Titleist built the GTS2 for golfers who sweep the ball off the grass. It has a shallower face than the GTS3 and the lowest center of gravity Titleist has put in a fairway wood, and in testing it launched easily without spinning up.
What's new
The GTS2 is the shallower of the two GTS fairway woods, with a 33mm face against 35mm on the GTS3. Titleist pairs a forged L-Cup face, finished in high-polish silver, with a wraparound composite crown on a thermoform body, and the result sits lower in the head than any Titleist fairway wood before it.
The sliding weight track is gone, replaced by flat 5g and 11g weights that swap between heel and toe. With the SureFit hosel adding 16 settings and lofts running from 13.5 to 21 degrees, few golfers will fall outside what a fitter can build. The Tensei 1K Red shaft comes stock.
How it plays
Testers saw elite smash factor and ball speed. One session logged 150 mph with 3632 rpm of spin, carrying 238 yards and finishing at 253, and another put carry closer to 260. A distance score of 8.6 and accuracy at 8.5 fit what testers reported, since dispersion stayed tight.
Spin is the bigger surprise. Even the 18-degree head kept it under control, so the higher lofts do not balloon. Off-center strikes hold their line well enough for an 8.3 in forgiveness, and with the weights moved around, workability reaches 8.6 too.
Where it lacks
Feel scores an 8.0, the lowest of its six marks. The footprint bothers some players too: it sits large behind the ball, and plenty of golfers who prefer a compact fairway wood will not warm to it.
Steeper swings are not what it was built for. The shallow face and low weighting help a sweeping swing, but anyone hitting down and taking a divot gives up the strengths that make the GTS2 worth buying. The price stays at the top of the market regardless of who buys it.
“Pick it clean off the grass and it climbs without help, and the spin never gets away from you.”- The Club Stand gear team
Reasons to buy
- A 33mm face and a low center of gravity make it easy to launch straight off the turf
- Two flat heel-toe weights and a 16-setting SureFit hosel give a fitter plenty to work with
- Holds its speed on mishits, and spin stayed controlled even in the 18-degree head
Reasons to think twice
- Players are split on how big the head looks at address
- Steep players who hit down and take a divot will be better served elsewhere
- Costs flagship fairway wood money, and nothing about the price is discounted
Specs
| Lofts | 13.5, 15, 16.5, 18, 21 degrees |
|---|---|
| Face height | 33mm (shallower; GTS3 is 35mm) |
| Face | Forged L-Cup, high-polish silver finish |
| Crown | Wraparound composite, thermoform body |
| Weighting | Dual Weighting System, 5g and 11g flat heel-toe weights |
| Hosel | SureFit, 16 settings |
| Stock shaft | Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Red |
| Grip | Titleist Universal 360 |
| Hand | Right, Left |
| Best for | Sweeping players who want easy launch from the turf with full adjustability |
More fairway woods we've scored
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- TaylorMade Qi4D Fairway 2026 - 9.0/10. The core Qi4D head won the 2026 fairway wood test by pairing top-two ball speed with tight dispersion.
- PING G440 Max 2025 - 8.8/10. PING's best-selling fairway wood of 2025 leads no single category, yet sits above average in all of them.
- Callaway Elyte Ti Fairway 2025 - 8.7/10. Callaway's titanium Elyte fairway wood pairs a carbon crown with a Step Sole that glides through turf.
- Cobra DS-Adapt Max D Fairway 2025 - 8.4/10. Cobra's draw-biased fairway wood forgave more mishits than any other club in our 2025 test.
- TaylorMade Qi35 Max 2025 - 8.4/10. TaylorMade's most forgiving Qi35 fairway wood launches easily off the deck and keeps shots on a tight line.