Titleist TSR2 vs Ping G430

A mate that's extremely inconsistent off the tee recently picked up the G430 and loves it. He's a short hitter and has picked up an extra 20 yards and hitting a lot more fairways

Picking up 20 yards probably means it was a shaft flex/loft change rather than just purely a different Driver brand. It's a massive increase

Pretty much this, it was a correct fit for this person. My mate had a similar result with draw bias SFT G425. Went from an automatic slice to straight and baby draws (+20-30 yards and much better into wind).

Seems odd you were fit into a TSR2 if your miss is left as its a more draw biased club than the TSR3. I got fit into a TSR3 because it was longer and more consistent than the TSR2 plus my bad shot is a hook which was exacerbated by the draw bias of the TSR2. Fitter changed my settings as well to a slight fade bias. Same process with my 3 wood which is TSR3 too.

I tried nearly all the other big brands clubs except Ping, had a look at but just couldn't live with the looks at address of the LST model. The max was pretty bad too, no matter how amazing the club performs I just couldn't live with those looks. I've always though Ping Drivers were ugly personally so am biased but the fins/turbulators plus that new thing on the LS model with yellow accents is really bad IMO.

Hopefully that does the trick. I was coming from the OG SIM, didn't gain a huge amount of distance, around about 5/7 yards and club speed up a few mile an hour too. Stealth 2 + and Pardaym LS (i think) were not far behind at all but TSR just outperformed them. With the shaft I have the only issues i've had is if i'm not loose it takes me 3/4 holes before i start getting the most out of it.

Great to hear that the rep is giving you a lower loft head. That's good customer service tbf. A pity the fitting scenario didn't match up for you IRL.

I know that the TSR3 has the weight track for adding slight draw/fade bias but it's missing on the TSR2. Would have been a nice option to move the weight to see if the head stabilised. Still, that head might have been useless for your swing and needs. I hit up about 4-5' so a lower loft option works better for me. I've a mate who's 6'3" with tons of speed and obviously the longer leverage. You'd think he'd be in an 8 or 9 head but he plays a stock 10.5 head. His path is very neutral and he also has a close to zero AoA (tees quite low tbf). So the loft works perfectly for his spin/launch needs.

Curious to see how the lower lofted head works out for you. I know some people get 10.5 heads and play them lofted down as it works better with face angle compared to a stock 9 head. Fitting is such an interesting process for me. There are so many options and everyone has different needs/attributes.

Funny enough i'm in the HZRDUS black in the driver but Tensei 1K in the 3 wood. I hit the blue velocore as well and same results, slight increase in club speed and an extra couple of yards but couldn't justify the price at the time. I see one on adverts that i'm tempted to buy just to see how it works on the course.

Ah! Small world 😃 might drop you a PM on here so.

It would be more in strike, contact and ball flight that would change more than the swing.

Well I'd imagine the fitter will fit the clubs based on what he's seeing in front of him, ie poor striking - less distance - different ball flight etc.