FIRST HIT: Titleist 913H hybrids

Seeing new Titleist equipment for the first time is always special, but never more so than when we arrived at their national fitting centre in St Ives recently to find a pile of pristine boxes containing the new 913 hybrids tucked away at the far end. Even the fitters had yet to see them – so they were just as excited as we were.

“It’s a progressive design,” says Steve Pelisek, Titleist’s general manager. “We’re trying to make a set of clubs that work together. A lot of players have two hybrids and they are that difficult transition from metal woods to irons. “We have tried to build that transition into the clubs – a 17˚ plays a little different from a 24˚. Actually pretty different clubs.
“We’re trying to make a set of clubs that work together." – Steve Pelisek
“We moved the CG as far back as we could in the 17 and 19 to make them play a bit more like a metal wood.

“With the 24 and 27 we can move the CG a little forward and cut some of the speed out.”

I much prefer the new head shape compared to the 910. It looks more compact at address – Pelisek decribes it well in saying it has a “slimmer waistline in look”. To me, it looks like a hybrid that will give a penetrating flight and not want to turn over – which is exactly what I want. It’s early days, but it could be the start of something special between us.

Key facts and figures

Titleist 913H

Available: February 8

SRP: £197

Lofts: 17, 19, 21, 24 & 27˚

• Read about the new Titleist 913F and F.d fairway woods here