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The Titleist GTS300 mini driver is a weapon off the tee and surprisingly good off the deck, given its large size. Very forgiving. Meaningful adjustability with two weight ports and the SureFit Hosel.
Introduction
There have been several times over the last 15+ years where I’ve thought that golf clubs, particularly in the long game, had found a perfect equilibrium. Every time, I’ve been wrong. Golfers will never stop searching for new, different, better solutions, and club makers will never stop offering them.
The Titleist GTS300 mini driver is a perfect reflection of our current moment. Golfers are recognizing that fairway woods aren’t just meant for mindless bombing, they can be tools for attacking greens. But this pursuit of high flying FWs often creates a need for an alternate tee club. The GTS300 Mini Driver is built to meet that need.
Looks
As the name indicates, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver is a step up in size compared to Titleist’s last mini driver, the GT280 [review HERE]. That 25cc bump (the GTS300 is actually 305cc) makes a bigger difference than I would have expected. Where the GT280 looks like a super sized fairway wood, the GTS300 looks like a reduced driver. Digging deeper into the measurements, the GTS300 has the same face height as the GT280, but it’s longer from heel to toe and front to back.
At address, the shape is balanced but not symmetrical, sweeping out from the toe. The crown is a clean, traditional gloss black with a small “GTS” alignment aid. True to its split nature, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver has full face scoring lines like the GTS2 fairway wood [review HERE] but a dark face like the GTS3 driver [review HERE].
In the bag, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver stays safe under a classically cool head cover. Perforated black leather is split by a ribbon of white with the “GTS” branding. Under the cover, the club is entirely black except for the white and red “GTS300” on the heel and the white “Titleist” script on the toe. Interesting geometry and a mix of gloss and matte finishes makes the sole look understated, not boring. [See Price / Buy]
Sound & Feel
As usual, Titleist delivers a satisfying, premium impact experience with the GTS300 mini driver. That starts with a traditional sound. Pure strikes are very quiet – they let the results do the talking – and mishits are only a bit louder, still below average in volume. The sound is a heavy, mid-pitch “tink.” It’s reminiscent of the prototypical fairway wood sound, but not as high pitched or metallic.
Through the hands, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver delivers a feeling that’s solid and strong. On center, there’s an added sense of speed; on mishits the ball feels heavier on the face. It takes little effort to locate impact by feel. While I liked the feel in both weight configurations, with the heavier weight forward, the strike felt more powerful and connected to me.
Performance
With its larger size, the first question I had about the Titleist GTS300 mini driver was how effective it would be off the turf. One of the things that made the GT280 [review HERE] so exceptional was the fact that it was a canon off the tee and playable off the deck. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the GTS300 mini driver’s low, deep CG gives it the same versatility as its predecessor.
In either weight configuration, I was able to get the ball airborne with excellent speed. With just 13 degrees of loft, this is not a club that’s going to launch the ball into the stratosphere, but I was able to hit long, low, running shots to set up quality birdie looks on long par 5s. The tall face and large footprint are a bit intimidating when hitting off a tight lie, but the strong results had me looking for more opportunities to hit this club.
What was never in doubt was how good the Titleist GTS300 mini driver would be off the tee. The tall face and larger head looked great behind the ball and allowed me to swing confidently. Ball speed on center is elite, and the increased size delivers the promised boost in forgiveness. I was seeing mid-low launch and mid spin that remained steady even when my strikes were inconsistent.
One of the main attractions of a mini driver is the idea that it will be a “fairway finder.” In my testing, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver was very stable and forgiving, leading to straight shots and tight dispersion. Off the tee and turf, I was consistently surprised by how straight my mediocre strikes flew. No club can fix pushes and pulls, but the GTS300 kept those shots from wandering further offline.
Like its older brother, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver features a Dual Weighting System. There are weight ports at the rear of the head and near the face, just like on the GTS2 driver [review HERE]. With the weight forward, the spin dropped noticeably, producing a more penetrating ball flight, and the peak ball speed ticked up. Moving the heavier weight to the back boosts spin and forgiveness. Personally, I found more this change more impactful off the tee. From the turf, I launched the ball in the same window with similar spin regardless of the weight setting.
Where the weight had the biggest impact for me was when it came to shot shaping. With the weight back, I had loads of confidence hitting cuts and draws. What’s more, the results were small, artful shapes. With more weight forward, the shapes got bigger and my confidence dropped alongside my success rate. The explanation isn’t hard to find: with the weight back, the club is more forgiving, and the higher spin kept the shots from getting extreme. Higher spin players and better ball strikers will surely find this club very workable regardless of weight position. [See Price / Buy]
Conclusion
If you’re looking for a club to complement your driver off the tee, the Titleist GTS300 mini driver needs to be in the mix. This is a club that’s shockingly forgiving and very long, when properly fit. It can also be a great counterpoint to a high lofted fairway wood, for those situations when you need to bomb it long and low. [See Price / Buy]
GTS300 delivers power and playability in a bigger, more forgiving design. Built to send it off the tee and take it off the deck, the larger 305cc head adds substantial stability, streamlined aerodynamics generate more speed, and the L-Cup Face promotes easy launch and consistent carry—especially from tight lies. With distance you can hit from anywhere, GTS300 puts narrow fairways and distant greens directly in your go-zone.
He founded Plugged In Golf in 2013 with the goal of helping all golfers play better and enjoy the game more.
Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
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