutive individual SEC Championship titles. The 20-year-old carded rounds of 64-64-63 to win by seven at Sea Island Golf Club and claim his sixth victory in eight starts so far in 2026. His three-round total of 191 also broke the SEC Championship’s 54-hole scoring record. He is also Auburn’s winningest player in program history, having earned 10 individual victories in just under three full seasons. What’s in the Bag? | Jackson Koivun Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: GT2 8.0° Irons: T250 3, T100 4, and 620 MB 5-9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.08M, WedgeWorks 60V Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 10.2 tour prototype ... #TeamTitleistNewsGolfBallBlogTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/matt-fitzpatrick-rolls-in-pro-v1x-on-first-playoff-hole-to-win-second-rbc-heritage-title-in-four-yearsMon, 20 Apr 2026 13:07:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:e10a35e9-66b7-4d65-b3ab-a6ceb419ebfcZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | RBC Heritage Flighting his Pro V1x golf ball into the wind on Harbour Town’s par-4 18th, Matt Fitzpatrick took aim at the flagstick and watched his approach from 204 yards finish 13 feet, 4 inches from the cup on the first hole of a playoff. Fitzpatrick rolled it in for birdie to capture his fourth PGA TOUR victory and second RBC Heritage title in four years. His 2023 victory also came via a clutch playoff approach into 18, Fitzpatrick hitting his Pro V1x to within 12 inches for birdie on the third extra hole. Fitzpatrick emerged victorious from an all-Titleist golf ball playoff. The runner-up has used his Pro V1 golf ball, as well as a full set of Vokey Design wedges, for every one of his four majors and 20 PGA TOUR victories. Both players were among the overwhelming majority of competitors (54) who teed up a Titleist golf ball this week in Hilton Head. For the week, Fitzpatrick gained over 8 shots tee to green (+8.392/4th) with over five of them coming on approach shots (+2.659/12th) and around the green (+2.631/12th). He also finished the week T7 in Scrambling and got his Pro V1x up-and-down on six of seven attempts during the final round. His 21 birdies and one eagle led the field for most birdies or better by any player. FITZPATRICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 x “There’s obviously so many different variables with a golf ball. I’ve always been kind of a lower flight player but I am kind of high spin, so that’s where I feel like my game is at with the golf ball. To be able to rely on the golf ball and know that it’s going to do what I want it to do – have a consistent flight, consistent spin with every shot that I hit – that’s so important. Having that ability to know what your ball is going to do rather than second guessing makes a hell of a difference and obviously makes you more comfortable. And from there you’re going to hit better golf shots. I love the golf ball that I’m in, it just works perfectly for my game.” “The reason [Pro V1x] is so good for me is feel. I like the harder feel off the club face. I just feel like the spin’s consistent, the flight’s consistent, and that’s what you need in a golf ball. You don’t need it kind of in different windows. It’s nice to have that consistency to have the confidence in the golf ball to know how far it’s going to go every time, and to be within a really tight deviation is obviously so important. This is a game of inches after all, the margins are so fine you want it to be as tight as possible. So that’s why I play Pro V1x because it’s exactly that, you know what you’re going to get every shot and you don’t get any strange effects from shots.” “You just know, hitting other golf balls, that as soon as you’ve hit it, it doesn’t have the same effect. I’ve messed around with balls on the range when they’ve been mixed into the Pro V1x bag that I always go to grab, and they just get funky flights. I don’t know how you can play golf with that, to be honest, and not knowing what you’re going to get from shot to shot.” “I feel like, for me, the firmer the ball is, the more I can control the spin. That’s always nice for me (with Pro V1x), knowing that I can increase spin, and take spin off it. That’s been the big thing. I know for a fact I can flight the ball easy, much easier, up and down, with the ball that I use. “I’ve been Pro V1x ever since I was probably about 15. It was always the best ball. There was never anything else for me growing up, to be honest. That’s all I’ve ever known.” NEW GTS DRIVER MOMENTUM CONTINUES Titleist’s NEW GTS drivers continue to earn their way into the bags of players across the worldwide professional tours. In the four weeks since their debut at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, 47 different players have gamed a NEW GTS2 , GTS3 or GTS4 driver in competition on the PGA TOUR. That group includes three players this week finishing T8 or better: 7. Bud Cauley : GTS2 8.0° driver, GTS3 15.0° fairway T8. 2021 FedExCup champion : GTS4 9.0° driver* T8 . 2025 3M Open champion : GTS3 11.0° driver* *New this week The 2021 FedExCup champion and three-time U.S. Ryder Cupper gained +3.119 strokes on the field off the tee (6th) in his first week gaming his NEW GTS4 setup. LPGA | JM Eagle LA Championship Gaming a GT3 10.0° driver and GT3 15.0° and GT2 21.0° fairways, the winner of the JM Eagle LA Championship birdied the first extra hole to win for the fourth time so far this season (2 LPGA, 2 LET). She closed in 4-under 68 to make the playoff, playing her final eight holes in 5 under. The champion made the switch to her GT3 driver from a competitor’s model at the FM Championship last fall, finishing out the season with a pair of top-5's, including her best individual finish of 2025 at the Maybank Championship (T2). The week following the FM Championship, at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, she switched to her GT3 15.0° fairway from a competitor’s model. She moved into the GT2 21.0° fairway from her TSR2 the next week at the Hanwha LifePlus International Crown. The champion, a longtime Scotty Cameron mallet user, also gamed a Phantom 3 (center shaft) tour prototype putter. She moved to her current gamer last October at the BMW Ladies Championship before helping Team Australia to victory at the International Crown the very next week, her second start with the mallet. KORN FERRY TOUR | Tulum Championship Titleist Brand Ambassador Dylan Menante went low on Sunday, cruising to a six-shot victory and his first Korn Ferry Tour title. Menante, gaming a setup that includes his Pro V1x golf ball, GT2 driver, T-Series irons, Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron Phantom putter, carded a bogey-free, 9-under 63 on Sunday, the low round of the day by four shots. Over four rounds, nobody made more birdies (22, T1) or eagles (2, T1) than Menante. The 24-year-old was dialed throughout the bag, hitting 73% fairways (7th) and 71% GIR (12th). He got up-and-down for par at a 71% clip (4th) and led the field with an average of 1.57 putts per GIR. What’s in the Bag? | Dylan Menante Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT2 10.0° Hybrid: GT3 19.0° Irons: T250 4 and T100 5-9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.10S, NEW SM11 WedgeWorks 58L Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9R tour prototype PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Senior PGA Championship Stewart Cink (Pro V1) broke through for his first career senior major title with a decisive six-shot win. Cink made an eagle and seven birdies Sunday to post a 9-under 63, the low round of the day by three. The 52-year-old American shot rounds of 69-67-70-63 while going bogey-free the last 28 holes of the championship. It is his third win of the season. Cink led a group of nine Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top 11 at the top of the leaderboard. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball this week at The Concession Golf Club with 109 (70%) players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x model. KPGA | The 21st DB Insurance Promy Open In his first start with the NEW GTS3 driver, Titleist Brand Ambassador Sangyeop Lee earned his second career KPGA title by two shots. Lee was among the group of 39 players who played a NEW GTS2 , GTS3 or GTS4 driver in their first week of availability on the KPGA. Six of the top-10 finishers had Titleist drivers in the bag, including three NEW GTS3 models, as more than half the field gamed a Titleist driver (73/51%). Twenty-seven NEW GTS fairway metals also went right into play in the KPGA’s season opener. This week also marked the debut for NEW SM11 wedges on the KPGA, with a total of 249 SM11’s going right in the bag — more than all competitors’ wedges combined. Nine of the top-10 were in Vokey wedges, with Lee and eight of the nine in full sets of NEW SM11s. Sixty-four percent of all gap, sand and lob wedges in the field were Vokey Design. Nine of the top-10 finishers played a Titleist golf ball, with a total of 99 players (69%) teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x . What’s in the Bag? | Sangyeop Lee Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: NEW GTS3 9.0° Hybrid: GT3 19.0° Irons: T250 3, T150 4, and 620 MB 5-9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 52.08F, 58.08M Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 + tour prototype SUNSHINE TOUR | Mediclinic Invitational In the first event of the 2026-27 Sunshine Tour season, Titleist Brand Ambassador Samuel Simpson (Pro V1x Left Dash) closed with a steady 1-under 70 to win by three and secure his second career victory. The 23-year-old South African shot a career-best, bogey-free 9-under 62 in Round 3, birdieing seven of his last 10 holes to open up a sizeable lead heading into the final round. Over four rounds in Vaalpark, Simpson made a field-best 27 birdies. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball of choice at the Mediclinic Invitational, with 101 (83%) players teeing up a Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf ball, more than five times the nearest competitor with 20. What’s in ther Bag? | Samuel Simpson Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash Driver: GT2 9.0° Mini Driver: GT280 13.0° Irons: T150 3 and T100 4-9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.12F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 60A+ CHINA TOUR | Lanting Shaoxing Open Bowen Chai (Pro V1) posted a 3-under 69 Sunday to secure a one-shot win and his first career China Tour title. The 20-year-old’s week was highlighted by a 9-under 63 in Round 2. Nine of the top-10 finishers on the final leaderboard trusted a Titleist golf ball , as did 86% of the field overall this week in Zhejiang. JLPGA | KKTcup VANTELIN Ladies Open Gaming her Pro V1x golf ball and three Vokey Design wedges, the winner of the KKTcup VANTELIN Ladies Open won her second JLPGA title in three starts. She made five birdies on Sunday to close out the one-shot victory. The win marks her fourth career JLPGA title. LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR | Joburg Ladies Open Agatha Laisne (Pro V1) prevailed from a marathon, five-hole playoff to win her second LET title of 2026. Laisne made three birdies and an eagle to close in 69 (4 under) on Sunday, posting 19 under for the week and forcing extra holes in South Africa. The 26-year-old Frenchwoman clinched the victory on the fifth extra hole with her third birdie of the playoff. With the win, she now moves to the top of the LET’s Order of Merit. ... #TeamTitleistNewsGolfBallBlogTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/matt-fitzpatrick-rolls-in-pro-v1x-on-first-playoff-hole-to-win-second-rbc-heritage-title-in-four-yearsMon, 20 Apr 2026 13:07:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:62dc8922-53b0-4637-950f-100d297e435fZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | RBC Heritage Flighting his Pro V1x golf ball into the wind on Harbour Town’s par-4 18th, Matt Fitzpatrick took aim at the flagstick and watched his approach from 204 yards finish 13 feet, 4 inches from the cup on the first hole of a playoff. Fitzpatrick rolled it in for birdie to capture his fourth PGA TOUR victory and second RBC Heritage title in four years. His 2023 victory also came via a clutch playoff approach into 18, Fitzpatrick hitting his Pro V1x to within 12 inches for birdie on the third extra hole. Fitzpatrick emerged victorious from an all-Titleist golf ball playoff. The runner-up has used his Pro V1 golf ball, as well as a full set of Vokey Design wedges, for every one of his four majors and 20 PGA TOUR victories. Both players were among the overwhelming majority of competitors (54) who teed up a Titleist golf ball this week in Hilton Head. For the week, Fitzpatrick gained over 8 shots tee to green (+8.392/4th) with over five of them coming on approach shots (+2.659/12th) and around the green (+2.631/12th). He also finished the week T7 in Scrambling and got his Pro V1x up-and-down on six of seven attempts during the final round. His 21 birdies and one eagle led the field for most birdies or better by any player. FITZPATRICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 x “There’s obviously so many different variables with a golf ball. I’ve always been kind of a lower flight player but I am kind of high spin, so that’s where I feel like my game is at with the golf ball. To be able to rely on the golf ball and know that it’s going to do what I want it to do – have a consistent flight, consistent spin with every shot that I hit – that’s so important. Having that ability to know what your ball is going to do rather than second guessing makes a hell of a difference and obviously makes you more comfortable. And from there you’re going to hit better golf shots. I love the golf ball that I’m in, it just works perfectly for my game.” “The reason [Pro V1x] is so good for me is feel. I like the harder feel off the club face. I just feel like the spin’s consistent, the flight’s consistent, and that’s what you need in a golf ball. You don’t need it kind of in different windows. It’s nice to have that consistency to have the confidence in the golf ball to know how far it’s going to go every time, and to be within a really tight deviation is obviously so important. This is a game of inches after all, the margins are so fine you want it to be as tight as possible. So that’s why I play Pro V1x because it’s exactly that, you know what you’re going to get every shot and you don’t get any strange effects from shots.” “You just know, hitting other golf balls, that as soon as you’ve hit it, it doesn’t have the same effect. I’ve messed around with balls on the range when they’ve been mixed into the Pro V1x bag that I always go to grab, and they just get funky flights. I don’t know how you can play golf with that, to be honest, and not knowing what you’re going to get from shot to shot.” “I feel like, for me, the firmer the ball is, the more I can control the spin. That’s always nice for me (with Pro V1x), knowing that I can increase spin, and take spin off it. That’s been the big thing. I know for a fact I can flight the ball easy, much easier, up and down, with the ball that I use. “I’ve been Pro V1x ever since I was probably about 15. It was always the best ball. There was never anything else for me growing up, to be honest. That’s all I’ve ever known.” NEW GTS DRIVER MOMENTUM CONTINUES Titleist’s NEW GTS drivers continue to earn their way into the bags of players across the worldwide professional tours. In the four weeks since their debut at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, 47 different players have gamed a NEW GTS2 , GTS3 or GTS4 driver in competition on the PGA TOUR. That group includes three players this week finishing T8 or better: 7. Bud Cauley : GTS2 8.0° driver, GTS3 15.0° fairway T8. 2021 FedExCup champion : GTS4 9.0° driver* T8 . 