Titleist GTS2 vs Ping G440 Max

The short answer

Each maker positions its driver as the most forgiving of its current family, and both heads are 460cc. Choose the G440 Max if you want a 12° head or a back weight you can move to a draw position. Choose the GTS2 if you want a lower loft, loft in 1° steps, or a standard length half an inch shorter.

What actually differs

Lofts. Titleist sells the GTS2 at 8°, 9°, 10° and 11°. Ping sells the G440 Max at 9°, 10.5° and 12°. Only the GTS2 comes at 8°, and only the G440 Max at 12°. Ping’s hosel moves loft 1.5° either way, so the 10.5° head can be set from 9° to 12°. How to choose driver loft explains where to start.

Adjustability. Ping lists what its adjustments cover. Its 8-position hosel changes loft by up to 1.5° and can make the lie up to 3° flatter, and the 29 g back weight has draw, fade and neutral positions. Titleist names a SureFit hosel and its Dual Weighting System but does not list the settings on the GTS2 page. If you slice and want a draw setting you can see on the spec sheet, the G440 Max has one. What an adjustable driver hosel does covers what loft and lie changes do to the ball.

Length. Titleist’s standard GTS2 is 45.5 inches, and 44.5 inches for women. Ping’s standard G440 Max is 46 inches, or 45.5 inches with some of its other stock shafts.

Shafts. Ping lists the ALTA CB Blue 50 as stock. Titleist’s specifications list seven shafts for the GTS2, from Mitsubishi, Project X and Graphite Design.

Forgiveness. Ping calls the G440 Max “the most forgiving G440 model.” Titleist says the GTS2 “offers the most stability in the GTS lineup, providing more forgiveness across the face than GTS3.” Each claim ranks the driver within its own family.

Who each one suits

• The G440 Max suits a golfer with a slower swing who wants 12° of loft, or a slicer who wants a draw setting on the head. If your slice is the main problem, also look at the G440 SFT, which Ping says “offers slice correction utilizing an adjustable back weight that promotes a draw.”
• The GTS2 suits a golfer who wants 8°, or a 10° or 11° head without adjusting the hosel, and a golfer who prefers a 45.5-inch standard driver. Titleist’s previous GT2 comes in the same four lofts at the same standard length.

The trade-off

Ping publishes more about how the G440 Max adjusts and covers higher loft. Titleist offers finer loft steps at the low end and a wider list of shafts, but says less about what its weighting does. If you get fitted, try both with the shaft you would actually buy, because Ping’s stock shaft and Titleist’s seven options are not the same starting point.

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