Cameron Young has one of the coolest bags on the PGA Tour. From a custom set of Titleist one-off irons to a Vokey K* lob wedge bent to 62˚ to be one of the first players to appreciate the round Scotty Cameron “R” mallet head shape.
But what catches my eye are the two new additions for this season: the GT1 3Tour fairway wood and the 20˚ GT1 hybrid with a fairway wood shaft.
Young is one of the longest putters in pro golf, evidenced by his Sunday 72 that went 375 yards, the longest in the ShotLink era on the 18th at TPC Sawgrass, en route to winning the Players Championship. So you wouldn’t think that he would use the Titleist “1” wood line, originally designed as a light line, to improve the game.
But that’s what makes the GT1 line so cool and versatile for a player like Young to use.
Cameron Young’s GT1 3Tour fairway wood
Let’s start with the GT1 3Tour fairway wood, which is a taller version (14.5) of the GT1 that comes stock with a standard weight than the regular GT1 3-wood.
“During GT1 fairway testing, we found some tour players really liked the shape and face height, but we knew that many of them would need a lower and lower CG for a more stable flight,” said JJ Van Wezenbeeck, Titleist’s senior director of club promotion.
The GT1 has a wide and shallow profile that makes it easy to launch, while also keeping spin low. Adjustable weights fore and aft allow Young to put more weight forward to reduce spin in his optimal window.
This also makes it a more forgiving option for a player with a ball speed of over 175 mph outside of his 3 wood. He is actually the third player to win with a GT1 3Tour fairway wood after Michael Brennan and Kurt Kitayama did it last season.
Young added a GT1 3-wood to replace his previous GT3 3-wood in the short term as he continues to improve the top end of his bag after switching to the low-turning Pro V1x Double Dot Prototype last summer. He did the same last week by switching to the top GT3 driver.
This move was all about connecting the top of his bag with his golf ball after switching to one that fit his irons better. Once you are able to fit the golf ball in your irons, it is much easier to fit your driver and the upper end of the bag to that golf ball than otherwise. The Titleist team did a great job of implementing these rules with Young’s new prototype.
Titleist GT1 3Tour Custom Fairway Wood
Raise your launch window with the GT1 3Tour Fairway. Featuring a tour-inspired player profile, shallow face, low CG, and powerful “Tour Loft,” this fairway is designed to launch high and fly forward without excessive spin. New adjustable front/back weights enable further improvements in ball speed, launch, and spin to achieve easier fairway performance. Features Superior Launch and Special Firm Forgiveness Variable Loft Fore-Aft Spin Control Refined, Enhanced Tour-Inspired Shaping Sound and Feel.
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Cameron Young’s GT1 hybrid
An even newer addition to Young’s bag is his GT1 hybrid.
Like the GT1 fairway wood, the GT1 hybrid has a large profile, which is somewhere between a traditional hybrid and a traditional fairway wood. As a result, it can also accommodate a fairway wood shaft in addition to a hybrid shaft.
The fairway shaft design is exactly what Young was looking for at the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this season when he added a GT1 20-degree hybrid to replace his previous GT2.
“When we look at the GT1, we’re not only looking at the players with slow speed,” Van Wezenbeeck told GOLF. “We’re looking for the fundamentals. This is our chance to make this kind of unique building in this mid-sized club.”
The GT1 has a leading edge that allows it to sit close to the surface, making it easier to launch. That high ball flight was great on Torrey Pines or the tight greens on the PGA Tour week in and week out.
But the GT1’s ability to take a fairway wood shaft, which will play slower than a hybrid shaft with a larger tip diameter, makes the club more versatile to fit.
“For Cam Young, we were trying to build a 5-wood type golf club, so we were able to build it with a 5-wood and use a .335 tip on the inside diameter, but a hybrid on the outside diameter. [on the hosel]. We get the best of both,” says Van Wezenbeeck.
Like his 3-wood, Young sports a heavier weight than the stock design and has a heavier forward weight to reduce swing.
Titleist GT1 Custom Hybrid
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