We’re back with the age-old question: What would you rather have, distance or accuracy? For Russell Henley, it’s not entirely clear it’s a “would he rather” situation. It might just be what he’s got.
Henley’s clubhead speed of 110.89 mph ranks 156th on the PGA Tour and his driving distance sits 147th at 293.1 yards. But he has something else going for him off the tee that some golfers would be happy to take.
The most accurate driver on the PGA Tour
Henley bounces back and forth between first and second for driving accuracy percentage each week. He’s finding the short grass 70.24 percent of the time, ranking him No. 1 on Tour while the field average sits closer to 62.
Interestingly, the accuracy story doesn’t stop at the tee box. Once Henley is in the fairway, he’s also the most precise approach player on Tour from that position, ranking first in proximity to the hole from the fairway at an average of 17′ 9″. That seems like a direct reward for consistently playing from the right side of the rough line.
His proximity on approach shots from the rough drops to 58′ 0″, ranking 148th. That’s one of the steepest fairway-to-rough drop-offs in the field. His game isn’t built to recover. It’s built not to need to.
A scorecard built on one skill
The chain reaction Henley’s accuracy creates throughout his round is hard to overstate. Here’s what it looks like by the numbers.
| Stat | Value | Tour Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fairways Hit | 70.24% | 1st |
| Proximity to Hole (Fairway) | 17′ 9″ | 1st |
| Bogey Avoidance | 10.80% | 2nd |
| Putts Per Round | 27.72 | 10th |
| One-Putt Percentage | 44.60% | 18th |
| Scoring Average | 69.39 | 14th |
Hit the fairway, get close to the pin, make the putt, avoid the bogey. Henley has industrialized that loop. He currently sits eighth in the world rankings and 18th in the FedEx Cup standings with three top-10s in 2026.
The club: Titleist TSi3
The TSi3 has been in Henley’s bag on and off since 2022. He plays it at 10 degrees with a Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX shaft.
When Titleist launched the TSi3 in October 2020, the headlining technology was the face material. They became the first golf brand to use ATI 425 aerospace titanium in a driver, a material developed for ballistic armor. The result was a faster, more elastic face that maintained ball speed even on off-center strikes. The club also introduced a 15-percent aerodynamic improvement over the previous TS3 and a five-position SureFit CG track for precise shot-shape control.
In MyGolfSpy’s 2022 Most Wanted Driver test (35 golfers, 38 drivers, 18,000+ shots on Foresight GCQuad monitors), the TSi3 finished:
- Second overall for Strokes Gained
- Third for distance at high swing speeds
- Among the top-rated clubs for feel and head shape
It’s a player’s driver with a compact shape, lower launch and lower spin built for consistent ball-strikers who want to control their miss.
Could a used TSi3 be for you?
Used TSi3 heads regularly pop up in the $160-$250 range depending on condition and shaft. If you’re a single-digit handicapper who values accuracy over distance and wants a compact, workable driver with a classic Titleist look and sound, the value proposition here is hard to argue with. The most accurate tee-to-green player on the PGA Tour is still trusting this club over everything newer in the Titleist lineup. That’s probably worth something.
Red Pill Pharmacy
3 weeks ago
Yet he hardly ever wins. Fascinating.