Through 18 events on the 2026 PGA Tour, one driver model has five wins. The next best has two. And the club doing most of the damage retails for $449. If you haven’t looked lately, some new fairway wood releases are starting at $550.
The driver is the Titleist GT3.
The numbers are hard to argue with
Five wins from 18 events is 28 percent of tournaments played. No other driver model is close. The PING G440 LST has two wins, both belonging to Chris Gotterup. The TaylorMade Qi4D has two. The Callaway Ai Smoke TD Max has two.
TaylorMade as a brand has four wins in 2026. But those wins are spread across three different driver models.
Matt Fitzpatrick has a lot to do with it
Three of those five wins belong to one man. Matt Fitzpatrick won the Valspar Championship, backed it up at the RBC Heritage and then teamed with younger brother Alex to win the Zurich Classic. He has three wins in four starts and is climbing the world rankings.
He plays the Titleist GT3, 9 degrees, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 65 TX shaft.
The other two GT3 wins came from Cameron Young at The Players Championship and Ricky Castillo at the Puerto Rico Open.
What the 2026 driver test shows
In MyGolfSpy’s 2026 Most Wanted driver test the GT3 ranked first for overall distance among high swing speed golfers and posted a 9.40 accuracy score with just 1.55 yards offline on average at those speeds.
In the main test, the GT3 again had a strong distance score of 9.4. Titleist has released its next-generation GTS driver on the PGA Tour but Fitzpatrick has yet to put it in the bag. At the moment, he might not want to change anything.
Who is the GT3 for?
The GT3 is not the forgiving option in Titleist’s lineup. It’s built for ball strikers. It has a compact profile, forward center of gravity and an adjustable CG track for dialing in weight position relative to the face. If you want shot shape control off the tee, GT3 can help.
In addition, it is slightly lower spin than the GT2 and more forgiving than the GT4 while still offering meaningful spin reduction.
Final thoughts
While the GT3 is not for every golfer, keep in mind the GT drivers are all priced below $500 and are some of what we considered the best values in our 2026 testing.
Ron
1 month ago
I still play a Taylormade Quad 360 with stiff shaft and at 73 years young drive the ball between 240 and 255 yards. I have a spare one almost brand new I bought for $55.