2025 3M Open champion : GTS3 11.0° driver* *New this week The 2021 FedExCup champion and three-time U.S. Ryder Cupper gained +3.119 strokes on the field off the tee (6th) in his first week gaming his NEW GTS4 setup. LPGA | JM Eagle LA Championship Gaming a GT3 10.0° driver and GT3 15.0° and GT2 21.0° fairways, the winner of the JM Eagle LA Championship birdied the first extra hole to win for the fourth time so far this season (2 LPGA, 2 LET). She closed in 4-under 68 to make the playoff, playing her final eight holes in 5 under. The champion made the switch to her GT3 driver from a competitor’s model at the FM Championship last fall, finishing out the season with a pair of top-5's, including her best individual finish of 2025 at the Maybank Championship (T2). The week following the FM Championship, at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, she switched to her GT3 15.0° fairway from a competitor’s model. She moved into the GT2 21.0° fairway from her TSR2 the next week at the Hanwha LifePlus International Crown. The champion, a longtime Scotty Cameron mallet user, also gamed a Phantom 3 (center shaft) tour prototype putter. She moved to her current gamer last October at the BMW Ladies Championship before helping Team Australia to victory at the International Crown the very next week, her second start with the mallet. KORN FERRY TOUR | Tulum Championship Titleist Brand Ambassador Dylan Menante went low on Sunday, cruising to a six-shot victory and his first Korn Ferry Tour title. Menante, gaming a setup that includes his Pro V1x golf ball, GT2 driver, T-Series irons, Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron Phantom putter, carded a bogey-free, 9-under 63 on Sunday, the low round of the day by four shots. Over four rounds, nobody made more birdies (22, T1) or eagles (2, T1) than Menante. The 24-year-old was dialed throughout the bag, hitting 73% fairways (7th) and 71% GIR (12th). He got up-and-down for par at a 71% clip (4th) and led the field with an average of 1.57 putts per GIR. What’s in the Bag? | Dylan Menante Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: GT2 10.0° Hybrid: GT3 19.0° Irons: T250 4 and T100 5-9 Wedges: Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.10S, NEW SM11 WedgeWorks 58L Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9R tour prototype PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Senior PGA Championship Stewart Cink (Pro V1) broke through for his first career senior major title with a decisive six-shot win. Cink made an eagle and seven birdies Sunday to post a 9-under 63, the low round of the day by three. The 52-year-old American shot rounds of 69-67-70-63 while going bogey-free the last 28 holes of the championship. It is his third win of the season. Cink led a group of nine Titleist golf ball players finishing inside the top 11 at the top of the leaderboard. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball this week at The Concession Golf Club with 109 (70%) players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x model. KPGA | The 21st DB Insurance Promy Open In his first start with the NEW GTS3 driver, Titleist Brand Ambassador Sangyeop Lee earned his second career KPGA title by two shots. Lee was among the group of 39 players who played a NEW GTS2 , GTS3 or GTS4 driver in their first week of availability on the KPGA. Six of the top-10 finishers had Titleist drivers in the bag, including three NEW GTS3 models, as more than half the field gamed a Titleist driver (73/51%). Twenty-seven NEW GTS fairway metals also went right into play in the KPGA’s season opener. This week also marked the debut for NEW SM11 wedges on the KPGA, with a total of 249 SM11’s going right in the bag — more than all competitors’ wedges combined. Nine of the top-10 were in Vokey wedges, with Lee and eight of the nine in full sets of NEW SM11s. Sixty-four percent of all gap, sand and lob wedges in the field were Vokey Design. Nine of the top-10 finishers played a Titleist golf ball, with a total of 99 players (69%) teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x . What’s in the Bag? | Sangyeop Lee Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver: NEW GTS3 9.0° Hybrid: GT3 19.0° Irons: T250 3, T150 4, and 620 MB 5-9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 52.08F, 58.08M Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 + tour prototype SUNSHINE TOUR | Mediclinic Invitational In the first event of the 2026-27 Sunshine Tour season, Titleist Brand Ambassador Samuel Simpson (Pro V1x Left Dash) closed with a steady 1-under 70 to win by three and secure his second career victory. The 23-year-old South African shot a career-best, bogey-free 9-under 62 in Round 3, birdieing seven of his last 10 holes to open up a sizeable lead heading into the final round. Over four rounds in Vaalpark, Simpson made a field-best 27 birdies. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball of choice at the Mediclinic Invitational, with 101 (83%) players teeing up a Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf ball, more than five times the nearest competitor with 20. What’s in ther Bag? | Samuel Simpson Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash Driver: GT2 9.0° Mini Driver: GT280 13.0° Irons: T150 3 and T100 4-9 Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.12F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 60A+ CHINA TOUR | Lanting Shaoxing Open Bowen Chai (Pro V1) posted a 3-under 69 Sunday to secure a one-shot win and his first career China Tour title. The 20-year-old’s week was highlighted by a 9-under 63 in Round 2. Nine of the top-10 finishers on the final leaderboard trusted a Titleist golf ball , as did 86% of the field overall this week in Zhejiang. JLPGA | KKTcup VANTELIN Ladies Open Gaming her Pro V1x golf ball and three Vokey Design wedges, the winner of the KKTcup VANTELIN Ladies Open won her second JLPGA title in three starts. She made five birdies on Sunday to close out the one-shot victory. The win marks her fourth career JLPGA title. LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR | Joburg Ladies Open Agatha Laisne (Pro V1) prevailed from a marathon, five-hole playoff to win her second LET title of 2026. Laisne made three birdies and an eagle to close in 69 (4 under) on Sunday, posting 19 under for the week and forcing extra holes in South Africa. The 26-year-old Frenchwoman clinched the victory on the fifth extra hole with her third birdie of the playoff. With the win, she now moves to the top of the LET’s Order of Merit. ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/titleist-gts2-and-gts3-fairways-launch-on-tourMon, 13 Apr 2026 11:48:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:3c04ca16-0600-4c3b-aaea-af503ae7e43aZack R., Team Titleist StaffThe tour launch of Titleist’s GTS metalwoods family continues this week as the NEW GTS2 and GTS3 fairways begin their rollout across the worldwide professional tours. More than 40 players on the PGA TOUR have already put NEW GTS drivers in play since their debut three weeks ago at the Texas Children Houston Open — including Justin Thomas , who added his GTS2 model to the bag for the first time at the Masters. A week earlier at the Valero Texas Open, there were more GTS drivers in play (34) than any other competitor’s total number of drivers. Heading into the year’s first major, Cameron Young and Johnny Keefer expressed interest in getting an early look at the NEW GTS fairways. Both added GTS3 21.0° 7-woods to the bag; Keefer at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Young on Thursday at Augusta National. Continuous feedback and collaboration with the game’s most discerning players is what drives Titleist’s product development process forward generation after generation. This week at both the PGA TOUR’s RBC Heritage and LPGA’s JM Eagle LA Championship, Titleist tour reps will be working with players as they test the new GTS2 and GTS3 fairways and dial in the top end of their setups. This process will continue over the coming weeks on professional tours and at Titleist’s tour fitting facilities around the world.CANewsTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/titleist-gts2-and-gts3-fairways-launch-on-tourMon, 13 Apr 2026 11:48:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:ce80243e-6f38-4533-9b17-1de9bc22e79eZack R., Team Titleist StaffThe tour launch of Titleist’s GTS metalwoods family continues this week as the NEW GTS2 and GTS3 fairways begin their rollout across the worldwide professional tours. More than 40 players on the PGA TOUR have already put NEW GTS drivers in play since their debut three weeks ago at the Texas Children Houston Open — including Justin Thomas , who added his GTS2 model to the bag for the first time at the Masters. A week earlier at the Valero Texas Open, there were more GTS drivers in play (34) than any other competitor’s total number of drivers. Heading into the year’s first major, Cameron Young and Johnny Keefer expressed interest in getting an early look at the NEW GTS fairways. Both added GTS3 21.0° 7-woods to the bag; Keefer at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Young on Thursday at Augusta National. Continuous feedback and collaboration with the game’s most discerning players is what drives Titleist’s product development process forward generation after generation. This week at both the PGA TOUR’s RBC Heritage and LPGA’s JM Eagle LA Championship, Titleist tour reps will be working with players as they test the new GTS2 and GTS3 fairways and dial in the top end of their setups. This process will continue over the coming weeks on professional tours and at Titleist’s tour fitting facilities around the world.NewsTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/lauren-coughlin-goes-wire-to-wire-with-her-pro-v1-in-las-vegas-to-win-the-aramco-championshipMon, 06 Apr 2026 17:40:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:6403103c-af50-4f9d-8fc4-dfc42709d648Zack R., Team Titleist StaffLPGA | Aramco Championship Lauren Coughlin (Pro V1) delivered a clinical performance to lock up her third career LPGA title, winning in a wire-to-wire, five-shot runaway in Las Vegas. Coughlin set the tone early in the week after opening in 5-under 67, which tied for the low round of the week around the difficult Shadow Creek. “I was hitting my numbers all day, and this course, if you're hitting your spots and numbers, it will give you birdies. If you miss them, it can be very, very difficult," said Coughlin after Round 1. By week’s end, with three more steady rounds (69-73-72) in the books, Coughlin was one of only four players to finish below par. The duo of runners-up finished at 2 under. With the win, she is projected to climb to 8th in the Race to CME Globe rankings. COUGHLIN ON HER MOVE TO PRO V1 Coughlin has played Pro V1 since the 2023 Women’s Scottish Open, where she moved out of her previous Pro V1x model seeking a more controlled, penetrating flight in the wind. Said Coughlin: “I saw a huge benefit and an improved ball flight with [Pro V1]. So then I just kind of stuck with it the rest of the year and I've been using it ever since.” The move paid off, as she went on to win twice the following year and go undefeated in her first Solheim Cup appearance (3-0-1). “Controlling my distance I would say is my biggest strength, in terms of I can take a little bit off this if I need to and [the ball] can go a couple yards shorter, or if I really need to step on something, it can go a couple yards longer. Just having that confidence that it’s going to do what I want it to do is very high.” PGA TOUR | Valero Texas Open Propelled by yet another eagle-2 on the 71st hole of a tournament, the winner of the Valero Texas Open and his major-winning Titleist GT3 driver found the winner’s circle again Sunday in San Antonio — leading a 1-2-3-4 finish for players gaming Titleist drivers. From the tee on the 306-yard par-4 17th at TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course, the champion unleashed a 301-yard drive with his Titleist GT3 9.0° driver to the right side of the green, 9 feet, 7 inches from the hole — setting up the go-ahead eagle that ultimately clinched his one-shot victory. He used the same GT3 driver to hit one of the most clutch drives in major championship history at last year’s U.S. Open, driving the green at Oakmont’s 314-yard par-4 17th to set up the go-ahead birdie with one hole to play. The champion pulled driver again on the 18th tee, striping it 308 yards down the middle of the fairway and putting himself in prime position to close out the tournament. “I think if there was more wind I would have hit 3-wood, but I knew I was one back of the lead, I wanted to be aggressive and take driver, just kind of hit like a 90-percent driver,” he said after his round today. “I kind of had a flash of my tee shot at Oakmont at the U.S. Open last year on 17 on Sunday where I drove the green and ended up making birdie. It was kind of a nice image that I had in my mind before I pegged it and hit the shot. Yeah, I stepped in there and put a really good swing on it." This week, he gained +1.961 strokes on the field off the tee (16th), including +1.362 on Sunday. Titleist is the most played driver on the PGA TOUR, with 44% (59 players) of the field at the Valero Texas Open having gamed a Titleist driver. Three of the last four events on the PGA TOUR have seen the winner and runner-up finishers game a Titleist driver (THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-2 finish; Valspar Championship: 1-2-3 finish; Valero Texas Open: 1-2-3-4 finish). INSIDE THE CHAMPIONS' TITLEIST DRIVER SETUP Since making the switch to a Titleist GT driver, the 2025 U.S. Open champion has now won twice on the PGA TOUR with 12 top-10's (including runner-up finishes at the 2025 PLAYERS and FedEx St. Jude) while moving from 169th in the OWGR to his current ranking of 5th. The winner first switched into a GT from a competitor’s driver at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic, his first start after the models had launched on tour. He initially put a GT2 driver straight in the bag, having seen increased ball speed from his previous gamer. A few starts later, at the 3M Open, he worked with Titleist Tour Rep Larry Silveira to dial in his spin rates, which led him to the slightly lower-spinning GT3. His current setup is GT3 9.0° (B•1 SureFit Hosel, T•1 Surefit CG) with a Fujikura Ventus Black Velocore+ 6 X shaft. Prior to making the move to GT, he was ranked 146th in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (–.285 through the 2024 RBC Canadian Open). After using GT for the remainder of the season, his driving stats had already begun to improve, as he finished 2024 ranked 111th in SG: OTT (–0.016). He ended the 2025 season 41st on tour, gaining an average of +.291 strokes on the field off the tee, an improvement of over 100 spots from his position before the switch. GTS MOMENTUM CONTINUES AT VALERO NEW GTS drivers continue to earn their way into the bags of the world’s best, with 34 GTS models in play in just their second week on the PGA TOUR, more than any other brand’s total number of drivers (nearest competitor: 27). Overall, Titleist was the most played driver at the Valero Texas Open with 44% of the field (59 players) gaming a Titleist driver , including each of the top-4 finishers and five of the top 6. Fifteen players made the move to NEW GTS2 and GTS3 drivers for the first time this week at TPC San Antonio, including Titleist Brand Ambassador Robert MacIntyre ( GTS2 9.0°), who finished runner-up at 16 under. Early last week, MacIntyre paid a visit to the Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn to dial in his driver setup with Titleist’s Director of Tour Promotions, Liam MacDougall . One of the first GTS setups MacIntyre tested stood out immediately, after it checked off on each of his performance priorities, including holding up to his shot-shaping method of moving strike location across the face. GTS2 went right in the bag. This week, his first start with the new setup, he gained over three shots (+3.282, 5th) on the field off the tee. Perhaps his most clutch swing of the week came on the 71st hole, three shots back of the clubhouse leader. MacIntyre pulled his new GTS2 gamer and drove it 319 yards onto the putting surface, 16-and-a-half feet from the cup. He converted the eagle to reach 16 under and remain firmly in the tournament. “I've been driving the ball nice. Got a new Titleist driver in the bag..., ” MacIntyre said after Round 2. “Yeah, spin's been very good, been able to shape it. To me a big thing's to be able to shape the golf ball especially when it's windy. Two rounds in with it, so far, so good.” Robert MacIntyre: NEW GTS2 9.0° driver | D•4 SureFit hosel | Graphite Design Tour AD DI-7 X AMATEUR | Augusta National Women’s Amateur The winner of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur — playing a Pro V1x golf ball and setup that includes her Titleist driver , irons , Vokey wedges and Scotty Cameron putter — closed in 4-under 68 Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club to claim one of the biggest titles in amateur golf. Her 14-under 202 total set the tournament scoring record by two shots. The ANWA champion, who is also the reigning NCAA Division I Women's Golf Individual champion, was the only player to post all three rounds in the 60’s after playing her opening 36 hole at Champions Retreat in 10-under par (65-69), with just one bogey. The champion, runner-up and six of the top-8 finishers played Titleist golf balls, drivers, irons, Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron putters. In total, 51 players out of 72 (71%) teed up the #1 ball in golf this week in Augusta — more than five times the nearest competitor. More of the elite amateur field also put their trust in the performance of Titleist drivers (36%), fairways (32%), utilities (94%), irons (33%) and Vokey wedges (44%) than any other brand. What’s in the Bag? ANWA Champion Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1x Driver : TSR3 9.0° | Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 4 R Fairway Metal : GT3 18.0° | Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 5 R Irons : T200 5–PW | Mitsubishi Tensei R Wedges : Vokey Design SM10 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.08M | Nippon NS Pro Zelos 7 Putter : Scotty Cameron Phantom Black 7 What’s in the Bag? ANWA Runner-Up Golf Ball :Titleist Pro V1 Driver : GT2 10.0° | Mitsubishi Tensei AV 55 S Fairway Metals : GT2 15.0° and 18.0°| Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 65 S and Mitsubishi Tensei AV 65 S Hybrid : TSR2 21.0° | Mitsubishi Tensei AV 65 S Irons : T150 5–PW | True Temper AMT S300 and T100 PW | True Temper AMT S300 Wedges : Vokey Design SM10 50°, 54°, WedgeWorks 58° | True Temper AMT S300 Putter : Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport TITLEIST IS OVERWHELMING #1 BALL, MOST PLAYED DRIVER, IRON, WEDGE AT ANWA TITLEIST IS #1 BALL AT ANWA; 1-2 FINISH FOR TITLEIST GOLF BALL PLAYERS  Twelve of the top 13 players heading into the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, including the eventual champion who made two clutch birdies over the final six holes with her Pro V1x. The ANWA champ also led a 1-2 finish for Titleist golf ball players. In total, 51 competitors teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball at ANWA, five times the nearest competitor (9).  