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.