Aldrich Potgieter smashes his titleist. Why should you try
Aldrich Potgieter made wholesale changes to his bag ahead of his first PGA Tour victory, but it was undoubtedly his game against the Titleist GT2 driver that tilted the Rocket Classic.
The PGA Tour leader in driving distance this season Potgieter once again became the first category in the category in Detroit this week, with an average of 337 yards from the tee while finding his 64% fairway. He ranked seventh in the stroke: Revealing the Terrace (3.7), and he missed 11 greens all week (66/77, including the playoffs). He finished sixth: Approach (6.07).
In the past, for Titleist Driver players, you’ll see a speed demon like Potgieter, who averages 126 mph club speed and gaudy’s 190 mph ball speed, playing Titleist’s “3” or even “4” heads, which are designed for low spins.
But this year, players are more suitable for the GT2 model than the previous TSR2 or TSI2.
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GT2 – For faces that don’t always find the center of the face and require a high-speed driver to be stable without sacrificing the stability, speed and forgiveness of speed. The speed and forgiveness of the entire face are impressively distanced from any point of influence, and the GT2 extracts maximum performance through the forgiveness design. Without sacrificing speed, stability is obtained and confidence of high-speed drivers is increased. The seamless thermal crest is a reimagined ultra-lightweight design that was born from a new proprietary matrix polymer. The adjustable acoustic properties of this unique composite allow titleist engineers to realize new material gains while maintaining our signature sound and feel. All the looks are wrapped, inspiring full confidence. Thanks to the breakthrough of internal weighting, splitting the mass structure GT2 can achieve a strong balance of forgiveness and speed. The mass is transferred to the rear of the club head to improve MOI for improved stability while also lower weight and push forward to optimize speed and rotation. The result is a driver that allows you to swing with confidence.
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The GT2 has been perfected to look closer to 3, and Billy Horschel doesn’t even know he was testing the GT2 when he was introduced. And, thanks to Titleist’s new proprietary matrix polymer and seamless thermal sensing crown, engineers are able to release mass from the crown to help make the GT2 more stable and lower rotation than before.
The GT2 is still the higher spin driver in the Titleist lineup, and although not as high as the GT1, it is actually a demand for Potgieter despite how high it is.
The 20-year-old rookie also switched the ball to the Protype Pro V1X+, a higher spin version of the Pro V1X golf ball, and this week his iron is looking for higher peak heights.
“We need more spin to keep the ball a little bit,” Poggit said. “You wouldn’t think of more spins as the driving distance increases, but it can make the ball a little longer in the air.”
Potgieter also made another change to his GT2, which is paired with a wear-resistant Fujikura Ventus Black 8-X, the more common axle in 5 and 7 woods on the PGA Tour. Titleist tour promotion director Liam MacDougall added the weight of the Potgieter driver in charge during a trip to the Titleist Performance Center in Woburn, England earlier this month. According to MacDougall, the heavier setup makes Potgieter more stable and better club control, which helped him reach one of the best driving accuracy of the season.
While you may not have the same game as Potgieter, the GT2 may be a good choice for players looking for a forgiving low-speed spin option on a T-shirt. Check it out on fairway jockeys today, and while we don’t usually make axle suggestions in this space, I think we can definitely guess you can put the Ventus Black 8-X in your order.
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Jack Hirsh is the assistant device editor for Golf. Jack is a Pennsylvania native and a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning his degree in broadcast journalism and political science. He is the captain of the high school golf team and recently returned to the program as head coach. Jack is still* trying to stay competitive among local amateurs. Before joining golf, Jack worked for two years at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a multimedia journalist/reporter, but also produced, anchored and even presented the weather. He can be contacted at jack.hirsh@golf.com.