TITLEIST EQUIPMENT IS TOP CHOICE OF ANWA COMPETITORS  Among those competing for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur title, more players used Titleist drivers (26/36%), fairways (43/32%), utilities (16/94%), irons (24/33%) and Vokey wedges (97/44%) than any other brand. The ANWA champion gamed a TSR3 driver, GT3 fairway, T200 irons, three Vokey SM10 wedges and a Scotty Cameron Phantom Black 7 putter among her Titleist setup.  KORN FERRY TOUR | LECOM Suncoast Classic Jeremy Gandon (Pro V1x) was clutch down the stretch Sunday, birdieing his final three holes to win by one and secure his second-career Korn Ferry Tour win. After opening with a 4-under 67, Gandon shot three consecutive rounds of 65 at Lakewood National. The 29-year-old Frenchman’s ball striking was superb, leading the field in Strokes Gained: Approach (+8.106) and Greens in Regulation (82%, 59/72), which helped set up 27 birdies (T2) and an eagle. Seven of the top-8 finishers on the final leaderboard were Pro V1 or Pro V1x players. In total, 120 players (77%) teed up a Titleist golf ball this week on the Korn Ferry Tour — more than six times the nearest competitor (18). ASIAN TOUR | International Series Japan Travis Smyth (Pro V1) made eagle on the 72nd hole to close in 7-under 64 and secure a one-shot win. The win is Smyth’s second in Japan in the last month, as he claimed the JGTO and PGA Tour of Australasia’s co-sanctioned ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship in early March. That victory put him atop the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit and earned him DP World Tour status for next season. With three top-5 finishes in three Asian Tour starts in 2026, Smyth currently leads both the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit and International Series rankings. KLPGA | The Siena Open Gaming a setup that included her Pro V1x golf ball and Titleist driver , fairways , irons and NEW Vokey SM11 wedges, Titleist Brand Ambassador Jiwon Ko went wire-to-wire for her third career KLPGA victory. Ko’s week — which began with a bogey-free 5-under 67 — was highlighted by a hole-in-one on the par-3 7th hole in Round 3. What’s in the Bag? | Jiwon Ko Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1x Driver : GT2 9.0° Fairway Metals: TSR2+ 14.5° and GT2 21.0° Utility Iron: U•505 4 Irons: T250 5 and T150 6-PW Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 48.10F, 52.08F, 58.08M JLPGA | YAMAHA Ladies Open Katsuragi Sayaka Takahashi (Pro V1x) prevailed in a playoff to earn her third career JLPGA title. In three trips around the 18th hole on Sunday, Takahashi went 4 under, making an eagle in regulation and two birdies in extra holes. Her closing 5-under 67 to force extra holes tied for the low round of the day. ... #TeamTitleistNewsGolfBallBlogTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/lauren-coughlin-goes-wire-to-wire-with-her-pro-v1-in-las-vegas-to-win-the-aramco-championshipMon, 06 Apr 2026 17:40:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:98f08394-44c7-49a1-8d0e-e0f18f6d8754Zack R., Team Titleist StaffLPGA | Aramco Championship Lauren Coughlin (Pro V1) delivered a clinical performance to lock up her third career LPGA title, winning in a wire-to-wire, five-shot runaway in Las Vegas. Coughlin set the tone early in the week after opening in 5-under 67, which tied for the low round of the week around the difficult Shadow Creek. “I was hitting my numbers all day, and this course, if you're hitting your spots and numbers, it will give you birdies. If you miss them, it can be very, very difficult," said Coughlin after Round 1. By week’s end, with three more steady rounds (69-73-72) in the books, Coughlin was one of only four players to finish below par. The duo of runners-up finished at 2 under. With the win, she is projected to climb to 8th in the Race to CME Globe rankings. COUGHLIN ON HER MOVE TO PRO V1 Coughlin has played Pro V1 since the 2023 Women’s Scottish Open, where she moved out of her previous Pro V1x model seeking a more controlled, penetrating flight in the wind. Said Coughlin: “I saw a huge benefit and an improved ball flight with [Pro V1]. So then I just kind of stuck with it the rest of the year and I've been using it ever since.” The move paid off, as she went on to win twice the following year and go undefeated in her first Solheim Cup appearance (3-0-1). “Controlling my distance I would say is my biggest strength, in terms of I can take a little bit off this if I need to and [the ball] can go a couple yards shorter, or if I really need to step on something, it can go a couple yards longer. Just having that confidence that it’s going to do what I want it to do is very high.” PGA TOUR | Valero Texas Open Propelled by yet another eagle-2 on the 71st hole of a tournament, the winner of the Valero Texas Open and his major-winning Titleist GT3 driver found the winner’s circle again Sunday in San Antonio — leading a 1-2-3-4 finish for players gaming Titleist drivers. From the tee on the 306-yard par-4 17th at TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course, the champion unleashed a 301-yard drive with his Titleist GT3 9.0° driver to the right side of the green, 9 feet, 7 inches from the hole — setting up the go-ahead eagle that ultimately clinched his one-shot victory. He used the same GT3 driver to hit one of the most clutch drives in major championship history at last year’s U.S. Open, driving the green at Oakmont’s 314-yard par-4 17th to set up the go-ahead birdie with one hole to play. The champion pulled driver again on the 18th tee, striping it 308 yards down the middle of the fairway and putting himself in prime position to close out the tournament. “I think if there was more wind I would have hit 3-wood, but I knew I was one back of the lead, I wanted to be aggressive and take driver, just kind of hit like a 90-percent driver,” he said after his round today. “I kind of had a flash of my tee shot at Oakmont at the U.S. Open last year on 17 on Sunday where I drove the green and ended up making birdie. It was kind of a nice image that I had in my mind before I pegged it and hit the shot. Yeah, I stepped in there and put a really good swing on it." This week, he gained +1.961 strokes on the field off the tee (16th), including +1.362 on Sunday. Titleist is the most played driver on the PGA TOUR, with 44% (59 players) of the field at the Valero Texas Open having gamed a Titleist driver. Three of the last four events on the PGA TOUR have seen the winner and runner-up finishers game a Titleist driver (THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-2 finish; Valspar Championship: 1-2-3 finish; Valero Texas Open: 1-2-3-4 finish). INSIDE THE CHAMPIONS' TITLEIST DRIVER SETUP Since making the switch to a Titleist GT driver, the 2025 U.S. Open champion has now won twice on the PGA TOUR with 12 top-10's (including runner-up finishes at the 2025 PLAYERS and FedEx St. Jude) while moving from 169th in the OWGR to his current ranking of 5th. The winner first switched into a GT from a competitor’s driver at the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic, his first start after the models had launched on tour. He initially put a GT2 driver straight in the bag, having seen increased ball speed from his previous gamer. A few starts later, at the 3M Open, he worked with Titleist Tour Rep Larry Silveira to dial in his spin rates, which led him to the slightly lower-spinning GT3. His current setup is GT3 9.0° (B•1 SureFit Hosel, T•1 Surefit CG) with a Fujikura Ventus Black Velocore+ 6 X shaft. Prior to making the move to GT, he was ranked 146th in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (–.285 through the 2024 RBC Canadian Open). After using GT for the remainder of the season, his driving stats had already begun to improve, as he finished 2024 ranked 111th in SG: OTT (–0.016). He ended the 2025 season 41st on tour, gaining an average of +.291 strokes on the field off the tee, an improvement of over 100 spots from his position before the switch. GTS MOMENTUM CONTINUES AT VALERO NEW GTS drivers continue to earn their way into the bags of the world’s best, with 34 GTS models in play in just their second week on the PGA TOUR, more than any other brand’s total number of drivers (nearest competitor: 27). Overall, Titleist was the most played driver at the Valero Texas Open with 44% of the field (59 players) gaming a Titleist driver , including each of the top-4 finishers and five of the top 6. Fifteen players made the move to NEW GTS2 and GTS3 drivers for the first time this week at TPC San Antonio, including Titleist Brand Ambassador Robert MacIntyre ( GTS2 9.0°), who finished runner-up at 16 under. Early last week, MacIntyre paid a visit to the Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn to dial in his driver setup with Titleist’s Director of Tour Promotions, Liam MacDougall . One of the first GTS setups MacIntyre tested stood out immediately, after it checked off on each of his performance priorities, including holding up to his shot-shaping method of moving strike location across the face. GTS2 went right in the bag. This week, his first start with the new setup, he gained over three shots (+3.282, 5th) on the field off the tee. Perhaps his most clutch swing of the week came on the 71st hole, three shots back of the clubhouse leader. MacIntyre pulled his new GTS2 gamer and drove it 319 yards onto the putting surface, 16-and-a-half feet from the cup. He converted the eagle to reach 16 under and remain firmly in the tournament. “I've been driving the ball nice. Got a new Titleist driver in the bag..., ” MacIntyre said after Round 2. “Yeah, spin's been very good, been able to shape it. To me a big thing's to be able to shape the golf ball especially when it's windy. Two rounds in with it, so far, so good.” Robert MacIntyre: NEW GTS2 9.0° driver | D•4 SureFit hosel | Graphite Design Tour AD DI-7 X AMATEUR | Augusta National Women’s Amateur The winner of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur — playing a Pro V1x golf ball and setup that includes her Titleist driver , irons , Vokey wedges and Scotty Cameron putter — closed in 4-under 68 Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club to claim one of the biggest titles in amateur golf. Her 14-under 202 total set the tournament scoring record by two shots. The ANWA champion, who is also the reigning NCAA Division I Women's Golf Individual champion, was the only player to post all three rounds in the 60’s after playing her opening 36 hole at Champions Retreat in 10-under par (65-69), with just one bogey. The champion, runner-up and six of the top-8 finishers played Titleist golf balls, drivers, irons, Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron putters. In total, 51 players out of 72 (71%) teed up the #1 ball in golf this week in Augusta — more than five times the nearest competitor. More of the elite amateur field also put their trust in the performance of Titleist drivers (36%), fairways (32%), utilities (94%), irons (33%) and Vokey wedges (44%) than any other brand. What’s in the Bag? ANWA Champion Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1x Driver : TSR3 9.0° | Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 4 R Fairway Metal : GT3 18.0° | Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 5 R Irons : T200 5–PW | Mitsubishi Tensei R Wedges : Vokey Design SM10 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.08M | Nippon NS Pro Zelos 7 Putter : Scotty Cameron Phantom Black 7 What’s in the Bag? ANWA Runner-Up Golf Ball :Titleist Pro V1 Driver : GT2 10.0° | Mitsubishi Tensei AV 55 S Fairway Metals : GT2 15.0° and 18.0°| Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 65 S and Mitsubishi Tensei AV 65 S Hybrid : TSR2 21.0° | Mitsubishi Tensei AV 65 S Irons : T150 5–PW | True Temper AMT S300 and T100 PW | True Temper AMT S300 Wedges : Vokey Design SM10 50°, 54°, WedgeWorks 58° | True Temper AMT S300 Putter : Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport TITLEIST IS OVERWHELMING #1 BALL, MOST PLAYED DRIVER, IRON, WEDGE AT ANWA TITLEIST IS #1 BALL AT ANWA; 1-2 FINISH FOR TITLEIST GOLF BALL PLAYERS  Twelve of the top 13 players heading into the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, including the eventual champion who made two clutch birdies over the final six holes with her Pro V1x. The ANWA champ also led a 1-2 finish for Titleist golf ball players. In total, 51 competitors teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball at ANWA, five times the nearest competitor (9).  TITLEIST EQUIPMENT IS TOP CHOICE OF ANWA COMPETITORS  Among those competing for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur title, more players used Titleist drivers (26/36%), fairways (43/32%), utilities (16/94%), irons (24/33%) and Vokey wedges (97/44%) than any other brand. The ANWA champion gamed a TSR3 driver, GT3 fairway, T200 irons, three Vokey SM10 wedges and a Scotty Cameron Phantom Black 7 putter among her Titleist setup.  KORN FERRY TOUR | LECOM Suncoast Classic Jeremy Gandon (Pro V1x) was clutch down the stretch Sunday, birdieing his final three holes to win by one and secure his second-career Korn Ferry Tour win. After opening with a 4-under 67, Gandon shot three consecutive rounds of 65 at Lakewood National. The 29-year-old Frenchman’s ball striking was superb, leading the field in Strokes Gained: Approach (+8.106) and Greens in Regulation (82%, 59/72), which helped set up 27 birdies (T2) and an eagle. Seven of the top-8 finishers on the final leaderboard were Pro V1 or Pro V1x players. In total, 120 players (77%) teed up a Titleist golf ball this week on the Korn Ferry Tour — more than six times the nearest competitor (18). ASIAN TOUR | International Series Japan Travis Smyth (Pro V1) made eagle on the 72nd hole to close in 7-under 64 and secure a one-shot win. The win is Smyth’s second in Japan in the last month, as he claimed the JGTO and PGA Tour of Australasia’s co-sanctioned ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship in early March. That victory put him atop the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit and earned him DP World Tour status for next season. With three top-5 finishes in three Asian Tour starts in 2026, Smyth currently leads both the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit and International Series rankings. KLPGA | The Siena Open Gaming a setup that included her Pro V1x golf ball and Titleist driver , fairways , irons and NEW Vokey SM11 wedges, Titleist Brand Ambassador Jiwon Ko went wire-to-wire for her third career KLPGA victory. Ko’s week — which began with a bogey-free 5-under 67 — was highlighted by a hole-in-one on the par-3 7th hole in Round 3. What’s in the Bag? | Jiwon Ko Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1x Driver : GT2 9.0° Fairway Metals: TSR2+ 14.5° and GT2 21.0° Utility Iron: U•505 4 Irons: T250 5 and T150 6-PW Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM11 48.10F, 52.08F, 58.08M JLPGA | YAMAHA Ladies Open Katsuragi Sayaka Takahashi (Pro V1x) prevailed in a playoff to earn her third career JLPGA title. In three trips around the 18th hole on Sunday, Takahashi went 4 under, making an eagle in regulation and two birdies in extra holes. Her closing 5-under 67 to force extra holes tied for the low round of the day. ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/gary-woodland-trusts-his-pro-v1-in-comeback-victory-at-the-texas-children-s-houston-openMon, 30 Mar 2026 16:17:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:e79126c1-cd9e-46fb-bd13-f0aed3f7aa0eZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Texas Children's Houston Open Locked in with his Pro V1 golf ball from start to finish, Gary Woodland gained over nine shots from tee to green on the field (+9.728) this week in Houston on his way to a decisive five-shot victory. Woodland, who also claimed his 2019 U.S. Open victory playing a Pro V1 model, hit 81% greens in regulation (2nd) while gaining over 5.5 strokes on approach (+5.596). Woodland posted rounds of 64-63-65-67 while leading the field with 26 birdies. He only made five bogeys the entire week. Woodland’s victory marks the fourth win in four weeks for Titleist golf ball players, following wins by Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x, Valspar Championship) , Cameron Young (Pro V1x prototype, THE PLAYERS) and Ricky Castillo (Pro V1, Puerto Rico Open) . In total, 73% of the field at the Houston Open (99 players) teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, nine times the nearest competitor (11 players). WOODLAND ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 “I love it. One for spin characteristics, especially with me with the driver. I'm a high-spin guy, a high-speed guy. So the Pro V1 brings that spin down a little bit for me. I’m able to spin it around the green so, for me, having the versatility with perfect spin with the driver and I still get the speed to control spin around the greens. It's been a perfect combination for me.” “I grew up playing in a lot of wind, so I like to flight the golf ball down, so I feel like I’m in way more control of the golf ball with lower spin for me. So that Pro V1 has been ideal with my tendencies and how I like to play the golf course and flighting the golf ball down, controlling the distances, maybe getting a little bit more run out on the greens. The Pro V1 has been great for me.” “I've played it (a Titleist golf ball) my whole life. You did it because it was the best golf ball and now you’re out here and I do it for a living and I’ve tested everything. It validates it and there’s nothing better. And like I said, it just gives you that little comfort when you open that box, knowing that you know what you’re getting.” “The one thing is the consistency you're getting when you open that box and you get that golf ball out, you know what you’re getting.” “It gives you confidence knowing that the research and the technology that goes into your golf ball gives you the results. I think that's a huge deal. That’s the trust factor. Knowing that the men and women have sacrificed the same amount of work that you have to get to that position. They put that work into your golf ball. You can go out and trust and do what you do and not have to worry about anything else. And you get that with a Titleist golf ball.” NEW GTS DRIVERS LAUNCH ON TOUR; MORE THAN 50 PLAYERS PUT NEW MODELS IMMEDIATELY IN PLAY ACROSS PGA TOUR, LPGA & KFT In their first chance to game the NEW Titleist GTS drivers in competition, more than 50 players across events on the PGA TOUR, LPGA and Korn Ferry Tour chose to put NEW GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 models immediately in play on Thursday. On the PGA TOUR, 24 players put a NEW GTS driver right in the bag at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. Eighteen players used a GTS2 model (tied as the field’s most played driver model) while six played GTS3 . That list featured four of Houston’s top 10 players in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, including: Johnny Keefer , who made the immediate move to his GTS2 10.0° driver and gained over three shots off the tee (+3.669, 5th) on his way to a T3 finish, the best of his young career. Sudarshan Yellamaraju , who put his GTS2 9.0° in the bag before finishing T6, his second-straight top-10 finish. Yellamaraju gained over two-and-a-half shots on the field off the tee (+2.780, 10th). The sixth-ranked player in SG: Off-the-Tee (+3.535) moved straight from his GT2 8.0° into a GTS2 8.0, while No. 9 in SG: Off-the-Tee (+3.028) switched to a GTS2 8.0° driver from a competitor’s model. In addition, the T39-finisher , who posted a final-round 66, made his first cut of the season after switching to a GTS2 10.0° model from a competitor’s driver. Overall, 51 players gamed a Titleist driver (38%) for the week at Memorial Park, as Titleist continues to be the most played driver on the PGA TOUR. At the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship, 20 players put GTS in play including the eventual champion Davis Lamb (GTS2 9.0°) . Lamb was one of 11 players who teed up a GTS2 model. Seven played GTS3 and two GTS4. At the LPGA’s Ford Championship, nine players stepped to the first tee Thursday with GTS drivers in the bag. Six players played GTS3 models, two gamed GTS2 and one played GTS4. Frida Kinhult , who put GTS3 9.0° right in the bag, earned her season-best finish (T6), hitting 84% fairways. Stay tuned to the Official Discussion for the latest GTS news and player reactions . LPGA | Ford Championship Hyo Joo Kim (Pro V1x) made it wins in back-to-back weeks and successfully defended her title at the Ford Championship, posting 28 under to win by two in Arizona. Kim’s week was highlighted by a pair of 11-under 61’s on Thursday and Saturday, featuring a combined 18 birdies and two eagles. The win, her ninth career LPGA victory, sees Kim rise to No. 1 in the Race to CME Globe rankings. She has recorded finishes of solo 3rd, T21, 1st and 1st in four starts this season with a 67.625 scoring average. DP WORLD TOUR | Hero Indian Open Alex Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) birdied five of seven holes during his Sunday back nine to break through for his first career DP World Tour title with a two-shot win in Gurugram. The 27-year-old Englishman shot rounds 70-68-72-69 while converting a field-best 27 birdies. Fitzpatrick was in full control of his Pro V1x golf ball, gaining over 10 shots (+10.52) tee to green (8th). Each one of the top-10 finishers teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, with 79% of the field (109 players) gaming a Titleist. Titleist was also the most played driver (38%), iron (32%) and wedge (46%). KORN FERRY TOUR | Club Car Championship Gaming a setup that includes his Pro V1 golf ball and brand-new GTS2 driver, Titleist Brand Ambassador Davis Lamb carded a bogey-free 68 to win his first KFT title by two in Savannah. The 28-year-old was dialed from tee to green, hitting 77% FIR (T11) and 81% GIR (T2), which set him up for 23 birdies over four rounds at The Landings. He got up-and-down for par on 10 of 14 attempts (71%, T9) with his NEW Vokey Design SM11 wedges and averaged 1.62 putts per GIR (5th) with his Scotty Cameron Newport 2 blade putter. What’s in the Bag? | Davis Lamb Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS2 9.0° | Mitsubishi Diamana BB 73 TX Fairway Metal : TSi2 18.0° | HZRDUS Smoke Black 80g 6.5 Utility Iron : U•505 4 | Project X 6.5 Irons : T100 5-PW | Project X 6.5 Wedges : NEW Vokey Design SM11 50.12F, 54.10S, 58.08M | Dynamic Gold X100 (50), S300 (54-58) Putter : Scotty Cameron Timeless Newport 2 tour prototype LAMB WINS IN 1st WEEK WITH GTS2 DRIVER; ADDS U•505 4-IRON On Monday in Savannah, Davis Lamb tested the new Titleist GTS2 driver for the first time. On Thursday, Lamb’s new GTS2 9-degree model was in the bag as he stepped to the first tee. On Sunday, he brought it to the winner’s circle. Lamb, one of 20 players who made the immediate move to GTS in its first week on the KFT, was first introduced to his new driver on the range Monday by Titleist Tour Rep Chris Eikenberg . After a roughly 30-minute session comparing the GTS2 against his gamer GT2 , Lamb confirmed with Eikenberg that he could put it in play on Thursday. “He was pretty pumped and excited to get it in play,” Eikenberg said. “He felt like he could go after a little bit more. Really loved the sound and the feel. We left it in a good spot and obviously it worked out very well for him, which was awesome to see.” Lamb was one of 11 players who played GTS2 models this week in Savannah. Seven played GTS3 with two GTS4 setups going in play. Another change to Lamb’s setup this week came at the top end of his blended T-Series iron setup. Lamb plays the 2025 T100 irons in his 5-iron through pitching wedge and previously had been gaming a T150 4-iron. Looking for more peak height and stopping power, he moved into a U•505 4-iron, which flew 15 feet higher and carried five yards more than his T150. PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA | The National Tournament Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron John (Pro V1) made birdie on the first playoff hole to win his 3rd PGA TOUR of Australasia title of ’25-26 and earn full status on the HotelPlanner Tour in 2027. John, gaming his Pro V1 golf ball and full bag of Titleist equipment, recorded rounds of 73-70-66-68 in the season finale, matching the four-round total (277) of Titleist Brand Ambassador Daniel Gale (Pro V1). Travis Smyth (Pro V1) finished No. 1 on the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit, securing DP World Tour status for next season. In total, 74% of the field teed up a Titleist golf ball this week in Gunnamatta (56 players), four times the nearest competitor. Titleist was also the most played driver with 35 players (46%). What’s in the Bag? | Cameron John Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1 Driver : GT3 10.0° Fairway Metal : GT3 15.0 Irons : T250 3 and 620 CB 4-9 Wedges : NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.12F, 56.10S, WedgeWorks 60K* Putter : Scotty Cameron 009 tour prototype PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Hoag Classic Stewart Cink (Pro V1) earned his second win of the season, carding rounds of 66-62-66 to win by four. Cink’s ball-striking was exceptional this week, as he hit 46 of 54 GIR (85%, T1) on his way to his sixth career Champions Tour title. The shot of the week came in Round 2 on the par-5 18th, when Cink holed his Pro V1 from the fairway for an albatross, opening up a three-shot lead heading into Sunday. SUNSHINE TOUR | The Courier Guy Playoffs: DNi Tour Championship In the final event of the 2025-26 Sunshine Tour season, Marin Vorster (Pro V1x) broke through for his first career victory. He made five birdies and an eagle on Sunday, closing in 66 and securing a two-shot win. Titleist Brand Ambassador Luis Carrera locked up Rookie of the Year honors after a multi-win campaign in ‘25-26. Carrera was the winner of Sunshine Tour Q-School as well as the first two events of the ‘25-26 season, becoming the first player in tour history to win all three in succession. JLPGA | AXA LADIES GOLF TOURNAMENT in MIYAZAKI Saki Nagamine (Pro V1) came home in 6-under 30 to post a final-round 66 and win by two. Nagamine’s back nine included birdies on each of her final four holes. She also made an eagle on No. 10 and another birdie on No. 12. The win marks her fourth career JLPGA title. ... #TeamTitleistNewsGolfBallBlogTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/gary-woodland-trusts-his-pro-v1-in-comeback-victory-at-the-texas-children-s-houston-openMon, 30 Mar 2026 16:17:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:69dd9fd0-cd7a-4670-867c-bd7c5a29903dZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Texas Children's Houston Open Locked in with his Pro V1 golf ball from start to finish, Gary Woodland gained over nine shots from tee to green on the field (+9.728) this week in Houston on his way to a decisive five-shot victory. Woodland, who also claimed his 2019 U.S. Open victory playing a Pro V1 model, hit 81% greens in regulation (2nd) while gaining over 5.5 strokes on approach (+5.596). Woodland posted rounds of 64-63-65-67 while leading the field with 26 birdies. He only made five bogeys the entire week. Woodland’s victory marks the fourth win in four weeks for Titleist golf ball players, following wins by Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x, Valspar Championship) , Cameron Young (Pro V1x prototype, THE PLAYERS) and Ricky Castillo (Pro V1, Puerto Rico Open) . In total, 73% of the field at the Houston Open (99 players) teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, nine times the nearest competitor (11 players). WOODLAND ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 “I love it. One for spin characteristics, especially with me with the driver. I'm a high-spin guy, a high-speed guy. So the Pro V1 brings that spin down a little bit for me. I’m able to spin it around the green so, for me, having the versatility with perfect spin with the driver and I still get the speed to control spin around the greens. It's been a perfect combination for me.” “I grew up playing in a lot of wind, so I like to flight the golf ball down, so I feel like I’m in way more control of the golf ball with lower spin for me. So that Pro V1 has been ideal with my tendencies and how I like to play the golf course and flighting the golf ball down, controlling the distances, maybe getting a little bit more run out on the greens. The Pro V1 has been great for me.” “I've played it (a Titleist golf ball) my whole life. You did it because it was the best golf ball and now you’re out here and I do it for a living and I’ve tested everything. It validates it and there’s nothing better. And like I said, it just gives you that little comfort when you open that box, knowing that you know what you’re getting.” “The one thing is the consistency you're getting when you open that box and you get that golf ball out, you know what you’re getting.” “It gives you confidence knowing that the research and the technology that goes into your golf ball gives you the results. I think that's a huge deal. That’s the trust factor. Knowing that the men and women have sacrificed the same amount of work that you have to get to that position. They put that work into your golf ball. You can go out and trust and do what you do and not have to worry about anything else. And you get that with a Titleist golf ball.” NEW GTS DRIVERS LAUNCH ON TOUR; MORE THAN 50 PLAYERS PUT NEW MODELS IMMEDIATELY IN PLAY ACROSS PGA TOUR, LPGA & KFT In their first chance to game the NEW Titleist GTS drivers in competition, more than 50 players across events on the PGA TOUR, LPGA and Korn Ferry Tour chose to put NEW GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 models immediately in play on Thursday. On the PGA TOUR, 24 players put a NEW GTS driver right in the bag at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. Eighteen players used a GTS2 model (tied as the field’s most played driver model) while six played GTS3 . That list featured four of Houston’s top 10 players in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee, including: Johnny Keefer , who made the immediate move to his GTS2 10.0° driver and gained over three shots off the tee (+3.669, 5th) on his way to a T3 finish, the best of his young career. Sudarshan Yellamaraju , who put his GTS2 9.0° in the bag before finishing T6, his second-straight top-10 finish. Yellamaraju gained over two-and-a-half shots on the field off the tee (+2.780, 10th). The sixth-ranked player in SG: Off-the-Tee (+3.535) moved straight from his GT2 8.0° into a GTS2 8.0, while No. 9 in SG: Off-the-Tee (+3.028) switched to a GTS2 8.0° driver from a competitor’s model. In addition, the T39-finisher , who posted a final-round 66, made his first cut of the season after switching to a GTS2 10.0° model from a competitor’s driver. Overall, 51 players gamed a Titleist driver (38%) for the week at Memorial Park, as Titleist continues to be the most played driver on the PGA TOUR. At the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship, 20 players put GTS in play including the eventual champion Davis Lamb (GTS2 9.0°) . Lamb was one of 11 players who teed up a GTS2 model. Seven played GTS3 and two GTS4. At the LPGA’s Ford Championship, nine players stepped to the first tee Thursday with GTS drivers in the bag. Six players played GTS3 models, two gamed GTS2 and one played GTS4. Frida Kinhult , who put GTS3 9.0° right in the bag, earned her season-best finish (T6), hitting 84% fairways. Stay tuned to the Official Discussion for the latest GTS news and player reactions . LPGA | Ford Championship Hyo Joo Kim (Pro V1x) made it wins in back-to-back weeks and successfully defended her title at the Ford Championship, posting 28 under to win by two in Arizona. Kim’s week was highlighted by a pair of 11-under 61’s on Thursday and Saturday, featuring a combined 18 birdies and two eagles. The win, her ninth career LPGA victory, sees Kim rise to No. 1 in the Race to CME Globe rankings. She has recorded finishes of solo 3rd, T21, 1st and 1st in four starts this season with a 67.625 scoring average. DP WORLD TOUR | Hero Indian Open Alex Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) birdied five of