Bringing The Titleist Tour Van To Golfers

Tour-proven 917 models deliver more distance and forgiveness with precise adjustability and tour-validated looks, sound and feel

Titleist recently revealed their 917 drivers and fairway metals, a comprehensive tee and turf performance package for golfers of all levels. Already making waves on tour, the 917 line has met immediate acceptance and validation by many of the world’s best players, including Adam Scott, Bill Haas and Jimmy Walker. In fact, since the driver seeding and validation process began in late June at the PGA Tour’s Quicken Loans National, more than 150 players have trusted the new 917 drivers in competition across worldwide professional tours.

The “complete performance” design strategy employed by Titleist, to deliver more distance and forgiveness with precise adjustability, makes the 917 the company’s most comprehensive and efficient driver and metals, both in form and function.

At first glance at the sole of the club head, the new drivers and fairways look understated with the Active Recoil Channel that was on its previous 915 line. But then you see the words “Surefit CG” stretched across the sole of the club head, at a precise but purposeful angle, one gets a hint that not all is as it seems. This is Titleist’s biggest change that brings the 917 line to a whole new level. This Surefit CG together with interchangeable shafts and Titleist’s proprietary 16-setting Surefit Hosel, which allows golfers to adjust loft and lie independently, allows their 917 clubs to bring the Titleist Tour Van to all golfers. Players will now be able to precisely adjust the clubs to optimize their ball flight for improved shot control, forgiveness and maximum distance.

Tour Validation

Jimmy Walker began testing 917 prototypes as early as January 2016 at the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California. At his first opportunity, Walker put his new 8.5° 917D2 into play at the World Golf Championships-bridgestone Invitational at Firestone in July. Less than a month later, Walker with the same 917D2, won his first major title at the PGA Championship at a waterlogged and muddy Baltusrol Golf Club.

“I put the 917D2 straight into play. It was definitely faster, had a better sound and feel, and I really loved the shape,” Walker said. “Performance-wise, we found a lower sweet spot and I was able to lower my spin rate to exactly where I wanted. The ball flight was also what I liked to see, which is not super high. I can fly the ball on a rope anywhere from 295-310 (yards) and then it just rolls out far and straight. I’ve also picked up a lot of confidence hitting it into the wind.”

Also at the PGA Championship, Byeong Hun An won the event’s Long Drive Contest, blasting a 347-yard drive off Baltusrol’s first tee with his new 8.5° 917D3 driver. “My misses seem to stay