Should I Buy a Used (but Virtually New) Titleist TSR2 Fairway Wood?

[RFKFREAK]

Stopped by my local golf shop and they had this virtually new TSR2 Fairway Wood for $290.  These are the numbers from my best strike using range balls. 

Should I go back and pull the trigger?

Edited July 8, 2023 by RFKFREAK

[Vinsk]

Nahh. 244yd carry? Pfffft.😁

[RFKFREAK]

7 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Nahh. 244yd carry? Pfffft.😁

Found out after I left that it's 18° loft so not a 3W which is what I'm looking to upgrade

[billchao]

3 hours ago, RFKFREAK said:

Stopped by my local golf shop and they had this virtually new TSR2 Fairway Wood for $290.  These are the numbers from my best strike using range balls. 

Should I go back and pull the trigger?

If you’re making your club purchase decisions based on your best shot you’re kind of doing it wrong.

If you’re just trying to get peer pressured into buying a new golf club,

[mohearn]

Nice. Where would you use it, in what situations? 2nd shot par 5's?   Most important, how does it compare to what you have now?

[RFKFREAK]

31 minutes ago, billchao said:

If you’re making your club purchase decisions based on your best shot you’re kind of doing it wrong.

If you’re just trying to get peer pressured into buying a new golf club,

It's not a 3W so passing on it.

2 minutes ago, mohearn said:

Nice. Where would you use it, in what situations? 2nd shot par 5's?   Most important, how does it compare to what you have now?

I have an TM R11S 3W that I got in 2014 or so.  It's time to upgrade.

[mohearn]

13 minutes ago, RFKFREAK said:

It's not a 3W so passing on it.

I have an TM R11S 3W that I got in 2014 or so.  It's time to upgrade.

Yeah, it's on my list too. I'm hitting similar vintage 2014 SLDR fairways, 3w and 5w.  I don't get your distance though, I can only wring about 200 yds from my 5w.

[RFKFREAK]

2 minutes ago, mohearn said:

Yeah, it's on my list too. I'm hitting similar vintage 2014 SLDR fairways, 3w and 5w.  I don't get your distance though, I can only wring about 200 yds from my 5w.

They must have rigged the Trackman to try and sell me the club. 😅

[billchao]

1 hour ago, RFKFREAK said:

It's not a 3W so passing on it.

Is it not adjustable? My only fairway wood is a 4w set to 16° or whatever the minus setting ended up being.

You also launched your best shot 10° and only 75’ high with 33° descent. I don’t think less loft is really what you need.

[RFKFREAK]

16 minutes ago, billchao said:

Is it not adjustable? My only fairway wood is a 4w set to 16° or whatever the minus setting ended up being.

You also launched your best shot 10° and only 75’ high with 33° descent. I don’t think less loft is really what you need.

I honestly should do some research to see what the ideal range for certain numbers for someone with a swing speed of 100 with a fairway wood.

[SEMI_Duffer]

Am I reading "Curve: 64'L" correctly as that strike curving sixty-four feet left? 

[RFKFREAK]

22 minutes ago, SEMI_Duffer said:

Am I reading "Curve: 64'L" correctly as that strike curving sixty-four feet left? 

"As a TrackMan parameter, CURVE is defined as the horizontal side movement perpendicular from the launch direction to carry side. As a distance, the number is given in yards (or meters) and followed by R for right or L for left to indicate the landing position of the ball from the launch direction."

 

https://blog.trackmangolf.com/curve-definition/

[billchao]

37 minutes ago, SEMI_Duffer said:

Am I reading "Curve: 64'L" correctly as that strike curving sixty-four feet left? 

Yes.

He toe-pulled it.

[iacas]

2 hours ago, billchao said:

Yes.

He toe-pulled it.

Toe-hooked or drew it a bit, yes.

[billchao]

7 minutes ago, iacas said:

Toe-hooked or drew it a bit, yes.

I was just thinking pull because of the path but yeah the face opening up due to the toe hit doesn’t mean the start line was actually left of target.

Plus the smash factor kind of indicates the face was delofted/hooded, right?

[iacas]

41 minutes ago, billchao said:

I was just thinking pull because of the path but yeah the face opening up due to the toe hit doesn’t mean the start line was actually left of target.

Plus the smash factor kind of indicates the face was delofted/hooded, right?

I don't know. It's not that far off from a good shot. 64' isn't a TON of curve.

[klineka]

On 7/8/2023 at 5:54 PM, RFKFREAK said:

Found out after I left that it's 18° loft so not a 3W which is what I'm looking to upgrade

 

23 hours ago, RFKFREAK said:

It's not a 3W so passing on it.

Does the yardage that it goes fit the gap between your driver and whatever club is below this one? 

If yes then who cares whether its consider a 3wood, 4wood, 5wood, etc?

If driver carries 270 and this carries 245 and a hybrid or 3i or something carries 225 then it seems like a good fit.

[RFKFREAK]

19 hours ago, klineka said:

 

Does the yardage that it goes fit the gap between your driver and whatever club is below this one? 

If yes then who cares whether its consider a 3wood, 4wood, 5wood, etc?

If driver carries 270 and this carries 245 and a hybrid or 3i or something carries 225 then it seems like a good fit.

Well, two reasons that shy me away from purchasing it.  First, I'd think getting fitted would result in my finding out what is optimal for me even though I hit it well (although I'd expect to hit it better than my current 3W that is over ten years old) and two, I'm planning on upgrading my current 915D2 within the next year or two so one would imagine I'd see improvement over my current driver once I upgrade so using my current driver probably isn't a good factor to include when determining what 3W to purchase.