seven holes during his Sunday back nine to break through for his first career DP World Tour title with a two-shot win in Gurugram. The 27-year-old Englishman shot rounds 70-68-72-69 while converting a field-best 27 birdies. Fitzpatrick was in full control of his Pro V1x golf ball, gaining over 10 shots (+10.52) tee to green (8th). Each one of the top-10 finishers teed up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, with 79% of the field (109 players) gaming a Titleist. Titleist was also the most played driver (38%), iron (32%) and wedge (46%). KORN FERRY TOUR | Club Car Championship Gaming a setup that includes his Pro V1 golf ball and brand-new GTS2 driver, Titleist Brand Ambassador Davis Lamb carded a bogey-free 68 to win his first KFT title by two in Savannah. The 28-year-old was dialed from tee to green, hitting 77% FIR (T11) and 81% GIR (T2), which set him up for 23 birdies over four rounds at The Landings. He got up-and-down for par on 10 of 14 attempts (71%, T9) with his NEW Vokey Design SM11 wedges and averaged 1.62 putts per GIR (5th) with his Scotty Cameron Newport 2 blade putter. What’s in the Bag? | Davis Lamb Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Driver: NEW GTS2 9.0° | Mitsubishi Diamana BB 73 TX Fairway Metal : TSi2 18.0° | HZRDUS Smoke Black 80g 6.5 Utility Iron : U•505 4 | Project X 6.5 Irons : T100 5-PW | Project X 6.5 Wedges : NEW Vokey Design SM11 50.12F, 54.10S, 58.08M | Dynamic Gold X100 (50), S300 (54-58) Putter : Scotty Cameron Timeless Newport 2 tour prototype LAMB WINS IN 1st WEEK WITH GTS2 DRIVER; ADDS U•505 4-IRON On Monday in Savannah, Davis Lamb tested the new Titleist GTS2 driver for the first time. On Thursday, Lamb’s new GTS2 9-degree model was in the bag as he stepped to the first tee. On Sunday, he brought it to the winner’s circle. Lamb, one of 20 players who made the immediate move to GTS in its first week on the KFT, was first introduced to his new driver on the range Monday by Titleist Tour Rep Chris Eikenberg . After a roughly 30-minute session comparing the GTS2 against his gamer GT2 , Lamb confirmed with Eikenberg that he could put it in play on Thursday. “He was pretty pumped and excited to get it in play,” Eikenberg said. “He felt like he could go after a little bit more. Really loved the sound and the feel. We left it in a good spot and obviously it worked out very well for him, which was awesome to see.” Lamb was one of 11 players who played GTS2 models this week in Savannah. Seven played GTS3 with two GTS4 setups going in play. Another change to Lamb’s setup this week came at the top end of his blended T-Series iron setup. Lamb plays the 2025 T100 irons in his 5-iron through pitching wedge and previously had been gaming a T150 4-iron. Looking for more peak height and stopping power, he moved into a U•505 4-iron, which flew 15 feet higher and carried five yards more than his T150. PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA | The National Tournament Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron John (Pro V1) made birdie on the first playoff hole to win his 3rd PGA TOUR of Australasia title of ’25-26 and earn full status on the HotelPlanner Tour in 2027. John, gaming his Pro V1 golf ball and full bag of Titleist equipment, recorded rounds of 73-70-66-68 in the season finale, matching the four-round total (277) of Titleist Brand Ambassador Daniel Gale (Pro V1). Travis Smyth (Pro V1) finished No. 1 on the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit, securing DP World Tour status for next season. In total, 74% of the field teed up a Titleist golf ball this week in Gunnamatta (56 players), four times the nearest competitor. Titleist was also the most played driver with 35 players (46%). What’s in the Bag? | Cameron John Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1 Driver : GT3 10.0° Fairway Metal : GT3 15.0 Irons : T250 3 and 620 CB 4-9 Wedges : NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.12F, 56.10S, WedgeWorks 60V Putter : Scotty Cameron 009 tour prototype PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Hoag Classic Stewart Cink (Pro V1) earned his second win of the season, carding rounds of 66-62-66 to win by four. Cink’s ball-striking was exceptional this week, as he hit 46 of 54 GIR (85%, T1) on his way to his sixth career Champions Tour title. The shot of the week came in Round 2 on the par-5 18th, when Cink holed his Pro V1 from the fairway for an albatross, opening up a three-shot lead heading into Sunday. SUNSHINE TOUR | The Courier Guy Playoffs: DNi Tour Championship In the final event of the 2025-26 Sunshine Tour season, Marin Vorster (Pro V1x) broke through for his first career victory. He made five birdies and an eagle on Sunday, closing in 66 and securing a two-shot win. Titleist Brand Ambassador Luis Carrera locked up Rookie of the Year honors after a multi-win campaign in ‘25-26. Carrera was the winner of Sunshine Tour Q-School as well as the first two events of the ‘25-26 season, becoming the first player in tour history to win all three in succession. JLPGA | AXA LADIES GOLF TOURNAMENT in MIYAZAKI Saki Nagamine (Pro V1) came home in 6-under 30 to post a final-round 66 and win by two. Nagamine’s back nine included birdies on each of her final four holes. She also made an eagle on No. 10 and another birdie on No. 12. The win marks her fourth career JLPGA title. ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/matt-fitzpatrick-and-hyo-joo-kim-trust-pro-v1x-to-win-the-valspar-championship-and-fortinet-founders-cupMon, 23 Mar 2026 17:20:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:2d18c122-feda-4c7f-864b-6855fe0ec92aZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Valspar Championship (Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club In absolute control of his Pro V1x golf ball, Matt Fitzpatrick led the field with over 11 strokes gained tee-to-green this week at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course, birdieing the 72nd hole to claim the one-shot victory. Fitzpatrick was the only player to post four rounds in the 60s (68-69-68-68) while going bogey-free over his final 36 holes. Fitzpatrick was dialed-in with his ball-striking, gaining nearly six shots on the field with his approach play (+5.939, 2nd). He hit 72% GIR (2nd) and finished second in Proximity with an average of 32 feet, 3 inches. Fitzpatrick led a 1-2-3 finish for Titleist golf ball players, followed by runner-up David Lipsky (Pro V1x) and third-place finisher Jordan Smith (Pro V1), as eight of the top 10 and 21 of the top 25 finishers played a Pro V1 or Pro V1x . FITZPATRICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 x “There’s obviously so many different variables with a golf ball. I’ve always been kind of a lower flight player but I am kind of high spin, so that’s where I feel like my game is at with the golf ball. To be able to rely on the golf ball and know that it’s going to do what I want it to do – have a consistent flight, consistent spin with every shot that I hit – that’s so important. Having that ability to know what your ball is going to do rather than second guessing makes a hell of a difference and obviously makes you more comfortable. And from there you’re going to hit better golf shots. I love the golf ball that I’m in, it just works perfectly for my game.” “The reason [Pro V1x] is so good for me is feel. I like the harder feel off the club face. I just feel like the spin’s consistent, the flight’s consistent, and that’s what you need in a golf ball. You don’t need it kind of in different windows. It’s nice to have that consistency to have the confidence in the golf ball to know how far it’s going to go every time, and to be within a really tight deviation is obviously so important. This is a game of inches after all, the margins are so fine you want it to be as tight as possible. So that’s why I play Pro V1x because it’s exactly that, you know what you’re going to get every shot and you don’t get any strange effects from shots.” “You just know, hitting other golf balls, that as soon as you’ve hit it, it doesn’t have the same effect. I’ve messed around with balls on the range when they’ve been mixed into the Pro V1x bag that I always go to grab, and they just get funky flights. I don’t know how you can play golf with that, to be honest, and not knowing what you’re going to get from shot to shot.” “I feel like, for me, the firmer the ball is, the more I can control the spin. That’s always nice for me (with Pro V1x), knowing that I can increase spin, and take spin off it. That’s been the big thing. I know for a fact I can flight the ball easy, much easier, up and down, with the ball that I use.” “I’ve been Pro V1x ever since I was probably about 15. It was always the best ball. There was never anything else for me growing up, to be honest. That’s all I’ve ever known.” TOP 3, 8 OF TOP 10 & 21 OF TOP 25 PLAY PRO V1 OR PRO V1 x Matt Fitzpatrick topped a leaderboard that featured 21 Titleist golf ball players in the top 25 positions, including the top three finishers and eight of the top 10. David Lipsky (Pro V1) finished one back of Fitzpatrick in second, while Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Smith finished another shot back in third. In total, 73% of the field teed up a Titleist golf ball this week in Tampa (99 players), nine times the nearest competitor. NOW ON TOUR: TITLEIST GTS DRIVERS For the first time, PGA TOUR players in the field at the Texas Children’s Houston Open are getting their first look at the next generation of Titleist driver technology: GTS . The lineup of three new Titleist driver models — GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 — is also being introduced to players at this week's LPGA Ford Championship and the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship. Click here to read more. www.instagram.com/.../ LPGA | Fortinet Founders Cup Hyo Joo Kim (Pro V1x) went wire-to-wire to win LPGA title No. 8, trusting her Pro V1x golf ball to a one-shot victory in Northern California. Kim opened with the week’s best round, a 9-under 63 capped by an eagle on the par-5 18th. Kim was one of 103 players (71%) this week playing a Titleist golf ball, with three of the top four finishers gaming a Pro V1 or Pro V1x . DP World Tour / China Tour | Hainan Classic Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Gumberg made a field-best 25 birdies at Mission Hills on his way to a wire-to-wire win, his second on the DP World Tour. Gaming a setup that included his Pro V1 golf ball, GT metals, blended set of Titleist irons , Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron Phantom putter, Gumberg followed an opening 8-under 64 with three more rounds of 70 or better (66-69-70) on his way to a one-shot victory. The 30-year-old American’s control of his Pro V1 golf ball was on full display in Hainan, as he gained more than 10 shots (+10.36) from tee to green (3rd). Over five strokes came from his approach play (+5.16, 8th), and he hit 74% greens in regulation (8th). He also had total command of his GT3 driver, gaining +5.04 strokes off-the-tee (4th) and finishing tied for 5th in Driving Accuracy (86%). Gumberg, who kept his DPWT card with a dramatic hole-out eagle on the 72nd hole of the Genesis Championship in Korea last October, was also dialed around the greens with his Vokey wedges, converting 14 of 19 up-and-downs to finish T10 in Scrambling (74%). On the greens, he ranked 6th in SG: Putting with his Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.2R tour prototype putter, gaining over five shots (+5.4). Gumberg led a 1-through-8 finish for Pro V1 and Pro V1x players, as Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball at Mission Hills (78%). 11-time China Tour winner and Titleist Brand Ambassador Yanhan Zhou recorded rounds of 68-68-68-69 to reach 15-under and secure a T3 finish on home soil. The 17-year-old earned his 2026 DP World Tour card after a record-breaking 2025 China Tour season highlighted by seven wins and an Order of Merit title. What’s in the Bag? | Jordan Gumberg (19-under 269) Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1 Driver : GT3 8.0° | B•1 SureFit setting | Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 X Fairway Metal : GT2 13.5° | Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro White 70 TX Irons : T250 4-iron | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100; 620 CB 5-6; and 620 MB 7-9 irons | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Wedges : Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 60A+ wedges | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46-50), S400 (54-60) Putter : Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.2R tour prototype PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Cologuard Classic (La Paloma Country Club) Steven Alker (Pro V1) closed in 6-under 65 and made birdie on the first playoff hole to secure his 11th PGA TOUR Champions title. Alker turned in rounds of 71-62-65, matching the three-round total (198) of Titleist golf ball loyalist Padraig Harrington (Pro V1) . The 54-year-old New Zealander’s week was highlighted by a second round 9-under 62 that included nine birdies. JLPGA | V POINT*SMBC Ladies Golf Tournament Ritsuko Ryu (Pro V1x) birdied the last to close out a two-shot win and secure her seventh career JLPGA title. ... #TeamTitleistNewsGolfBallBlogTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/matt-fitzpatrick-and-hyo-joo-kim-trust-pro-v1x-to-win-the-valspar-championship-and-fortinet-founders-cupMon, 23 Mar 2026 17:20:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:fd9a16c8-5b0b-48ef-8e02-938b13857e8aZack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | Valspar Championship (Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club In absolute control of his Pro V1x golf ball, Matt Fitzpatrick led the field with over 11 strokes gained tee-to-green this week at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course, birdieing the 72nd hole to claim the one-shot victory. Fitzpatrick was the only player to post four rounds in the 60s (68-69-68-68) while going bogey-free over his final 36 holes. Fitzpatrick was dialed-in with his ball-striking, gaining nearly six shots on the field with his approach play (+5.939, 2nd). He hit 72% GIR (2nd) and finished second in Proximity with an average of 32 feet, 3 inches. Fitzpatrick led a 1-2-3 finish for Titleist golf ball players, followed by runner-up David Lipsky (Pro V1x) and third-place finisher Jordan Smith (Pro V1), as eight of the top 10 and 21 of the top 25 finishers played a Pro V1 or Pro V1x . FITZPATRICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PRO V1 x “There’s obviously so many different variables with a golf ball. I’ve always been kind of a lower flight player but I am kind of high spin, so that’s where I feel like my game is at with the golf ball. To be able to rely on the golf ball and know that it’s going to do what I want it to do – have a consistent flight, consistent spin with every shot that I hit – that’s so important. Having that ability to know what your ball is going to do rather than second guessing makes a hell of a difference and obviously makes you more comfortable. And from there you’re going to hit better golf shots. I love the golf ball that I’m in, it just works perfectly for my game.” “The reason [Pro V1x] is so good for me is feel. I like the harder feel off the club face. I just feel like the spin’s consistent, the flight’s consistent, and that’s what you need in a golf ball. You don’t need it kind of in different windows. It’s nice to have that consistency to have the confidence in the golf ball to know how far it’s going to go every time, and to be within a really tight deviation is obviously so important. This is a game of inches after all, the margins are so fine you want it to be as tight as possible. So that’s why I play Pro V1x because it’s exactly that, you know what you’re going to get every shot and you don’t get any strange effects from shots.” “You just know, hitting other golf balls, that as soon as you’ve hit it, it doesn’t have the same effect. I’ve messed around with balls on the range when they’ve been mixed into the Pro V1x bag that I always go to grab, and they just get funky flights. I don’t know how you can play golf with that, to be honest, and not knowing what you’re going to get from shot to shot.” “I feel like, for me, the firmer the ball is, the more I can control the spin. That’s always nice for me (with Pro V1x), knowing that I can increase spin, and take spin off it. That’s been the big thing. I know for a fact I can flight the ball easy, much easier, up and down, with the ball that I use.” “I’ve been Pro V1x ever since I was probably about 15. It was always the best ball. There was never anything else for me growing up, to be honest. That’s all I’ve ever known.” TOP 3, 8 OF TOP 10 & 21 OF TOP 25 PLAY PRO V1 OR PRO V1 x Matt Fitzpatrick topped a leaderboard that