Used Titleist Drivers for Seniors

Titleist uses a number, and the number is the whole specification.

• The 1 is the light build, lightened through the head, the shaft and the grip together rather than just the shaft.
• The 2 is the forgiving one.
• The 3 and the 4 are lower-spin heads for better players, and they are not for most seniors.

Almost everyone shopping this range picks the 2, and that is the trap. Forgiving and light are not the same thing. The 2-series is built around 40 grams heavier than the 1-series, which is a great deal of club to swing if your speed has dropped. If a 2-series is the only thing available it is perfectly playable, but check the shaft weight before you commit.

The one line that is right for most seniors has carried three names, TSi1, then TSR1, now GT1. Take the 12 degree head if you find one, because the light builds run low on spin and 9 or 10 degrees costs carry you cannot spare. It is scarce in a soft flex, and worth both holding out for and paying a little more for.

Older Titleist is worth understanding rather than skipping. The 910, 913 and 915 heads and the early TS models turn up often and cheaply, and the naming works the same way: in that era the D2 was the forgiving head and the D3 the lower-spin one, so a 913 D2 is closer to what you want than a 913 D3. They are large and perfectly playable. The modern heads are faster; they are not more forgiving.

Titleist builds for better players and it shows on the used market: more of what you will see in a soft flex is the wrong club for a slower swing than at any other maker here. Patience beats settling on this page more than on any other brand page.