Justin Thomas goes full send on his Titleist TS3 3-wood with a MCA Tensei AV 85TX.
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As Titleist poster boys go, Justin Thomas is about as true as they come. Historically not a huge gear junky, he relies more on the expertise of J.J Van Wezenbeeck, Senior Director of Titleist Tour, for pretty much everything. He told me years ago that he doesn’t pay much attention to what it is, just what it does. Very Fred Couples.
When something works for JT, it really works. Take for example his 10-year-old 915FD 5-wood with a Fujikura Motore that hasn’t seen a home beyond Ebay in YEARS.
When looking at the bag itself, pay close attention to the breakdown of his wedge package. As one of the best wedge players in the world, the work JT and Vokey wedge guru Aaron Dill has done is, in my opinion, a case study in wedge optimization. As a steeper swinger of the club, the PW and GW have plenty of bounce to ensure a fast transition out of the turf for full shots (call it 85 percent at full as you rarely see a full send wedge from JT), the 56 has a TON of bounce to give him a good option for short chips and softer bunker sand, and the ever-famous 60T is a get-out-of-jail-free card for tight shots to short pins around the green. It’s a set built on versatility and options, options, options. Why +.5 to 1.5 in loft on some? Gapping and proper bounce. When you see half-degree loft like that, it shows me (just a hunch) that JT backs into his loft based on carry, launch and spin, and not the other way around.
Another thing, JT plays a ton of loft across the bag once you get past the 3-wood. Very optimized setup.
Here is the bag set up of RBC Heritage champion Justin Thomas:
Ball: Titleist Pro V1X (23)
Driver: Titleist GT2 10@9.25 (D1 Setting) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana Prototype There is a story behind how they got here, but that’s for another day. It’s wild.
Titleist GT2 Custom Driver
GT2 — Speed & Forgiveness Across The Face
For players who don’t always find the center of the face and need the stability of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed.
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Delivering impressive distance from any impact point, GT2 extracts maximum performance through forgiving design. Get the stability and added confidence of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed.
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A reimagined ultra-lightweight design, born from a new Proprietary Matrix Polymer. The tunable acoustic properties of this unique composite allow Titleist engineers to realize new material gains while maintaining our signature sound and feel. All wrapped in a clean look that inspires total confidence.
Split Mass Construction
GT2 delivers a powerful balance of forgiveness and speed thanks to a breakthrough in internal weighting. Mass is shifted to the back of the clubhead to increase MOI for better stability, while also pushing weight low and forward to optimize speed and spin. The result is a driver that frees you to swing with confidence.
5-wood: Titleist 915FD 18@19.5 (B3 setting) Shaft: Fujikura Motore Tour Spec VC 9.2X
4-Iron: Titleist T200 5-Iron: Titleist T100 6-9 Iron: Titleist MB JT Proto Shafts: Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Titleist T100 Custom Irons
The preferred iron for more touring pros now rewards players with an even more solid feel, along with subtle refinements that continue to make T100 the standard for modern Tour iron performance.
Feel is essential for the best players in the game. The refined, fully forged dual-cavity construction of Titleist T100 produces a more solid feel at impact, while the precision CNC face milling process leads to more consistent contact for greater control.
ENHANCED FEEL
The latest evolution of the T100 dual-cavity forged construction features an enhanced back bar to produce a more solid feel at impact. Informed by modal testing and Tour input, T100 irons are tuned to provide the exact stability and sensation the world’s best players desire from a well-struck shot.
REFINED FOR GREATER CONTROL
In addition to the improvements made to the body construction, T100 benefits from a new precision CNC face milling process. Combined with a subtle shift in CG the result is more control and consistent ball flight, especially when moving from fairway to first cut.
EFFORTLESS TURF INTERACTION
Working with Tour Pros and the grind experts at Vokey Design, our engineers were able to further improve our Variable Bounce Sole by smoothing and softening the trailing edge to allow the club to flow faster through the turf, even after contact. A simple but surprisingly meaningful improvement.
BETTER TUNGSTEN FOR BETTER FLIGHT
By utilizing dense D18 tungsten and a 2000º aerospace brazing process, Titleist engineers can eliminate weld points and be more precise with CG placement to give you the benefit of modern engineered performance with a solid forged feel.
I’m assuming his iron loft set-up looks like this (I’m guessing a bit, but I guarantee I’m very close — plus or minus a degree) (4-9) 23/27/31/35/39/43
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Johnny currently serves as the Director of Equipment at Golf.com, contributing to platforms like Fully Equipped Golf. Prior to this role, he was the Content Marketing Manager at Callaway Golf, where he led “Callaway Golf’s World of Wunder,” a platform dedicated to in-depth golf equipment content. Before joining Callaway, he was the Director of Original Content and host of “The Gear Dive” podcast at GolfWRX.com. Beyond his professional endeavors, Johnny is an avid golfer with a deep passion for the game, having played since his youth in Seattle, Washington.