featured 21 Titleist golf ball players in the top 25 positions, including the top three finishers and eight of the top 10. David Lipsky (Pro V1) finished one back of Fitzpatrick in second, while Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Smith finished another shot back in third. In total, 73% of the field teed up a Titleist golf ball this week in Tampa (99 players), nine times the nearest competitor. NOW ON TOUR: TITLEIST GTS DRIVERS For the first time, PGA TOUR players in the field at the Texas Children’s Houston Open are getting their first look at the next generation of Titleist driver technology: GTS . The lineup of three new Titleist driver models — GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 — is also being introduced to players at this week's LPGA Ford Championship and the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship. Click here to read more. www.instagram.com/.../ LPGA | Fortinet Founders Cup Hyo Joo Kim (Pro V1x) went wire-to-wire to win LPGA title No. 8, trusting her Pro V1x golf ball to a one-shot victory in Northern California. Kim opened with the week’s best round, a 9-under 63 capped by an eagle on the par-5 18th. Kim was one of 103 players (71%) this week playing a Titleist golf ball, with three of the top four finishers gaming a Pro V1 or Pro V1x . DP World Tour / China Tour | Hainan Classic Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Gumberg made a field-best 25 birdies at Mission Hills on his way to a wire-to-wire win, his second on the DP World Tour. Gaming a setup that included his Pro V1 golf ball, GT metals, blended set of Titleist irons , Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron Phantom putter, Gumberg followed an opening 8-under 64 with three more rounds of 70 or better (66-69-70) on his way to a one-shot victory. The 30-year-old American’s control of his Pro V1 golf ball was on full display in Hainan, as he gained more than 10 shots (+10.36) from tee to green (3rd). Over five strokes came from his approach play (+5.16, 8th), and he hit 74% greens in regulation (8th). He also had total command of his GT3 driver, gaining +5.04 strokes off-the-tee (4th) and finishing tied for 5th in Driving Accuracy (86%). Gumberg, who kept his DPWT card with a dramatic hole-out eagle on the 72nd hole of the Genesis Championship in Korea last October, was also dialed around the greens with his Vokey wedges, converting 14 of 19 up-and-downs to finish T10 in Scrambling (74%). On the greens, he ranked 6th in SG: Putting with his Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.2R tour prototype putter, gaining over five shots (+5.4). Gumberg led a 1-through-8 finish for Pro V1 and Pro V1x players, as Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball at Mission Hills (78%). 11-time China Tour winner and Titleist Brand Ambassador Yanhan Zhou recorded rounds of 68-68-68-69 to reach 15-under and secure a T3 finish on home soil. The 17-year-old earned his 2026 DP World Tour card after a record-breaking 2025 China Tour season highlighted by seven wins and an Order of Merit title. What’s in the Bag? | Jordan Gumberg (19-under 269) Golf Ball : Titleist Pro V1 Driver : GT3 8.0° | B•1 SureFit setting | Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 X Fairway Metal : GT2 13.5° | Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro White 70 TX Irons : T250 4-iron | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100; 620 CB 5-6; and 620 MB 7-9 irons | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Wedges : Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 50.08F, 54.10S, WedgeWorks 60A+ wedges | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46-50), S400 (54-60) Putter : Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.2R tour prototype PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | Cologuard Classic (La Paloma Country Club) Steven Alker (Pro V1) closed in 6-under 65 and made birdie on the first playoff hole to secure his 11th PGA TOUR Champions title. Alker turned in rounds of 71-62-65, matching the three-round total (198) of Titleist golf ball loyalist Padraig Harrington (Pro V1) . The 54-year-old New Zealander’s week was highlighted by a second round 9-under 62 that included nine birdies. JLPGA | V POINT*SMBC Ladies Golf Tournament Ritsuko Ryu (Pro V1x) birdied the last to close out a two-shot win and secure her seventh career JLPGA title. ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/now-on-tour-titleist-gts-driversSun, 22 Mar 2026 23:18:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:6a0ddf62-d0db-4785-8364-99ae0a52161eZack R., Team Titleist StaffTitleist continues to be the most played driver on the PGA TOUR, further underscored by THE PLAYERS Champion Cameron Young and last Sunday’s historic drive down the 18 th fairway at TPC Sawgrass with his Titleist GT driver. Young, the runner-up and five of the top-7 finishers all had a Titleist driver in the bag at the Stadium Course. Tomorrow, for the first time, PGA TOUR players in the field at the Texas Children’s Houston Open are getting their first look at the next generation of Titleist driver technology: GTS . The lineup of three new Titleist driver models — GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 — is also being introduced to players at this week's LPGA Ford Championship and the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship. Constant collaboration between Titleist R&D and the world’s best is deeply ingrained in Titleist’s product development cycle. As the game’s most discerning players, tour pros are an essential resource in designing and validating innovations that will outperform the prior generation. “I’m pumped,” said Titleist Brand Ambassador Michael Brennan following a prototype testing session late last year. “I was disappointed I couldn’t play it, put it right in the bag. I love my GT, but I’m looking forward to the ‘S’ coming out here soon.” Thursday will mark the first opportunity for tour players to game the new GTS drivers in competition. In 2025 on the PGA TOUR, Titleist was the most played driver brand for the seventh straight season, accounting for 40% of all drivers played according to Darrell Survey. Stay tuned to Titleist’s social channels for updates over the coming weeks as GTS launches across the worldwide professional tours.TourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/now-on-tour-titleist-gts-driversSun, 22 Mar 2026 23:18:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:3676aedb-e4b3-4cda-b2d4-862db4246d20Zack R., Team Titleist StaffTitleist continues to be the most played driver on the PGA TOUR, further underscored by THE PLAYERS Champion Cameron Young and last Sunday’s historic drive down the 18 th fairway at TPC Sawgrass with his Titleist GT driver. Young, the runner-up and five of the top-7 finishers all had a Titleist driver in the bag at the Stadium Course. Tomorrow, for the first time, PGA TOUR players in the field at the Texas Children’s Houston Open are getting their first look at the next generation of Titleist driver technology: GTS . The lineup of three new Titleist driver models — GTS2 , GTS3 and GTS4 — is also being introduced to players at this week's LPGA Ford Championship and the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship. Constant collaboration between Titleist R&D and the world’s best is deeply ingrained in Titleist’s product development cycle. As the game’s most discerning players, tour pros are an essential resource in designing and validating innovations that will outperform the prior generation. “I’m pumped,” said Titleist Brand Ambassador Michael Brennan following a prototype testing session late last year. “I was disappointed I couldn’t play it, put it right in the bag. I love my GT, but I’m looking forward to the ‘S’ coming out here soon.” Thursday will mark the first opportunity for tour players to game the new GTS drivers in competition. In 2025 on the PGA TOUR, Titleist was the most played driver brand for the seventh straight season, accounting for 40% of all drivers played according to Darrell Survey. Stay tuned to Titleist’s social channels for updates over the coming weeks as GTS launches across the worldwide professional tours.CATHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/titleist-brand-ambassador-cameron-young-wins-the-players-championshipMon, 16 Mar 2026 15:59:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:f6b2b0f6-db21-4325-bd0c-a9b25dd2d5a4Zack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Fearless down the stretch at TPC Sawgrass, Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Young (Titleist Pro V1x prototype) closed out the week with a bogey-free, three-birdie back nine to become THE PLAYERS Champion. Playing a Pro V1x prototype golf ball and 14 Titleist clubs, Young posted a 4-under 68 Sunday to finish the week 13 under, one shot clear of Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) . Young's control of his Titleist golf ball was on full display this week in Ponte Vedra, as he gained nearly 10 shots (+9.840) tee to green (5th). That included +7.076 strokes gained on approach shots (3rd), while leading the event in Proximity with an average of 28 feet, 1 inch. On Sunday, he averaged a field-best 24 feet, 11 inches to the hole, making birdies on No. 1 (15 feet, 3 inches), No. 7 (3 feet, 4 inches), No. 10 (14 feet, 9 inches), No. 13 (3 feet, 9 inches) and No. 17 (9 feet, 7 inches). Young’s birdie on the infamous island-green 17th on Sunday was his third straight, becoming the first PLAYERS champion to make birdie there in each of his final three rounds. On Saturday, he hit his tee shot to 21 inches. Young also led the field in Scrambling, getting up and down on 16 of 21 attempts. He gained nearly five shots (+4.813) putting. It was a 1-2 finish for Pro V1x and GT3 drivers, as five of the top seven finishers played a Titleist golf ball and driver. Six of the top seven had at least two Vokey wedges in the bag, while four gamed Titleist iron sets. Overall, Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball (68%) and most played driver (35%), iron (30%) and wedge (50%) among the elite 123-player field. What’s in the Bag? | Cameron Young Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x prototype Driver: GT3 11.0° | D•1 SureFit hosel, Neutral SureFit CG | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX Fairway Metal: GT1 14.5° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX Hybrid: GT1 20.0° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX Irons: T200 4 | Dynamic Gold X7; T100 5-iron | Dynamic Gold X7; and 631.CY prototype 6-9 | Dynamic Gold X7 Wedges: New Vokey Design SM11 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@ 57), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62) | Dynamic Gold X7 (48-57) X100 (62) Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R tour prototype ‘IT MAKES GOLF EASIER FOR ME’: CAMERON YOUNG EARNS 2ND WIN AFTER MOVE TO PRO V1 x PROTOTYPE GOLF BALL With his victory at THE PLAYERS, Cameron Young has now won twice with seven top-10's in 11 starts since moving to a new Titleist Pro V1x prototype golf ball that he had been collaborating on with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team . Titleist R&D is constantly soliciting feedback from the world's best players on the performance of their golf ball and their evolving performance needs. This process will often result in the development of new prototypes, some of which are designed to finely tune very specific flight, spin and feel characteristics. These Custom Performance Options (CPOs) – such as Pro V1 Left Dot and Pro V1x Left Dash – play an important role in the discovery of new technological advancements that are frequently incorporated into next generation Pro V1 and Pro V1x models. CPOs also provide key learnings in the continued development of more robust custom performance options for all golfers and their unique launch conditions. “Fitting’s tremendously important,” Young said. “I mean, at a lower level, it can make a huge difference. At our level, it makes smaller differences in a sense, but huge differences because we have so much more experience and have so much more feel than your average golfer. And that all just kind of creeps into how we play. So, little tiny changes can make a huge difference to us.” During a visit to the Titleist Performance Center at Manchester Lane (Acushnet, Mass.), Young, who was previously playing Pro V1 Left Dot, spent a range session with Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation , testing early iterations of what would eventually become the ball he used to win his first PGA TOUR title. “The first time I hit it (at Manchester Lane) was kind of blind testing,” Young said. “Just immediately, the window it came out of was really nice. I really liked that the top of the flight looked like it just came back down. I’ve never liked to see anything floating and so that just really indicated a real consistency.” Late last summer at the Wyndham Championship, Pitts approached Young to let him know that the final Pro V1x prototypes were now available to play in competition. “We weren’t sure if he was going to test it [that] week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course.” Young, accompanied by Pitts, teed off Sedgefield’s first hole with both Left Dot and the Pro V1x prototype. By the second hole, he was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x. “And kind of right off the bat, hit a couple wedges into 1 and 2 at Sedgefield and we were just like, ‘This makes golf easier for me,’” Young said. “So it was a really immediate just kind of thing among my dad, caddie and Fordie were all just like, ‘This makes perfect sense.’ ” Said Pitts: “He was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o'clock shots,’ where again he's taking a little something off it. He had great control there.” Further validation came on the seventh hole, a par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament. The setup on Tuesday's practice round called for a 5-iron from Young, who thought there was “no way” he could fly a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot. “He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x prototype] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.” After the nine-hole practice round on Tuesday, Pitts walked with Young for nine more holes on Wednesday. Following the round, Young asked the team to put the Pro V1x prototypes in his locker. The results were immediate. Young opened the week 63-62, making 16 birdies over the two rounds before running away with a six-shot victory, his first on the PGA TOUR. YOUNG UNLEASHES HISTORIC FINAL DRIVE AFTER MOVE TO GT3 11-DEGREE DRIVER www.youtube.com/watch Tied for the lead on Sunday at THE PLAYERS, Cameron Young stepped to the 18th tee and pulled the GT3 11-degree driver that he had moved into just the week prior at Bay Hill. Facing TPC Sawgrass’ most treacherous tee shot with the wind at his back, Young unleashed a 375-yard drive around the lake down the right side of the fairway. It was the longest drive ever recorded on that hole in the ShotLink Era. Said Young: “My thought process over that ball is, one, making sure that I’m committed to my line, and two, the overarching thought is ‘I’m going to hit the best shot of my life right here.’ I don't know if I can think of one that's better... first time that thought's really popped in my mind, and I think I did what I intended. It’s one of the best shots I've ever hit in my life.” Since his switch to a new Pro V1x prototype golf ball late last season, Young has worked with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist’s Senior Director of Player Promotions , to further dial in the top end of his bag. After making an initial move from his GT2 9.0° into a GT2 10.0°, Young, who has also been working through some swing changes, thought there was an opportunity to further optimize his carry distance. In working with Van Wezenbeeck at Bay Hill, they moved to the 11-degree GT3 head, lofted down to 10.25 in the D•1 Surefit hosel setting, resulting in higher launch without impacting spin. The new setup took his launch conditions from 9 degrees at 2400 RPMs to 11/2500. Following his golf ball change, Young has also added a GT1 14.5 fairway and GT1 20.0 hybrid to the top end of his bag. The 14.5-degree GT1 fairway, which Young added to the bag after testing this past offseason, is a tour-inspired model designed to produce effortless launch and stability while keeping spin in a low, playable window. It is packaged in GT1’s shallow fairway profile, but a stronger loft and lower center of gravity from its multi-material construction drive down spin compared to standard GT1 fairways. Earlier this year at the Farmers Insurance Open, Young was looking to increase launch in his hybrid. After working with reps onsite, he added a GT1 hybrid with a Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80TX fairway wood shaft, which increased his peak height and gave him even more consistency than his previous hybrid gamer. GT1 hybrids feature a sharper leading edge that sits low to the turf, helping produce easy launch and more playability out of the rough. They also both have fore-aft weight adjustability, which allows Titleist tour reps to lower spin and still maintain launch by moving weight forward in the head. The result is a high, strong ball flight that doesn’t over-spin. GT3 11.0° driver, D•1 SureFit hosel, Neutral SureFit CG | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX GT1 14.5° fairway | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX GT1 20.0° hybrid | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX YOUNG LEADS THE FIELD IN PROXIMITY WITH BLENDED TITLEIST IRON SET, CUSTOM BLADE IRONS For his irons, Young plays a blended set comprised of a T200 4-iron, a T100 5-iron and 631.CY prototype 6-9 irons. Young's T-Series long irons give him optimal peak heights and gapping through the top end of his iron setup. Young’s custom blades were designed with a pre-worn leading edge and a slightly wider sole to help reduce dig and improve turf interaction for Young’s delivery. Titleist R&D also moved weight lower in the head for slightly higher launch and peak height. Said Young on the development process: “It started just as basically a question. It was, ‘Hey, if your irons could do anything different what would they do?’ I said, ‘help me not dig quite as quickly into the ground at impact, and if anything, launch a little higher.’” “I think it was one year from then they came and handed me a blank iron and said, ‘here, hit this,’” Young continued. “And I hit about three shots. They said, ‘what do you think?’ I said, ‘that seems great.’ Didn't hear from him for about six more months. And then they handed me a 6-iron and I said, ‘that feels great.’ And then all of a sudden, bang, I had my own set, and I wouldn't change anything about them. They’re honestly everything I could have ever asked for.” This week at TPC Sawgrass, Young led the field in Proximity (28’ 1”) while gaining over seven shots on the field with his approach play (+7.076, 3rd). He also hit 71% GIR over the four rounds (8th). Young, who has been working through some swing changes, also spent time with Van Wezenbeeck last month at Riviera to dial in the lie angles on his short irons, moving them more upright to produce his desired start lines. YOUNG WINS WITH NEW VOKEY SM11 WEDGES, LEADS FIELD IN SCRAMBLING Staring down the 134-yard 17th hole on Sunday, one shot back of the lead, Cameron Young pulled his NEW Vokey Design SM11 56.14F (@ 57) sand wedge and stuck his approach to within 10 feet, setting up a clutch final birdie of his week. It was his third birdie on the 17th in as many rounds, having rolled in a 24-footer on Friday and flagged his tee shot to inside two feet on Saturday. In addition to his approach play, Young was also dialed around the greens with his entire set of SM11 wedges — 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@ 57), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62) — as he converted 16 of 21 up-and-downs for a field-best 76% clip. Over the past four years, Young has worked closely with Vokey Tour Rep Aaron Dill to dial in his wedge setup. One of the key changes involved moving from a 56-degree (@ 57) M Grind to, eventually, a 56.14F (@ 57), which improved consistency in carry numbers from distance and gave him more purpose greenside with his sand wedge. Another change to Young's setup involved moving to a 60-degree K* Grind lob wedge (@ 62), one of the most popular grinds on the PGA TOUR. Instead of the full, smooth sole of the .06K Grind, the sole of the K* Grind features a steeper pre-wear on the leading edge to provide forgiveness from the square-faced position. K* also has heel, toe and trailing edge relief, which allows the leading edge to sit closer to the ground when the face is opened. And like all K Grind variations, K* has a wide sole that excels out of the bunker. For Cameron Young, bunker performance was the primary motivation to move to K* in May of 2024 from his previous lower-bounce T Grind lob wedge setup: “The 62 is a 60 bent a little weak just to get the bounce right, but that's what I use mostly around the greens,” Young said. “So I've got a little bit more bounce than I used to have. Probably last time we did this, I was on a very low bounce version of it, and we went to this just to help improve bunker play... That one was a switch we made just over a year ago, PGA Championship Valhalla. I came to Aaron Dill and was having some issues and he said, ‘Hey, try this.’” “What we've learned over the years of working with the best players in the world is anytime we start to add a little bit of width to the bottom of the golf club, that creates a little bit of easy height,” said Dill. “So we talk about the K Grind being the bunker-friendly club. [K*] is a little bit of the best of both worlds because at the same time of him wanting to have all of the ease that comes out of the bunker with the height, the spin, the stopping power, he still wants the versatility that he so desperately needs in those firmer conditions... when he has to open up that face, it has to look good. It has to sit close to the ground. So that's the beauty about the K* is we've got the width for the bunkers, we've got the polishing on the bottom that helps with those green side shots when you have to open up the face.” Said Young: “I think I went 10 for 10 out of bunkers that week, and [K* has] been in ever since.” www.youtube.com/watch YOUNG KEEPS IT ROLLING WITH PHANTOM 9.5R PUTTER Young was lights out on the greens this week, gaining over 4.5 shots on the field with his Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R tour prototype putter (+4.813, 7th). Young has played a Phantom putter for the entirety of his PGA TOUR career, gaming various head shapes and neck configurations since 2021. One reason he has gravitated towards the Phantom family is the stability and MOI provided by a larger mallet profile. The increased footprint also creates space for different alignment offerings, from direct features like his 9.5R gamer’s single black sightline to the more subtle angles and contours of the putter’s head shape and design. “There’s an element of forgiveness to it that just I think in my head makes sense,” said long-time Phantom loyalist Cameron Young. “I’ve just grown to like the way that [Phantom mallets] look. I look at a blade now and I have more trouble lining it up.” Last year, he made an early season move at the 2025 RBC Heritage from a plumbing neck (.2) to a jet neck (.5) within the 9R head shape, seeking more toe flow in his putting stroke. “He’s always wanted to feel flow in the putter,” said Scotty Cameron Tour Rep Brad Cloke. “We’ve started in face-balanced mallets for him and we’ve kind of worked our way down to a point where he’s felt comfortable enough to feel the toe flow the way he wants it and get the release of the putter that he wants.” Said Young: “I just felt like the middle of the face was more apparent to me [after the move] with a little bit more [face] rotation and a little bit more release into the ball. I felt like I just struck it more in the middle, which kind of helped my speed, made it roll a little tighter... I feel like I've putted better and better as my mechanics keep improving and as I get more familiar with it.” The switch paid off. Young delivered the best putting season of his career in 2025, finishing the year 7th in Strokes Gained: Putting (+0.642 per round), T6 in Putting Average (1.704) and 4th in One-Putt Percentage (44.57%), while collecting his first TOUR win at the Wyndham Championship. On Sunday, he used his gamer to roll in over 81 feet of putts, including a breaking 9’ 7” birdie putt on the 17th green that saw him reach the eventual winning 13-under total. PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA | Heritage Classic Highlighted by a Thursday 66 that featured seven birdies, Will Florimo (NEW Pro V1x Left Dash) claimed his first victory on The PGA Tour of Australasia. The Queenslander made an eagle and five birdies to shoot a 3-under 69 on Sunday, reaching 14-under for the week, and securing a two-shot win. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball in Victoria with 87 (73%) players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than four times the nearest competitor with 21. SUNSHINE TOUR | The Courier Guy Playoffs: The Serengeti Playoffs Titleist Brand Ambassador Daniel Van Tonder (Pro V1x) shot a 9-under 63 Sunday to charge up the leaderboard and secure a two-shot victory at The Serengeti Playoffs. The South African’s final round was highlighted by a clutch birdie-eagle-birdie finish on Nos. 16-18, which saw him reach the winning 21-under number. Nine of the top 10 finishers on the final leaderboard played a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, with a total of 83% of the field in Kempton Park teeing up a Titleist golf ball. Titleist was also the most played driver, gamed by 32 players (53%). What’s in the Bag? | Daniel Van Tonder Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver : GT3 8.0° Fairway Metal : TSi2 13.5° and 18.0° Irons : 620 CB 4-PW Wedges : NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.08F, 56.08M, 60.04T Putter : Scotty Cameron Futura 5MB tour prototype CHINA TOUR | Guangdong Open Zihao Jin (Pro V1) posted a 3-under 67 Sunday to clinch a four-shot win and his sixth career China Tour title. The 27-year-old was the only player to shoot all four rounds under par (69-67-66-67) and the only one to finish double digits under par for the week. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball in Guangdong with 106 (88%) players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than 15 times the nearest competitor with 7. ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHTourBlogSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/nzblog/posts/titleist-brand-ambassador-cameron-young-wins-the-players-championshipMon, 16 Mar 2026 15:59:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:6ae3874c-d05c-4dfa-bd65-ffeb4b91cac5Zack R., Team Titleist StaffPGA TOUR | THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Fearless down the stretch at TPC Sawgrass, Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Young (Titleist Pro V1x prototype) closed out the week with a bogey-free, three-birdie back nine to become THE PLAYERS Champion. Playing a Pro V1x prototype golf ball and 14 Titleist clubs, Young posted a 4-under 68 Sunday to finish the week 13 under, one shot clear of Matt Fitzpatrick (Pro V1x) . Young's control of his Titleist golf ball was on full display this week in Ponte Vedra, as he gained nearly 10 shots (+9.840) tee to green (5th). That included +7.076 strokes gained on approach shots (3rd), while leading the event in Proximity with an average of 28 feet, 1 inch. On Sunday, he averaged a field-best 24 feet, 11 inches to the hole, making birdies on No. 1 (15 feet, 3 inches), No. 7 (3 feet, 4 inches), No. 10 (14 feet, 9 inches), No. 13 (3 feet, 9 inches) and No. 17 (9 feet, 7 inches). Young’s birdie on the infamous island-green 17th on Sunday was his third straight, becoming the first PLAYERS champion to make birdie there in each of his final three rounds. On Saturday, he hit his tee shot to 21 inches. Young also led the field in Scrambling, getting up and down on 16 of 21 attempts. He gained nearly five shots (+4.813) putting. It was a 1-2 finish for Pro V1x and GT3 drivers, as five of the top seven finishers played a Titleist golf ball and driver. Six of the top seven had at least two Vokey wedges in the bag, while four gamed Titleist iron sets. Overall, Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball (68%) and most played driver (35%), iron (30%) and wedge (50%) among the elite 123-player field. What’s in the Bag? | Cameron Young Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x prototype Driver: GT3 11.0° | D•1 SureFit hosel, Neutral SureFit CG | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX Fairway Metal: GT1 14.5° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX Hybrid: GT1 20.0° | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX Irons: T200 4 | Dynamic Gold X7; T100 5-iron | Dynamic Gold X7; and 631.CY prototype 6-9 | Dynamic Gold X7 Wedges: New Vokey Design SM11 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@ 57), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62) | Dynamic Gold X7 (48-57) X100 (62) Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R tour prototype ‘IT MAKES GOLF EASIER FOR ME’: CAMERON YOUNG EARNS 2ND WIN AFTER MOVE TO PRO V1 x PROTOTYPE GOLF BALL With his victory at THE PLAYERS, Cameron Young has now won twice with seven top-10's in 11 starts since moving to a new Titleist Pro V1x prototype golf ball that he had been collaborating on with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team . Titleist R&D is constantly soliciting feedback from the world's best players on the performance of their golf ball and their evolving performance needs. This process will often result in the development of new prototypes, some of which are designed to finely tune very specific flight, spin and feel characteristics. These Custom Performance Options (CPOs) – such as Pro V1 Left Dot and Pro V1x Left Dash – play an important role in the discovery of new technological advancements that are frequently incorporated into next generation Pro V1 and Pro V1x models. CPOs also provide key learnings in the continued development of more robust custom performance options for all golfers and their unique launch conditions. “Fitting’s tremendously important,” Young said. “I mean, at a lower level, it can make a huge difference. At our level, it makes smaller differences in a sense, but huge differences because we have so much more experience and have so much more feel than your average golfer. And that all just kind of creeps into how we play. So, little tiny changes can make a huge difference to us.” During a visit to the Titleist Performance Center at Manchester Lane (Acushnet, Mass.), Young, who was previously playing Pro V1 Left Dot, spent a range session with Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation , testing early iterations of what would eventually become the ball he used to win his first PGA TOUR title. “The first time I hit it (at Manchester Lane) was kind of blind testing,” Young said. “Just immediately, the window it came out of was really nice. I really liked that the top of the flight looked like it just came back down. I’ve never liked to see anything floating and so that just really indicated a real consistency.” Late last summer at the Wyndham Championship, Pitts approached Young to let him know that the final Pro V1x prototypes were now available to play in competition. “We weren’t sure if he was going to test it [that] week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course.” Young, accompanied by Pitts, teed off Sedgefield’s first hole with both Left Dot and the Pro V1x prototype. By the second hole, he was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x. “And kind of right off the bat, hit a couple wedges into 1 and 2 at Sedgefield and we were just like, ‘This makes golf easier for me,’” Young said. “So it was a really immediate just kind of thing among my dad, caddie and Fordie were all just like, ‘This makes perfect sense.’ ” Said Pitts: “He was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o'clock shots,’ where again he's taking a little something off it. He had great control there.” Further validation came on the seventh hole, a par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament. The setup on Tuesday's practice round called for a 5-iron from Young, who thought there was “no way” he could fly a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot. “He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x prototype] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.” After the nine-hole practice round on Tuesday, Pitts walked with Young for nine more holes on Wednesday. Following the round, Young asked the team to put the Pro V1x prototypes in his locker. The results were immediate. Young opened the week 63-62, making 16 birdies over the two rounds before running away with a six-shot victory, his first on the PGA TOUR. YOUNG UNLEASHES HISTORIC FINAL DRIVE AFTER MOVE TO GT3 11-DEGREE DRIVER www.youtube.com/watch Tied for the lead on Sunday at THE PLAYERS, Cameron Young stepped to the 18th tee and pulled the GT3 11-degree driver that he had moved into just the week prior at Bay Hill. Facing TPC Sawgrass’ most treacherous tee shot with the wind at his back, Young unleashed a 375-yard drive around the lake down the right side of the fairway. It was the longest drive ever recorded on that hole in the ShotLink Era. Said Young: “My thought process over that ball is, one, making sure that I’m committed to my line, and two, the overarching thought is ‘I’m going to hit the best shot of my life right here.’ I don't know if I can think of one that's better... first time that thought's really popped in my mind, and I think I did what I intended. It’s one of the best shots I've ever hit in my life.” Since his switch to a new Pro V1x prototype golf ball late last season, Young has worked with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist’s Senior Director of Player Promotions , to further dial in the top end of his bag. After making an initial move from his GT2 9.0° into a GT2 10.0°, Young, who has also been working through some swing changes, thought there was an opportunity to further optimize his carry distance. In working with Van Wezenbeeck at Bay Hill, they moved to the 11-degree GT3 head, lofted down to 10.25 in the D•1 Surefit hosel setting, resulting in higher launch without impacting spin. The new setup took his launch conditions from 9 degrees at 2400 RPMs to 11/2500. Following his golf ball change, Young has also added a GT1 14.5 fairway and GT1 20.0 hybrid to the top end of his bag. The 14.5-degree GT1 fairway, which Young added to the bag after testing this past offseason, is a tour-inspired model designed to produce effortless launch and stability while keeping spin in a low, playable window. It is packaged in GT1’s shallow fairway profile, but a stronger loft and lower center of gravity from its multi-material construction drive down spin compared to standard GT1 fairways. Earlier this year at the Farmers Insurance Open, Young was looking to increase launch in his hybrid. After working with reps onsite, he added a GT1 hybrid with a Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80TX fairway wood shaft, which increased his peak height and gave him even more consistency than his previous hybrid gamer. GT1 hybrids feature a sharper leading edge that sits low to the turf, helping produce easy launch and more playability out of the rough. They also both have fore-aft weight adjustability, which allows Titleist tour reps to lower spin and still maintain launch by moving weight forward in the head. The result is a high, strong ball flight that doesn’t over-spin. GT3 11.0° driver, D•1 SureFit hosel, Neutral SureFit CG | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX GT1 14.5° fairway | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX GT1 20.0° hybrid | A•1 SureFit hosel | Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80 TX YOUNG LEADS THE FIELD IN PROXIMITY WITH BLENDED TITLEIST IRON SET, CUSTOM BLADE IRONS For his irons, Young plays a blended set comprised of a T200 4-iron, a T100 5-iron and 631.CY prototype 6-9 irons. Young's T-Series long irons give him optimal peak heights and gapping through the top end of his iron setup. Young’s custom blades were designed with a pre-worn leading edge and a slightly wider sole to help reduce dig and improve turf interaction for Young’s delivery. Titleist R&D also moved weight lower in the head for slightly higher launch and peak height. Said Young on the development process: “It started just as basically a question. It was, ‘Hey, if your irons could do anything different what would they do?’ I said, ‘help me not dig quite as quickly into the ground at impact, and if anything, launch a little higher.’” “I think it was one year from then they came and handed me a blank iron and said, ‘here, hit this,’” Young continued. “And I hit about three shots. They said, ‘what do you think?’ I said, ‘that seems great.’ Didn't hear from him for about six more months. And then they handed me a 6-iron and I said, ‘that feels great.’ And then all of a sudden, bang, I had my own set, and I wouldn't change anything about them. They’re honestly everything I could have ever asked for.” This week at TPC Sawgrass, Young led the field in Proximity (28’ 1”) while gaining over seven shots on the field with his approach play (+7.076, 3rd). He also hit 71% GIR over the four rounds (8th). Young, who has been working through some swing changes, also spent time with Van Wezenbeeck last month at Riviera to dial in the lie angles on his short irons, moving them more upright to produce his desired start lines. YOUNG WINS WITH NEW VOKEY SM11 WEDGES, LEADS FIELD IN SCRAMBLING Staring down the 134-yard 17th hole on Sunday, one shot back of the lead, Cameron Young pulled his NEW Vokey Design SM11 56.14F (@ 57) sand wedge and stuck his approach to within 10 feet, setting up a clutch final birdie of his week. It was his third birdie on the 17th in as many rounds, having rolled in a 24-footer on Friday and flagged his tee shot to inside two feet on Saturday. In addition to his approach play, Young was also dialed around the greens with his entire set of SM11 wedges — 48.10F, 52.12F, 56.14F (@ 57), WedgeWorks 60K* (@ 62) — as he converted 16 of 21 up-and-downs for a field-best 76% clip. Over the past four years, Young has worked closely with Vokey Tour Rep Aaron Dill to dial in his wedge setup. One of the key changes involved moving from a 56-degree (@ 57) M Grind to, eventually, a 56.14F (@ 57), which improved consistency in carry numbers from distance and gave him more purpose greenside with his sand wedge. Another change to Young's setup involved moving to a 60-degree K* Grind lob wedge (@ 62), one of the most popular grinds on the PGA TOUR. Instead of the full, smooth sole of the .06K Grind, the sole of the K* Grind features a steeper pre-wear on the leading edge to provide forgiveness from the square-faced position. K* also has heel, toe and trailing edge relief, which allows the leading edge to sit closer to the ground when the face is opened. And like all K Grind variations, K* has a wide sole that excels out of the bunker. For Cameron Young, bunker performance was the primary motivation to move to K* in May of 2024 from his previous lower-bounce T Grind lob wedge setup: “The 62 is a 60 bent a little weak just to get the bounce right, but that's what I use mostly around the greens,” Young said. “So I've got a little bit more bounce than I used to have. Probably last time we did this, I was on a very low bounce version of it, and we went to this just to help improve bunker play... That one was a switch we made just over a year ago, PGA Championship Valhalla. I came to Aaron Dill and was having some issues and he said, ‘Hey, try this.’” “What we've learned over the years of working with the best players in the world is anytime we start to add a little bit of width to the bottom of the golf club, that creates a little bit of easy height,” said Dill. “So we talk about the K Grind being the bunker-friendly club. [K*] is a little bit of the best of both worlds because at the same time of him wanting to have all of the ease that comes out of the bunker with the height, the spin, the stopping power, he still wants the versatility that he so desperately needs in those firmer conditions... when he has to open up that face, it has to look good. It has to sit close to the ground. So that's the beauty about the K* is we've got the width for the bunkers, we've got the polishing on the bottom that helps with those green side shots when you have to open up the face.” Said Young: “I think I went 10 for 10 out of bunkers that week, and [K* has] been in ever since.” www.youtube.com/watch YOUNG KEEPS IT ROLLING WITH PHANTOM 9.5R PUTTER Young was lights out on the greens this week, gaining over 4.5 shots on the field with his Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5R tour prototype putter (+4.813, 7th). Young has played a Phantom putter for the entirety of his PGA TOUR career, gaming various head shapes and neck configurations since 2021. One reason he has gravitated towards the Phantom family is the stability and MOI provided by a larger mallet profile. The increased footprint also creates space for different alignment offerings, from direct features like his 9.5R gamer’s single black sightline to the more subtle angles and contours of the putter’s head shape and design. “There’s an element of forgiveness to it that just I think in my head makes sense,” said long-time Phantom loyalist Cameron Young. “I’ve just grown to like the way that [Phantom mallets] look. I look at a blade now and I have more trouble lining it up.” Last year, he made an early season move at the 2025 RBC Heritage from a plumbing neck (.2) to a jet neck (.5) within the 9R head shape, seeking more toe flow in his putting stroke. “He’s always wanted to feel flow in the putter,” said Scotty Cameron Tour Rep Brad Cloke. “We’ve started in face-balanced mallets for him and we’ve kind of worked our way down to a point where he’s felt comfortable enough to feel the toe flow the way he wants it and get the release of the putter that he wants.” Said Young: “I just felt like the middle of the face was more apparent to me [after the move] with a little bit more [face] rotation and a little bit more release into the ball. I felt like I just struck it more in the middle, which kind of helped my speed, made it roll a little tighter... I feel like I've putted better and better as my mechanics keep improving and as I get more familiar with it.” The switch paid off. Young delivered the best putting season of his career in 2025, finishing the year 7th in Strokes Gained: Putting (+0.642 per round), T6 in Putting Average (1.704) and 4th in One-Putt Percentage (44.57%), while collecting his first TOUR win at the Wyndham Championship. On Sunday, he used his gamer to roll in over 81 feet of putts, including a breaking 9’ 7” birdie putt on the 17th green that saw him reach the eventual winning 13-under total. PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA | Heritage Classic Highlighted by a Thursday 66 that featured seven birdies, Will Florimo (NEW Pro V1x Left Dash) claimed his first victory on The PGA Tour of Australasia. The Queenslander made an eagle and five birdies to shoot a 3-under 69 on Sunday, reaching 14-under for the week, and securing a two-shot win. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball in Victoria with 87 (73%) players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than four times the nearest competitor with 21. SUNSHINE TOUR | The Courier Guy Playoffs: The Serengeti Playoffs Titleist Brand Ambassador Daniel Van Tonder (Pro V1x) shot a 9-under 63 Sunday to charge up the leaderboard and secure a two-shot victory at The Serengeti Playoffs. The South African’s final round was highlighted by a clutch birdie-eagle-birdie finish on Nos. 16-18, which saw him reach the winning 21-under number. Nine of the top 10 finishers on the final leaderboard played a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, with a total of 83% of the field in Kempton Park teeing up a Titleist golf ball. Titleist was also the most played driver, gamed by 32 players (53%). What’s in the Bag? | Daniel Van Tonder Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Driver : GT3 8.0° Fairway Metal : TSi2 13.5° and 18.0° Irons : 620 CB 4-PW Wedges : NEW Vokey Design SM11 46.10F, 50.08F, 56.08M, 60.04T Putter : Scotty Cameron Futura 5MB tour prototype CHINA TOUR | Guangdong Open Zihao Jin (Pro V1) posted a 3-under 67 Sunday to clinch a four-shot win and his sixth career China Tour title. The 27-year-old was the only player to shoot all four rounds under par (69-67-66-67) and the only one to finish double digits under par for the week. Titleist was the overwhelming #1 golf ball in Guangdong with 106 (88%) players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than 15 times the nearest competitor with 7. ... #TeamTitleistNewsGolfBallBlogTourBlogNewsBlogGolfClubBloghttps://www.titleist.ca/teamtitleist/au/b/weblog/posts/titleist-introduces-limited-edition-oil-can-finish-on-t-series-ironsThu, 12 Mar 2026 10:52:00 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:a3872029-9787-4664-a088-85ab7fcb6499Zack R., Team Titleist StaffAvailable March 26 on T100, T150, T250 and T350 models in both right- and left-hand builds For the first time, Titleist’s T-Series irons are available in a limited-edition Oil Can finish, bringing a new look to the most played iron brand on the PGA TOUR. The finish, originally developed as a limited-edition Vokey Design wedge offering, is applied through a PVD treatment to produce a rich copper color, enhance durability and minimize reflectivity. Custom copper-colored Titleist Golf Pride Z-Grip Full Cord grips and True Temper Onyx shaft offerings complement the Oil Can finish in stock configurations. Consistent from model to model, the finish is available on T100 , T150 , T250 and T350 irons in both right-hand and left-hand builds. Blended sets can be custom ordered, allowing golfers to optimize their bags based on their unique needs. T-Series Oil Can irons are available for pre-sale today and will be in golf shops worldwide on Thursday, March 26. T-Series Model Overview Throughout the lineup, Titleist T-Series irons are engineered to deliver exceptional performance, consistency and feel on every strike. Each model is designed around a specific set of performance characteristics and built to blend seamlessly with one another in the bag. T100: The modern tour iron Packaged in a fully forged clubhead with a compact profile, T100 irons deliver tour-level precision and feel. T100 features a thin topline and minimal offset for a player-preferred look, and its network of technologies promotes consistent performance throughout the set. T100 has been the most played iron model on the PGA TOUR since the platform’s inception in 2019. T150: The faster player’s iron T150 delivers extraordinary feel, stability and control along with added speed and launch compared to T100. T150's forged design features a slightly larger profile than T100, offering a compact yet confidence-inspiring look at address. T250: The redefined player’s distance iron New T250 irons offer a tremendous combination of speed, launch and forgiveness along with a clean, sharp appearance from its all-steel construction. Featuring a thicker topline and wider sole than T100 and T150 models, T250’s profile adds confidence at address without straying from the classic, player-preferred DNA found in the more compact models. T350: The ultimate game improvement iron Across the T-Series lineup, T350 gives golfers maximum levels of distance, forgiveness and speed. T350 benefits from an all-steel construction, giving the lineup a more uniform look across the board, especially in blended sets. T350’s technological advancements drive performance for the player looking for a forgiving, long-hitting and high-launching iron. More information on T-Series technology: https://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/posts/titleist-launches-new-t-series-iron-lineup T-Series Specs Lofts T100 : 20 degrees (3-iron), 23, 26, 29, 33 (7-iron), 37, 41, 45 (P), 49 (W) T150 : 19 (3-iron), 22, 25, 28, 32 (7-iron), 36, 40, 44 (P), 48 (W) T250 : 18 (2-iron), 20, 22, 24, 27, 30.5 (7-iron), 34.5, 38.5, 43 (P), 48 (W) T350 : 20 (4-iron), 23, 26, 29 (7-iron), 33, 38, 43 (P), 48 (W48), 53 (W53) Featured shafts, grip T100 : True Temper AMT Tour White Onyx T150 : True Temper AMT Tour Silver Onyx T250 : True Temper AMT Tour Black Onyx T350 : True Temper AMT Tour Red Onyx Grip : Titleist Golf Pride Z-Grip Full Cord (custom) Titleist’s full offering of iron shafts and grips are available through custom order. Custom options : Loft and lie angles can be altered by at least 2 degrees in both directions (strong/weak, flat/upright) via custom order. Loft adjustments are in 1-degree increments, and lie adjustments are in half-degree increments. Players can also configure their setup to be up to 2 inches longer than standard and 4 inches shorter than standard via custom order. Length adjustments are in quarter-inch increments. Blended Set Optimization Of the Titleist Brand Ambassadors currently playing on the PGA TOUR, approximately 80% are playing blended sets of at least two Titleist iron models, demonstrating the importance of custom fitting and optimization throughout the bag. With the goal of providing players proper distance gapping between clubs and sufficient green-holding ability throughout the bag, Titleist fitters look to find a setup for each player that targets the following criteria: Ball speed gaps : Golfers should see 5 mph gaps between clubs. Peak height : Players should be able to maintain consistent peak height between long irons and the 7-iron. Angle of descent : Long-iron landing angles should be no lower than that of the 7-iron. Find a fitting near you: https://www.titleist.com/locator?searchtype=fit Experience the online Titleist iron selector tool: https://www.titleist.com/golf-clubs/irons-selector Availability T-Series Oil Can irons are available for pre-sale today and will be available in golf shops worldwide beginning Thursday, March 26. MSRP: $285 per club (steel), $299 per club (graphite). ... #TeamTitleistCANewsGolfBallBlogTHSEANZNewsBlogGBGolfClubBlog